electoral system. So when former Prime Minister Stephen Harper called an early election on August 2015, many did not understand its significance on the upcoming election. Harper believed that an early election would give him the advantage over other party leaders and would help him stay in office, but he was wrong. Despite the clever nature of this decision, where the timing conveniently worked with the newly passed Fair Elections Act and the Mike Duffy trial, the Conservatives faced devastating…
This current election season, millions have already come out to vote in the primaries and caucuses all around the nation, turnout has increased and everyone seems to be enthusiastically choosing a candidate. But there is one thing that voters going to the polls may not realize; contrary to popular belief, citizens of The United States have never directly voted for a President or Vice President. Instead, they vote for electors to vote for a specific candidate. Additionally, the President and Vice…
as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote. Each state is given a specific number of electors based on the number of its United States representatives and senators. This allows for over-representation of small states and under-representation of large states, while the winner-takes-all format followed by most states could result in a candidate winning the popular vote but losing the election. This has occurred on…
Citizens hold the power to arbitrate who the new Commander in Chief, also known as the president of the United States will be. Every four years’, in November states hold elections where all citizens go and cast a vote for presidency. Throughout history we have encountered numerous close elections, and to think that one small percentage of citizens that did not vote, could possibly have had a different outcome if they would have voted. Society has seemed to lost interest over the years in…
Elections should deviate from relying on conviction rates because these fail to account for prosecutorial misconduct and if their strategies have reduced crime.Chief Prosecutor elections operate similarly to normal elections in the fact that the candidates rather attack themselves than to discuss their proposals. The discussion found in campaigns for chief prosecutor elections fail to produce substantive information for the citizens. Instead of explaining their proposals to the electorate,…
The election is rigged, unless Trump wins. Trump’s repeated claim that the election is rigged is unfounded, almost certainly false, and threatens the foundation of our democratic society. Every time he feels threatened or his poll numbers drop, he becomes an eight year old who can’t admit he lost his little league game and blames it on the umpire's bad call. But Trump isn’t an eight year old and the ‘game’ he is playing will decide the future of America. Trump is a candidate, that even at…
This chapter is all about elections and voting rights. Voting has always been a hard subject to talk about if you were African American or a woman. In 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment was signed which stated that women had the right to vote nationally. Before that, in 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment was passed that outlawed denying people the right to vote on the grounds of there “race, color, or previous condition of servitude” (Turner 251). Years later in 1964, the Twenty-fourth Amendment was…
difficulty. The whole Election process can be ended quickly than the regular paper ballot elections. Risk factors like tempering the ballot boxes, casting the artificial votes forcedly; violating the rules of election commission can be avoided by using online voting system. By using this system, the voting cost can be condensed to an extent and make the election unbeaten. The people who are away from the…
keep up with politics so elections help keep Americans informed of current world events. Elections right now are currently gathering interest throughout the nation with some radical candidates but at the same time it allows the young adults of America to start forming political views and connections to political parties. Candidates are always running elections cautiously and seeking public approval in order for election or re-election in their positions. The last few…
mandatory voting in the March of 2015, he related, “If everybody voted, then it would completely change the political map in this country,” Voter participation is at an all-time low with only 36.4% of eligible voters casting ballots in the 2014 midterm elections. The problems that arise from low voter turnout are numerous, but the most influential impact from not voting is this – Politicians only care about individuals who vote, and if only certain groups are voting those are the groups…