General election

Since Jokowi has been choosen from presidential election caused several controvertions where there was a speculation which said that there were a foreign intervention during the presidential election. Observers thought that the credibility of his rival considered to be strengthening various sectors in indonesia especially on the economic and defense sector that worried could change several indonesian foreign policy which has been considered give a sizeable profit to foreigners. This makes the…

Campaign propaganda is a way to promote a candidate into office. Different ways of propaganda are endorsements, glittering generalities, image molding, bandwagon, stacked cards, name calling, plain folks, and more. Many candidates use these different ways of propaganda. Most win by the use of their propaganda. In 1984, the two candidates running for vice president were Walter Mondale, and Geraldine Ferraro. The two used buttons to promote themselves so they could win. These buttons were a type…

Julius Caesar... does that sound like a familiar name? Yes well most people have heard of this name before, but not how he affected the course of Roman history. Caesar was a well known politician in Roman society and has been debated if his leadership qualities have been good. He had a good upbringing in a poor family even though he was a noble, his influence on the Roman government, and how he attracted the people, all contributed to his outstanding attributes. Ultimately, these reasons…

How Democratic was Andrew Jackson? Did you know that Andrew Jackson had many people who disliked even though he may have been the most popular president? Andrew Jackson was born without a father to raise him. Andrew Jackson enlisted in the Revolutionary War, when he was thirteen, and was captured by British soldiers, but was released through prisoner exchange. Andrew Jackson came home finding out his mother had died. Growing up Andrew Jackson was a rebel, causing mischief with his buddies. When…

percent of voters turned out during the 2014 elections, the lowest overall in seventy years. In 507 B.C. , Cleisthenes, the Athenian leader, introduced a new system of reforms consisting of three groups: the governing body, council of representatives, and the popular courts (History Channel). Greece was the beginning of voting and democracy. In the early 1600’s, as American settlements were later set up in Jamestown, these men started off by conducting an election (Colonial Williamsburg…

In 1787, our founding fathers established a system in our constitution called the Electoral College. This system permitted eligible and competent citizens, who use the national popular voting system, to compromise with the votes of Congress in the election of the President and the Vice President of the United States. Although the Electoral College has been in place for more then two hundred years, there are a number of conflicting opinions about whether or not it should be eliminated and…

Electoral Map”. Those are the states that a candidate visits the most for them to try to win that state. Most of the time they spend most of their time in those states, why should they go to a safe state of any party? It’s a waste of time. With a popular election, yes they would go to the battleground states but it would force them to reach more of the American people for them to dominate a state to receive as many votes as they can from that state, and more people would come out and vote from a…

overt forms of racial discrimination in voting practices. However, as time has passed and with the June 2013 Supreme Court decision declaring Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act (1965) unconstitutional, many more ambiguous ways to discriminate for elections (especially local) have come about. One form of racial discrimination at the local…

was illiterate and uninformed; the early Americans needed a leader make the best decision on their behalf. Today, the American citizens are educated and have the means to make the correct decision for themselves. Popular vote should be the means of election because the Electoral College fails to represent everyone equally and, it is unfit for a democracy. The Electoral College system of electing fails to represent everyone equally apropos to the weight of votes. For example, “a vote by a…

population per electoral vote. (Doc 2) This essentially means that the people's vote in Wyoming has more sway in the election than each individual vote in California. This is a blatant disregard for the ideal of popular sovereignty; each and every person should be treated the same, but this is not the case. Due to the electoral college the people no longer have an equal say in the election of the president. The electoral college has destroyed the very pillars that the government of the United…