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States or by any State on account of age. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." This means that the 26th Amendment gives citizens between the ages of 18 and 21 the right to vote in local and presidential elections.…

Politics are always exciting, however, presidential political debates are arguably the best. Each candidate must persuade the country to vote for him (or her) to become the next Commander-in-Chief. Candidates participate in numerous debates to not only win over their party but the country as a whole. These debates, along with lies and secrets begin early. This leads to an intriguingly long and scrutinous race. Many politicians resort to fallacies sooner rather than later. For instance, if one…

The teen years are an exciting time, filled with friendships, parties, and much more. At sixteen years of age, many youth are focused on getting a driver's license, practicing sports, or preparing for their sweet sixteen. Not everything that teens do are the responsible thing to do. For example, adolescents often times pull pranks, gossip, and get into lots of trouble. Therefore, changing the voting age to sixteen is preposterous because most sixteen-year-olds are not mature. Most teens don’t…

When it comes to Congress careers, we mainly speak about the pursuit of reelection, the power the try to uphold and good public policy. With the pursuit of reelection, in order to come out on top lawmakers must work both sides of the spectrum. On one side you have the voters and supporters back home and on the other you have to work on creating power hungry careers on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers in the Constituency or Home Style careers fo mainly focus on giving their home base attention and those…

For example, in many countries it is required to vote only if you are a registered voter, but it is not compulsory to register. People might then have incentives not to register. In many cases, like Australia, an acceptable excuse for absence on Election Day will avoid…

How much does the public know about politics? This question has spurred debate about the adequacy of democratic decision making for many years. In political science, scholars such as Converse (1964), Delli and Keeter and many others have conceptualized and developed measures of political knowledge to understand its effect on political attitudes. In their book, What Americans Know About Politics and Why it Matters, Delli and Keeter find out that many citizens are informed about the details of…

Throughout the history of our nation, partisanship has divided us. The ideals of separation have continued for centuries. The entire premise of America is built on concepts of a difference; red or blue, rich or poor, black or white. Our foundations have been polarized ever since the United States of America was formed with The Constitutional Convention in 1787. With your vote, you can make a change. Through voting, you can ensure the notion of failure existing in the social structure of our…

judicial elections are partisan. The candidates run for the office as Democrats or Republicans and the voters see the party labels on the ballot. Candidates are chosen based on their partisan affiliation just like those who run for presidency. According to Wallace B. Jefferson, the newly retired Chief Justice of Texas's Supreme Court, the way Texas selects its judges is wrong. In the article “Chief Justice Condemns Judicial Elections” he points at the problems inherent in judicial elections in…

(270) wins the election. The electoral college is made up of electors chosen by each state that is equal to the number of representatives in congress. The electoral college should not be changed at all because it protects from uneducated decisions, it protects equal votes for states, and insures a fair vote. The electoral college is here to make decisions the general public can not. The famous federalist Alexander Hamilton said, “It is equally desirable, that the immediate election should be…

Washington bailouts and handouts. ENOUGH of feeling less safe and less secure in a more dangerous world where the bad guys are winning and the good guys are losing. But I have good news -- in just one hundred and twelve days --- it’s over. In this election the stakes have never been higher. Do we settle for the path we are on? Or do we take a better way? Republicans believe that families who work hard should get ahead. Republicans believe in an America that isn’t divided by race --- religion…