General election

the general population believes in a rigged system and in return, no longer votes for any candidate. The trust has been broken between the constituents and the political figures in power who no longer represent the ideology of the voters’ neighborhood. Using a misguided reality of how the politician rose to office without a popular vote, the newly elected implements their own agenda, passing it on as a mandate of the people (Shkimba, “Trump Was Right, the System is Rigged”). The 2016 election…

Elections are won and lost in accordance to multiple factors that are categorised to Short Medium and Long term. Within the 150 electorates obvious voting patterns are formed, voter behaviour that is effected by these factors can be detrimental to the loss of a seat. At 5.29pm on Monday 5 August 2013 the House of Representatives in the 43rd Parliament was dissolved and went into the caretaker mode. The 2010-2013 government brought the first hung Parliament in 70 years, Michelle Grattan commented…

order for this to be achieved. According to one website, “If there is a close popular election, we face a national recount…” (Direct Popular Vote v. The Electoral College). For this reason, a national recount would not be the easiest of tasks to be considered due to how complicated the situation can get. This could be due to the costs needed to hire people to survey the number of people in each household and in general, creating for a very messy situation. Not only this, but for a national…

on in the world, until you hear about the ideas of the candidates who are running. All of the sudden, you become interested and you want to vote. B. Background and Audience Relevance: Lucky for you, elections are coming up. People who are eligible to vote can register in time for this year’s election. C. Speaker Credibility: I recently (today) registered to vote. It was this assignment that encouraged me to learn more about voting since it is an important topic that I knew little to nothing…

Britain The British general elections are archetypal of what occurs in a majoritarian election. Minority parties are considerably less able to be influential in parliament - the analysis that will be done through the case study of Britain will be on the disproportionate underrepresentation of minority parties in British parliament. To understand why there is an underrepresentation of minority parties it is necessary to analyse the British electoral system, first past the post. The country is…

not only aid the political system of ones country, but also countless other factors such as economics, foreign policy, and the general will of the people. Obama has even considered instituting this type of policy in the very free and democratic United States of America stating, “…mandatory voting would empower these groups and counteract the influence of big money in elections…”[Josephine Tovey]. With a compulsory voting law in place…

just influence the picture of the people yet it additionally influences the state. Supporting a particular candidate in an election is imperative yet it's most certainly not enough, it is considerably more critical, nonetheless, that the people of Texas vote on Election Day. Voter turnout is "the proportion of the eligible citizens who actually cast their ballots in an election". Voter turnout is determined by those who really cast ballots and those that are just registered. All in all,…

specifically older people and ignore the interest of young people, this can be a source of tension. This also may become a cycle that reproduces itself generationally. Voting is a habitual action and if it is not established early, ideally the first election a citizen is able to participate in, than you may lose that voter as a drop-out for their rest of their lives. (SOURCE) The IRPP says “we know that the decline in turnout was due almost entirely to the failure of those reaching voting age in…

Do We Need the Electoral College Megan Browe Wayne State University Do We Need the Electoral College The Electoral College is a process that the founding fathers created as an agreement between election of the president by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens (Barbour & Wright, 2006). This system is fixed in the Constitution and it consists of 538 electors. To elect the president, a majority of 270 votes are needed. Every state’s…

The United States election process is one of great importance and significance to the American government. Yet voting can be one of most confusing topics to its citizens. How does an election work? How does your vote make a difference in our county? What is the Electoral College and what is its purpose? These questions have been asked and thought of by many Americans for generations. As with everything in government, the process is much more complex than it seems. On the surface, electing a…