Election

events in America. The Electoral College, established in the Constitution by James Madison, has survived over two centuries, helping decide the fates of over … elections (cite). In recent years, the College has been reintroduced to the criticisms of the public because of its ability to decide very intense elections. In the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore and George W. Bush had both earned a relatively equal amount of electoral votes in the Electoral College, but neither had a majority over…

Every four years, a politician is chosen by to become the leader of the United States. This is perhaps one of the most powerful and demanding jobs in the world, and in 2016, US citizens get to elect the president of the United States. The president is one of the most influential and well recognized figures in the world, and voters go through a long process to find out which candidate is best suited for the job. Having this much responsibility is a big job, and the president must realize this.…

Will in almost every recent election there has probability been a relatively credible scenario for an outcome. It might seem that a tie had never happen during a presidential election, but the only tie that happen in the history was in 1800. (Eric Black, 2012) We might think that it was probably because they used formal tickets, and that there were some states…

Should the Electoral College be abolished? America has used the electoral college for centuries now and maybe it’s time we question whether it’s the right way to elect our nation’s president. Both sides have great points, but ultimately keeping the Electoral College is the right thing to do. Our country has gone through hardships as well as better days with the Electoral College in place and there is no reason to remove it now or in the future. We should keep the Electoral College because it was…

On December 29, 1984, Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde of Karnataka tendered the resignation of his Janta Party ministry, taking moral responsibility for his party’s failure to win more than 4 of the state’s 28 parliamentary seats in the national elections. If it was Mrs. Gandhi’s regime, the normal course would have been to engineer defections of some Janta legislators to the Congress (I) to have enabled them to have formed a government or to have imposed the President’s rule. The Assembly was…

judicial system has been called one of the most complex in the United States, if not the world. The state of Texas is one of the seven states that uses partisan elections to select judges. Judicial selection begins with partisan elections and significant amounts of money for campaigning in order to win the election or reelection. Partisan elections influence the electorate in a consistent party label for the voting process. Another problem that the Texas judicial system lacks is the…

The most recent Presidential election in the United States recently came to a wrap, widely being considered one of the most ridiculous elections of all time. When it was announced that the two Presidential finalists were Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, people all around the world were shocked. With Donald Trump having no experience in politics, and Hillary Clinton previously having been in a political position, but landing herself in hot water for deleting thousands of emails, it seemed that…

The 2016 election has been quite a controversial and emotional election, leading to various debates and major shifts in people’s opinions. As a result, the professors at the University of Texas at Austin decided to provide critical insight to freshman students on how to become an active citizen in participating in this year’s presidential election. Mark Updegrove, Bethany Albertson, and Michael Stoff took the stage at Bass Concert Hall to provide freshman knowledge on voting, anxiety in politics…

baby boomers are struggling to vote for the nearest election, due to the problems we have as a country, however, the past few presidential election has been the majority of the millennial population and it has said to win the millennial vote, talk about the issues, therefore, they have shared their issues that concern them the most, their matters of importance when voting, and their research they have done to be prepared for the presidential election. According to The Atlantic, the millennial is…

ballots for president and vice president. The election for president is consisted of a vote from Congress, and by popular vote of citizens. In order for the president to be elected, there needs to be a majority vote of 270 electoral votes. If that majority is not met, then the election is given to the majority vote determined by the people. In the Electoral College each state gets two senators…