Election Day

Within present day society there is an underlying conflict over democracy and whether people should vote or not. The commonality between these sources is represented by this underlying conflict. As time progresses, it is evident that voter turnout has drastically decreased, because people these days do not have the motivation to pay attention to politics, or do not know which candidate to choose. Source one, a political cartoon, emphasizes the apathy that average citizens within society have…

Two sides of political advertisement In the season of election, many electors must have watched political advertisements on the television, the internet, or a place where people usually go. Also, the electors might have been curious what political advertisements are used for. In these days, people have argued if some political advertisements should be banned or not. Opponents of the fact that some political advertisements should be banned claim that some political advertisements should not be…

Revolution. It is a small word with different variations across languages that strikes fear into the minds of all leaders, from fascist dictators to democratically elected presidents alike. For such a powerful word, however, “revolution” has a bit of a paradoxical set of themes in its definitions. For those of us here on this pale blue dot, we imagine a wave of impoverished peasants taking arms and flooding the streets, tearing down fortresses as if they were a child’s sand castle built too…

All throughout American history, the United States has been split into a two-party political system. A two-party political system is pretty self-explanatory. In a two-party political system, two major political parties dominate the government. The first two-party system in America was the Federalists, created by Alexander Hamilton, and the Democratic-Republicans, created by Thomas Jefferson. Currently, America has the republican party and the democratic party Both parties want America to…

States across the country are passing new voter ID laws. These laws happen to be supported strongly by Republicans and disapproved strongly by Democrats. The big question seems to be, does the new laws matter? The Indiana Supreme Court don’t think it matters. Dan Carden, writer from The Times (Munster, Indiana), wrote that, “Justice Brent Dickson [said] requiring an ID to vote is no different than requiring people to show ID to board an airplane, enter a federal building or cash a check.” Most…

Democracy is defined by broad values involving participation and formal rules about procedures such as elections. But for most persons most of the time these are removed from daily life. That is not true for the police, the agency of government that citizens are most likely to see and have contact with. All industrial societies use police to control crime and to contribute to public order (e.g., mediating and arbitrating disputes, regulating traffic and helping in emergencies). But the…

believe Chase would have gained more support due to his strong arguments, but would it have made enough of a difference to change the turnout? I was surprised at Chase’s strength and ambition, regarding the horrible loses in his life, and with modern day recognition of mental health, he may have been able to recover more than…

since the early years Americans have been employed by politics; although it has become easier and easier to be aware of the presidential stories; hell, you can barely turn the television on without hearing something about the political candidates now-a-days. As stated in the U.S. Constitution, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on the account of sex…” In short we (as citizens of our country) have the right to…

most people not voting due to thinking that they will not make a difference and because the politicians have under the table deals that ensure people vote for them. In order to stop this corruption voters must recognize that they can influence an election by participating in their democracy and not making private deals with corrupt officials. Democracy started…

In order to have a successful organization of any sort there must be rules to live by. Before the United States had been established the future colonials were living in New England still under the British rule. The people were ruled by King George the III from about 1760 to 1783. The British people were started to get upset about the new kings policies and acts he would put into place. Around the early 1770s he passed a tax on tea. The people were very upset and decided to rebel by throwing all…