Federal Election Commission

There are 218,959,00 people in the United States that are eligible to vote. 146,311,000 are registered to vote In the parliamentary elections that happen every two years 81,033,355 voted in 2014 that is only 42.5 perecent, in other words less than half of registered voters voted. Merriam Webster defines a democracy as a form of government in which people choose leaders by voting. Voting to most is a right of passage in citizenship meaning, it what makes us a citizens of a democracy. There have…

Indigenous communities. It is no surprise that voter turnout among Aboriginal Canadians is lower than among non-Aboriginal Canadians. Upon researching surveys conducted with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal electors following the last four Canadian federal elections there are reasons for the gap in turnout. Aboriginals who live on First Nations reserves tend to vote less than those who reside off reserves. There are many factors that affect voting turn out for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal…

The first argument by James Kent was in opposition of universal suffrage. His main opposition was because he feared letting the general masses have control. Kent feared it would hurt “the rights of property and principles of liberty.” Kent argued that allowing universal suffrage would be damaging to their cities well-being. He used the example of countries such as France or England and how if they turned to universal suffrage, the poor people, without any property, would be in control. Kent then…

Abolishing the Electoral College: is it wise? Many people have no idea what the Electoral College is. Those that are informed tend to want it gone since it does not allow the people to have a single vote. It is definitely a weird system that the U.S. uses to elect a president. The Electoral College is like a secret organization in the sense that no one really understands is. The problems that this system have been apparent the more and more that the people can be informed. The internet has…

same candidate. However, the Electoral College had the final decision. The latest discrepeancy between the two voting systems revived the debate about the best election method. George C. Edwards develops the argument about how the Electoral College, with a faulty system detrimental to democracy, should be replaced with direct election. The Electoral College fails in protecting American citizens and candidates. It does not protect minorities or third parties. Many times the votes of the…

politics, or do not know which candidate to choose. Source one, a political cartoon, emphasizes the apathy that average citizens within society have towards voting. The woman is most likely asking the man for who he is going to vote for, for an upcoming election. It is evident that the two individuals are on a farm because of the presence of chickens the man holding the pitchfork. The farmer represents…

be shortened, depending on the election,) then that candidate is the rightful winner. In other words, the winner takes it all. In…

The objective of the “We The People” project is to register the entire senior class of Pemberton High School as voters. My success in completing this objective has been somewhat limited, though. This paper will be constructed in seven paragraphs. These include an introduction, conclusion, and five body paragraphs that include: how the project was organized, the desired goals of the project, the relationship of this project to the citizenship and leadership training I have received in JROTC, the…

Political Disengagement: ‘Lazy’ Millenials Are Not to Blame I parked my car in my high school parking lot and took my place in line. It was November 4rd, my first ever Election Day. I waited in line to cast my ballot for our local and state officials. Wonder and excitement filled my mind. I walked through the double doors and into the gym that had been transformed into a series of voting booth stations. After I entered the curtain-enclosed booth and cast my vote, I was surprised by how fast and…

containing peripheral routes of persuasion are so convincing. To no one’s shock, money is exceptionally influential for the previously mentioned advertisements. Research has found that political candidates who spend more on their election campaigns are more likely to win the election (Chun-Ping and Chien-Chiang, 2009). Between 2004 and 2008, presidential campaigns spent $750 million on television campaign advertising alone. According to previously mentioned research by Lee, Fernandes, and…