Elections in the United States

Reagan Campaign and the Iranian leaders. First, ongoing talks with Carter officials stopped in October. He later discovered the suspension of the meetings occurred because the group in charge of the hostage policy did not want Carter to win the election. Without specifics, Sadr also proclaims the occurrence of a meeting in Paris between Reagan and Beheshti representatives. He “offers no firm proof of the charge” in these statements. Sadr wrote a book portraying his feelings about the…

similarities between warfare and elections. Both involved protracted struggles for power, strategizing, fundraising and research. Political campaigns in the U.S. even borrow several terms from warfare, further demonstrating their congruence. Campaigns strategize in “war rooms”, put their fundraised capital in their respective “war chests”, “mobilize” campaign members and confront their opponents in “battleground” states. The results of the 2016 U.S. presidential election were shocking to many,…

to his candidacy. However, Trump has been able to overcome these threatening occurrences and use them as a tool to aid his campaign, while other candidates would have let this kill there campaign and shot at becoming the next president of the United States. CNN released their national poll on Tuesday. The results from likely voters found Trump to be…

pot, that is what the United States is most commonly referred to in its entirety. Florida, although small compared to many other states, just so happens to be the representation of that melting pot, due to its highly diverse demographics. These demographics and mix of cultures have often shaped the way voting has turned out in Florida. Florida is considered to be a swing state because there is no consistent trend in regards to how votes will be counted compared to other states. “Influxes of…

During the 2012 election the democrats are the ones with the higher voting numbers, and more than often it’s a Democrat that gets elected. Most of the votes rely on demographics however, particularly the voters of diverse race and ethnicities. The white vote isn’t weak but nonetheless the Hispanic vote is often the stronger one, especially during the 2004 election although the white vote was significantly stronger in the 2012 election and still serves as something of a threat as most whites…

The premise of the book Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State by Andrew Gelman is to explain the divided red and blue color map that represents the way states vote in elections, Republican or Democratic. Throughout the book, Gelman presents substantial data, numbers and graphs, to show the voting trends of individuals, counties, and states as a whole. Analyzing all this information, Gelman reveals that how an individual votes relies on many factors that interplay with each other…

The run for the presidency in 2000 was an event that any American watching will never forget. This historic election made Americans question the legitimacy of our election process and whether the president-elect was the actual winner. The 2000 election of vice president Al Gore vs Governor Bush was not legitimate. There were many factors that appeared after the election, that stirred up an uproar throughout the country. Networks announced that Al Gore won the popular vote with 51,009,810 votes…

concerns about what is going on in this country. Not all governments and countries allow their citizens to express their opinions; cherishing this right. During 2000 presidential election the citizen of the United States realized it is the electoral vote that determines the winning candidate. In this election, the president lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote. Notably, only 51.3% of the American people assembled to vote; was the popular…

Bernie Sanders Bernard “Bernie” Sanders is a U.S. senator from Vermont and is a democratic candidate for the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Election Process: The process of him becoming president is most likely, due to the fact he is gaining more support through social media, democratic debates, etc. On April 30, 2015 during an address on Capitol Hill, he stated that he’s seeking to accept the presidential nomination of the democratic party, and announced, “I don't believe that the men and…

discussion about politics or this year’s election into my discussion board but when I think of an advertising campaign which has a strong insight behind it, my mind automatically goes to this year’s election. The campaign and their advertising drew deep into the other opponent. One in particular that stood out to me was Hillary Clinton’s ad about role models (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrX3Ql31URA). Children look up to the President of the United States—many kids say that when they grow up…