Federal Election Commission

Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of any true democratic state today and the legitimizing force by which citizens of a country grant a government the authority to rightfully rule over them and represent their opinions by make decisions in their best interests. Citizens’ right to vote is one of the most fundamental rights which they possess in modern liberal democracies, however, the low level of electoral participation is indicative of the fact that a countries democratic system might…

Numerous elections happen each year with dozens and dozens of campaigns. People spend endless amounts of time trying to get money to fund their campaign along with them spending money themselves. Most campaigns and elections are funded honestly with the public and authorities knowing where and who the donations are coming to for that good cause, but some campaign funding’s go unlawfully. Some campaigns seem to get anonymous money donations otherwise known as “dirty money donors” trying to…

The data on the total number of votes for each election year revealed that states with strict voter ID laws; actually had a smaller decrease in their percentage of total votes, than compared to the states without voter ID laws. For instance, Georgia, Tennessee and Kansas (states with strict voter ID laws), there was a combined decrease in votes by 12.2%; whereas in Illinois, California and New York there was a combined decrease by 16.2%. Similarly, the nation popular vote totals for all six…

edition) that establishes Switzerland as a confederation and to protect the rights of its people. Directly quoting, “The Swiss Confederation shall protect the liberty and rights of the people and safeguard the independence and security of the country.” (Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation).…

requirement for a president. He has political experience such as, being elected to the U.S. Senate after 16 years as Vermont’s congressman in the House of Representatives and also he’s now serving his second term in the U.S. Senate after winning re-election in 2012 with 71 percent of the vote. He has an estimated net worth of $417,515 Sanders describes himself as Socialist and progressive who admires the Nordic model of social democracy.On one of his speeches Sanders said, "I don’t believe…

2. The one theory that has really stuck with me is the importance of a ground game in all politics, whether it be local or not. The Kelly Ayotte campaign prided itself of having a strong ground game. What does that mean; well that means knocking door to door and having conversations about what the voter is thinking and how Kelly Ayotte will address their concerns. If we did not have 200 college students including myself on the ground across New Hampshire, I do not think we would have won a…

Survey Analysis Politics play a major part in the growth of the world. Along with politics comes many controversies and conflicts. We see people debating everyday on the news about issues affect the world, everybody has an opinion and everybody wants to share it. I thought it would be interesting to survey everyday people and see where they stood on certain issues. Along with this, I wanted to see differences and similarities between the mindsets of people from different generations. Some of…

and their culture. For Example Alabama keeps reelecting Sen. Richard Shelby since 1986. "91 percent of Senate and 90 percent of House incumbents were re-elected". People are happy to re-elect the same people. Also the most important factor is the federal government is so complicated and it takes time to understand it. If we keep re-elcting different people it will be hard to get anything done. "Kaufman, Ted. "The Best Argument against Term Limits? The Voters." N.p., n.d. Web." The argument in…

stirring up Americans. Why I think this is because all the hackings and different viral activities that go on have a big impact on Americans. I think that this also had a big impact on our last election, because of all the chaos, mass shootings and just different events that all took place leading up to the election. Also I think that the impact that the Russians had was the different attacks that happened as well. Social media always has an impact, what people say on social Medias and how the…

a Democrat, while the the Senate majority leader, John J. Flanagan, is a Republican (Ballotpedia n.d.). Political parties are a crucial component to the New York legislature because the parties control the overall processes, the legislation, and the leadership. The partisanship in the Assembly, unlike in the Senate, is controlled dominantly by the Democrats, 105 to 44, with one open seat (Ballotpedia n.d.). Since the Senate is tied on partisanship, the parties have to work hard to ensure the…