General election

As the election of the president was in progress recently, many people became interested in the debate among the candidates. People who were watching the debate started to question whether presidential candidates should be good at debating or not. However, presidential candidates should be professional at debating because it shows that they can represent their country, make wise decisions for the country after they become the president, and establish a better policy. To begin with, presidential…

That it "requires those seeking office to pay more attention to smaller states" (Pro/Con: Should the Electoral College Be Abolished?). However, the president only needs a couple of states to actually win the election. The candidates, in actuality, only need eleven states to win presidency: California, Texas, Florida, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, and New Jersey. Meaning that the candidates can basically skip out on…

Unprecedented the 2000 Presidential Election is the riveting story about the battle for the Presidency in Florida and the undermining of democracy in America. From the moment the polls opened, it was painfully clear that something was wrong. While the media seized on the controversy surrounding the poorly designed Butterfly Ballot, much larger civil rights abuses were overlooked. Focusing on events leading up to Election Day and the attempt to count legally cast votes in the days that followed,…

success in itself, but it did build a bridge to possibility. Such possibility was furthered by enacting the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson, completely changed the landscape of the elections. It eliminated the use of unfair literacy tests, unnecessary poll taxes, and unjust…

In the expert from “Empire of Illusion” by Chris Hedges he states that “The most essential skill in political theater and consumer culture is artifice.” The author’s statement is correct because politicians want to try and convince as many people as they that they are the best for whichever role they are running for. This topic is interesting because Hedges is trying to give advice on what it takes to be successful in industries where the playing field is rough and not lots of people have…

Should there or should there not be a limit on the terms for presidency? This question has gone back and forth for a long time. Some arugue that it can give too much power to an individual, others say that the people have a right to choose who they want as a president even if it means there should be more terms. I for one, think that giving a person the right to more terms is the correct decision as long as the people agree on it. That being said just because a person gets more terms doesnt mean…

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was written by Frank Capra in 1939. The film conveys a classic political message about the corruption of politics during the gilded age. A young Midwestern man named Smith is voted into a Senate seat where he tried to pass a bill for a boy’s camp. Incidentally the location of the camp was in the same location the other Senator from his state, Senator Paine, wanted to build a dam. The issue over the land caused an argument to ensue between the two Senators. The…

“Why parties”? According to the American political scientist and author John Aldrich, parties are an endogenous institution. Although much recent literature has focused on the decline of parties, and on the resulting loss of a major historical vehicle for aggregating the interests of this diverse republic, parties have always been no more than a tool of the politicians, the ambitious office seekers, and the officeholders. They have maintained or abused the party system when doing so has…

The democratic system has some advantages and disadvantage. In order to clarify this point we will take a look at the disadvantage of having a democratic system in your country. First of all having a democratic system means that there is a minority, which means that not everyone will agree on the decisions, but as they are not enough sharing the same ideas there will always be a part that will be excluded. It is a waste for people who take their time in voting and in the end their vote won’t be…

Citizenship and Social Capital There are many attributes in the American democratic system that has influential importance such as citizenship and social capital. There are ideal standards of citizenship and social capital. However, contemporary America may not measure up to ideal standards of citizenship and social capital but there are practical remedies to improve it. Citizenship has two definitions, a legal definition and an active definition but the focus is on the active definition. The…