General election

The immediate former president of the United States had over twenty-million followers on Twitter during his intense campaign that led to the election of the first black president to head world’s biggest economy. His opponent, Mitt Romney, had over one-million followers on Twitter with over seven million friends on Facebook. In the recently concluded election leading to the Trump presidency, the two presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, relied heavily on social media…

The year of 2016 has proven to be one of the most competitive and intense elections in American politics. The candidates have tried to gain the popular vote for the nominee by utilizing unique social skills and techniques such as strong public speaking or making promises that cannot always be kept. Many of these tactics can be traced back to the principles found in How to Win an Election by Quintus Tullius Cicero. Although written over 2000 years ago, the book proves to be an everlasting and…

“Regular, Free and Fair Elections.” Under this principle, many different parts of the democratic system are addressed. Elected officials should be “chosen and peacefully removed from office in a free and fair manner. Intimidation, corruption and threats to citizens during or before an election are against the principles of democracy.” To have a functioning democracy, these principles must be upheld by everyone, in any position. I also believe that your influence in an election shouldn’t be based…

As a citizen your number one duty is to vote, but voting does not have much effectiveness to it, if the citizen does not understand what the politician stands for. Voting is only one half of what citizens have to do to make America united as one again. Politicians today either focus on what the people want to hear, or the politician’s own opinion. Voting used to be a private matter. In other words, people would not know who their neighbor would be voting for, but today everyone knows you are…

issue I will write for my policy paper is, should the US change voting laws in order to receive a higher turnout in elections? The US has a significantly lower voter turnout when compared to many other advanced nations and I will be exploring, reasons for why this is, as well as possible solutions. The data in this assignment can be easily measured and accessed through prior election data that is given and studied by many political scientists. Party affiliation statistics are easily accessible…

Your success in both your career and in your family life has proven you to be a role model for young women, myself included. You have proved that having tradition values does not limit a women’s success and, in fact, may enhance it. Keeping your Christian beliefs in your policies, such as your stance on abortion, are admirable. As a young women attracted to politics, I have a desire to mimic your success. Due to only being seventeen, I have not yet be able to vote. I considered my beliefs to…

I think the voting age should remain at 18, for a few reasons. Among these are that older voters are more aware of the issues, younger voters barely if at all are interested in what is going on in the country, and at the age of 16, I don't believe people are mature enough to truly grasp the impact their vote can have in bringing about change. Older voters are most likely plugged in to the day to day issuses that effect the…

There is a substantial need for exit polls and other forms of data to help confirm cleavage stereotypes and provide a more concrete view of the interests of various groups, for example, more polling in American election districts with a male Republican and female Democrat. These types of exit polls would help to fine tune the theories presented earlier by providing data on the other cleavages that play a role in that type of voting behaviour, such a race or class…

A different Gallup poll in 2012 analyzed public opinion of the top issues from 2000 to 2012. Porter’s analysis is sound; Americans care more about the economy, jobs, and less concerned about the wars and security in general. However, perhaps due to the events of 9/11, the same poll also suggests in 2004 that the wars were most important followed by the economy. While public opinion supports a more domestic focus now, that could change quickly, possibly derailing any…

The party that I chose to evaluate was the Illinois Green Party. I chose to evaluate this website because I wanted to see how a 3rd party would match up to the Democratic and Republican pages. At first glance, the page does seem to be a little outdated, however it was much better than I anticipated. Because the Green Party is a lesser known party, I expected a late 90s themed website that was hard to navigate. On the homepage there were links for people to get involved with the party, as well as…