Electronic voting

The Electoral College should not be replaced. Albeit, the Electoral College is a complicated system and many citizens do not vote because of this and the candidate popular among the people does not always get the electors votes, but the Electoral College has many benefits that outweigh these negative aspects. The benefits range from giving minorities voices to state power. Firstly, the Electoral College allows minorities to have a voice. It takes into consideration areas with lower…

The antebellum era is known for being a time of controversy and division leading up to the Civil War. The political atmosphere was unlike what America is experiencing today and has since been heavily debated by historians. Voter turnout seemed to be at an all time high and today’s turnouts pale in comparison. However, the reasoning behind this has yet to be agreed upon. William Gienapp, Altschuler and Blumin, as well as Jon Grinspan have all written comprehensive analyses in attempts to justify…

The Australian youth are impacted by negative discourses throughout many domains of society. Simply being under the age of 25 allows for stereotypes and generalisations to be made. It is through this that youth are often left voiceless, not being able to have a say and an impact in their community. More specifically youth are left voiceless and stigmatised through their employment, with workers under the age of 20 being paid less for doing the same job as someone slightly older. This pay…

Introduction The steady decline of youth voter turnout in Canada calls for drastic action to reverse this trend and engage youth with their civic responsibilities to ensure a strong voter turnout that will ultimately arbitrate the health of Canada’s democratic system in the future (Elections Canada, 2011). Political education within formal institutions is perhaps the most penetrative opportunity to reach youth across Canada (Canada’s Public Policy Forum, 2012). Despite this opportunity to…

Please identify at least 10 concerns with this case study and suggest how you may make changes to improve the survey. A marketing research firm has been commissioned to conduct a survey on the likeability of a potential new candidate in riding A against an incumbent whose political party is not doing very well. However, the incumbent is liked by his constituents and they have a favourable view of this politician. The new candidate for the opposition party is well known in the community and his…

In a way, the median voter theorem applies to the current political situation. When looking at the stances of each candidate they appear to be on both far ends of the spectrum but in each category (republican and democrat) certain individuals appear to be closer to the middle. Some believe this theory is becoming obsolete but I would have to disagree. I think the theory is still at work because not everyone believes in one candidate fully that sticks to one side of the spectrum. In both…

First World War, when voting was not compulsory, there was a significant drop of the number of people who voted. Political Parties were concerned towards this issue so they decided to do something about it. In 1924 voting was introduced for national elections in Australia. It took till 1984 for enrolment and voting to be made compulsory for all eligible voters. Electors who do not vote at a state election will be fined. The following years several states across Australia made voting compulsory.…

Many countries have lowered their voting age to 16. We need more people to vote, but we dont need more kids. 16 year olds can be influenced. Even 18 year olds can be influenced, but if an 18 year old truly wants to vote for someone then they will. We need to keep the voting age the same. We need to raise the voting percentage and bringing down the voting age will not help. As it states in the article "Keeping the Voting Age at 18", only 38% of voters were in the 18-24 age group voted.…

Elections should deviate from relying on conviction rates because these fail to account for prosecutorial misconduct and if their strategies have reduced crime.Chief Prosecutor elections operate similarly to normal elections in the fact that the candidates rather attack themselves than to discuss their proposals. The discussion found in campaigns for chief prosecutor elections fail to produce substantive information for the citizens. Instead of explaining their proposals to the electorate,…

becomes voting time males and females choose certain candidates for a high authority figure, and they might not even know it. Voters look for different amounts of information from women candidates than from men ( Ditonto 336). Which in turns affects overall vote decision. The first thing that voters notice is sex and then draw conclusion on that ( Dolan 96). When women are seen seeking leadership positions and displaying masculine traits, it draws resistance from the people (Bush ). Voting for…