Federal Election Campaign Act

the recent election just ending and with so many political ads all over the place there is always the question, do the political ads help or hurt the candidate. I think it hurts them more than it helps them. I believe that the voters seeing all the negative ads gets them ticked off and vote for the person they planned to vote for already. For example, Donald Trump spent $238.9 million through mid-October, compared with $450.6 million by Clinton's. We know that Donald Trump won the election and…

When election season starts coming around every four years, there are many different aspects to planning out how to proceed and how to win, when it comes to the candidates or the President of the United States. Most of the time they base their campaigns on winning over their party population whether that be Democratic or Republican. But what happens when this candidate gets elected? Are their best interests in the people or in their own endeavors? Political scientist Morris P. Fiorina makes…

The 1947 Labor Management Relations Act commonly inferred to as the Taft-Hartley Act is a United States law by the Federal governance that restricts some of the activities and powers held by the Labor Unions. The Act is still in effect with its sponsorship steered by the former Senator Robert A. Taft together with Representative Fred A. Hartley. It was enacted into law after an overcoming act to former U.S 's President Harry S.Truman who had Veto installed with a decree to practicing slavery of…

corruption and un-ethical behaviour. The Watergate scandal can viewed as a demonstrable breakdown of corruption, as similar scandals within the Canadian political system are clearly evident through the Robo-Gate scandal as both governments committed illegal acts of voter suppression, as well as the Sponsor-Gate scandal which assimilates the misuse of political funds for self gain, and the Senate-Gate scandal which correlates the un-credibility and un-trustworthiness of politicians. The…

led to rebellious acts such as the Boston Tea Party. In today’s American political structure, the concept of representation still holds much importance, which can be seen through all of the elected positions that can be held today. From President of the United States to Parish President of Saint Charles Parish, all of these positions possess an integral function to our democratic…

Republicans VS. Democrats The political landscape of this country is governed by two major parties, Democrats and Republicans (Eleanor, n.d.). Democrats do not just consist of people who are working to help the people with less income. Republicans do not only work for the people with a higher tax bracket. There are so many people that do not fully understand what these two parties consist of. In order to understand the differences and beliefs between them, it is important to understand the…

what they do. which is a modern form of protesters in which very intelligent programmers use their hacking skills to fight back against social and political injustice. Although, nonviolent, and most acts of hacktivist are illegal, or at least uncertain legally, leading most of the perpetrators to act anonymously. Therefore, in this time of day and age many people feel that justice is not guaranteed by the laws of United States of America, some view these hacktivists as heroic who use their tech…

On July 17, 1972, following Richard Nixon’s election members of his staff were caught stealing from the Democratic National Committee office located in the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C.. This case went to court because the prosecutor wanted to prove that Nixon knew about the scandal and was covering up the incident. They hoped to gain the tapes and documents from the Oval Office. The question the United States Supreme Court was tasked with answering was if the President’s right to safeguard…

Their purpose, internal politics, and methods for accomplishing their goals are all varied. To begin with, the purpose of a political party is to gain power by winning elections by supporting candidates, and to help them win by advertising and fundraising. Unlike political parties, the purpose of interest groups is not to elect members into public office, but instead have a much narrower objective and seek to promote a…

the United States and the United Kingdom’s election system is that the constituents of the United Kingdom do not directly vote for their leader, who is called the prime minister. They vote for members of parliament instead and the leader of the majority party seated in parliament usually is picked to be prime minister, and this is done by the queen. (UK Parliament 2015) Another major difference between the United States and the United Kingdom’s election system is the UK’s allowance for the…