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    I completely agree with everything you said, I feel everything that you do. Presidential election is all about the big promises and the bigger the better. Promises from the Presidential candidates are like bribes to pull us in, the bigger and shinier the promises are the more of us get pulled in. The sad part is neither Trump or Hillary has pulled me in, when those two talk all I hear now is blah blah blah. I don’t believe a word either one of those two says. I am a little afraid of what’s going to become of our beloved country, when either one of those two take over, we can only hope for the best. I do love what your said “if candidates weren’t allowed to give false promises how even more boring would politics be?”. You just made me laugh…

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    Turnout In Elections

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    The issue I will write for my policy paper is, should the US change voting laws in order to receive a higher turnout in elections? The US has a significantly lower voter turnout when compared to many other advanced nations and I will be exploring, reasons for why this is, as well as possible solutions. The data in this assignment can be easily measured and accessed through prior election data that is given and studied by many political scientists. Party affiliation statistics are easily…

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    Presidential Elections

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    votes are already set in stone, that is not always true. In fact, there are various factors that contribute to the overall outcome of both the nomination of a candidate, and subsequently, the presidential election. Furthermore, in a presidential campaign, candidates must maintain awareness about state primaries and caucuses (“Presidential Campaigns”). Both state primaries and caucuses are a means of choosing their presidential nominees, however the process of selection varies from state to…

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    Election Integrity

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    This Wednesday, the New York Times published a story about a presidential nominee, Mr. Jeffrey Gerrish. The story shows how Gerrish voted illegally in the last presidential election, due to his moving from Virginia to Maryland, but still voting in Virginia when November 8th came around. Virginia does give a grace period of thirty days after moving out of the state to vote, but Garrish had moved prior to the 30-day mark. The article then goes on to discuss the Presidential Advisory Commission on…

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    Election Of 1928

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    Have you ever wanted to determine the importance of a presidential election and their impact on the future generations and their impact on the nation’s politics?In this paper the background of The Election of 1928 Hoover vs Smith will be discussed,also it will present the background of each candidate and the country's major issues,the outcome of the election and how it affects the United States,and lastly my opinion on his presidential election,and my opinions on future elections. Before, the…

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    past century all but a handful of midterm elections have seen the incumbent party losing a significant number of seats to the opposing party. Even though the presidential party won the presidential elections simply two years prior, the opposing party drastically wins seats from the president’s party typically offsetting the majorities within the House of Representatives and also the Senate that the president may have had originally when they entered office. Throughout the midterm elections…

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    Right During Elections

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    the system (pg 491). Citizens for the most part don’t 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…

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    Elections are practical and symbolic. Practical elections are who is going to become a political elite. They have a major part of creating governments. Symbolic elections because legitimizing a country’s political system. Electoral systems part of symbolic elections are for voters to get “the most out of their vote”. There is a list of all register voters in countries but some voters are excluded due to them not meeting the requirements in the country, but other countries keep a better record…

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    2000 Election Analysis

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    The 2000 Presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore continues to spark controversy regarding which candidate actually should have won, even 17 years later. In 2008 the dramatization film of this election, Recount, aired on HBO and primarily documented the voting irregularities in Florida. At the time, Florida counted with 25 electoral votes, thus analytics predicted that whichever candidate won Florida would also win the election. It is later revealed in the film that George W.…

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    “National politics and elections are dominated by emotions, by lack of self-confidence, by fear of the other, by insecurity, by infection of the body politic by the virus of victimhood.” Every 4 years the nation decides on the Presidency whom represents our country for 1 term. Normally if there is a change in whom controls the congress and the presidency is directly in association to the previous 4 years. The impact that elections have on the US is huge. After the past election, some of the…

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