Election

Elections are won and lost in accordance to multiple factors that are categorised to Short Medium and Long term. Within the 150 electorates obvious voting patterns are formed, voter behaviour that is effected by these factors can be detrimental to the loss of a seat. At 5.29pm on Monday 5 August 2013 the House of Representatives in the 43rd Parliament was dissolved and went into the caretaker mode. The 2010-2013 government brought the first hung Parliament in 70 years, Michelle Grattan commented…

The Electoral Process needs to be Reformed The election process in the United States is flawed and has caused serious controversy in past elections on whether or not the process is fair. First, the states all have equal representation to their House and Senate members. Secondly, the election process was set up for the lesser populated states versus the largely populated states. This amendment should be ratified because the Electoral College takes the power away from the people, does not…

encouraged throughout our lives, the truth of the matter is that a vast majority of the eligible population choose not to participate in the political process. Only 57% of voting-age population decide to participate according to 2012 presidential election polls (248). Despite the fact that I believe residents of our country should get informed and involved in political processes, the U.S. would not be better off if most eligible citizens began participating due to ignorance, media manipulation…

technology it is a lot easier to take someone’s identity and use it to their benefit. The government has worked on utilizing ids on anything that deals with the state. It has expanded all the way to having some form of identification when voting in the elections. In the past people did not need any form of identification to vote. It is stated in the 15th Amendment of the US Constitution that the “right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States…

A highlight of this course for me personally was when I reflected on Canada’s voting system. The Canadians voting system is extremely important, as it determines who wins the election. The Canadian voting system is important for everyone living in Canada. This is because the federal winner of the election, will represent Canada as a whole. To be more precise, the Canadian voting system, is more important for the Canadians whom are eligible to vote. This is because, those individuals have the…

those of which their leaders authority to rule is not impacted by those who live in the country of dictation. Unlike a good government, or better known a democracy, Dictatorships don’t have free and fair elections, nor does one have…

With the Presidential Election rapidly approaching, voter turnout rate is one of the most important statistics and political phenomenon worth studying. In a country that is supposed to be governed by the people, America’s voter turnout rate is remarkably low. There are many causes for the lack of civic engagement in the American political process. One of the main objectives of Political Parties, at a grassroots level, is finding out why people aren’t voting, and then doing as much as possible to…

contestation then a nation is democratic. Argentina as of 2015 election fulfilled each requirement. President Mauricio Macri, Combiomos, is the first explicit conservative president since 1916. (2015, December 01) Each year multiple parties ran however only one was ever getting enough votes to be elected into office. The primary party that had been winning was called “Front for Victory” and was the party Marci defeated in the runoff election November of 2015. (2015, November 23). As previously…

minority language group, then election materials in their native language, as well as oral assistance, must legally be provided to them (“Minority Language Citizens”). If voting eligible immigrants were aware of this fact, then voting rates among them could potentially skyrocket. In fact, D.J. Hopkins (2011), Associate…

Intersectionality is the interconnected ways by which various individuals. Kimberle Williams Crensha discrimination based on social differences with given societies. Far often many view issues as being singular. However, as more complex studies take a look in to solving these issues, the more researchers see that these issues are very much so connected with each other. For example, if an African-American poor woman is experiencing discrimination in life these troubles are not either linked to…