Election Day

In the America, a tyranny of power has been allowed to occur. In the book “THE TYRANNY OF DEAD IDEAS,” Matt Miller writes about how thousands of American residents have been done wrong by politician powers without having any say so to stop it. Some of his point of view led to an argument about how a modern economy should operate. According to Miller,”……………………our politician says the people” (888).Our leaders have a character that allows them to live with lies. For instance, I will lose my health…

Politicians usually use directives and commissives in their political speeches. Perhaps, the commissives are even present to a greater extent than directives because the main characteristic of commissives is to express what the speaker intends to do. They are used by politicians to commit themselves to some future action. Like other politicians, Donald Trump also uses commissives in his political speeches. To restrict illegal immigration, President Trump has promised to build a wall on the…

Fighting Voter Suppression Voter suppression is a strategy to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing people from exercising the right to vote. As states keep passing voter suppression laws, our voting rights remain being attacked. Many states, California for example, make their citizens believe that after any contact with the criminal justice system means they have lost their right to vote. The whole reason for making people believe this is so people of color will…

Before, I used to think that I don’t have a choice but to just sit and wait till election is over, but after hearing other people with the same scenario as me, saying that I should not let my situation hinder me, and do not think that I can not do anything about this election, I realized that I can do something that can contribute to making a difference in this country. For example, I can encourage people who can vote to use their…

Crystal Malmgren Dr. Robar Essay 1 October 8, 2017 Nationalism and populism play a big part in our political system. But not a lot of people understand there are different political views, where they come from, or how they started. Many people also have their own opinions about certain political views. First, I will review nationalism's history and what viewpoints it holds. Then I will talk about populism's history and what view point it holds in America. Nationalism is the oldest ideology…

vote in the upcoming presidential election which is taking place on November 8th, 2016. To accomplish this project, my group created a twitter account as a secondary socialization to reach out to students of University of North Texas encouraging and educating them on the importance of voting in the society. Polling, surveys and random sampling were used to show percentage of people who identified with a party and who were going to vote in the upcoming elections. In class, we talked about how…

continue to be a strong component of America’s political system, but should be modified by adding another party into the major party options. Political parties in America aren’t a necessity to running our government, but they do ease the process of elections and passing legislation. The main function of political parties is to pick candidates and get them elected based on certain beliefs/needs or platforms. These platforms that are developed by the parties create a base for people to get…

specifically older people and ignore the interest of young people, this can be a source of tension. This also may become a cycle that reproduces itself generationally. Voting is a habitual action and if it is not established early, ideally the first election a citizen is able to participate in, than you may lose that voter as a drop-out for their rest of their lives. (SOURCE) The IRPP says “we know that the decline in turnout was due almost entirely to the failure of those reaching voting age in…

directly vote of their leader. Next, Hamilton writes in length about corruption and how the electoral system prevents a variety of corruption. However, I do not see one example that would not also be solved by a direct vote from the people. In our day and age, it is simple matter to count the popular vote but because of the Electoral College four of our presidents have lost the popular vote meaning that even if the electors do represent the people, the people are still not getting what they…

of them in my analysis of how democratic our democracy really is. These two conceptions are the will of the people and free and fair elections. These conceptions both have different views on what makes a democracy democratic. The will of the people is exactly as it sounds basically meaning that the country is governed by the people. The idea of free and fair elections as a democracy is simply giving a voice to everyone and giving them the opportunity to use it to influence government. I would…