Gerrymandering

Would you support a independent commission to draw congressional districts to end gerrymandering? On this question I believe that people would want to make the district were one political party would not have complete control over it. Most americans want to make sure that their representatives uphold their believes. If you draw a district a certain way, you could mute the voices of many voters. According to the Public Policy Polling report, most North Carolinians support a independent commission…

In the United States the president is elected not through direct-popular vote nor through congress but instead through the Electoral College. The Electoral College is a very unique and complex way to elect a head of state. There are two stages of a presidential election, the first stage is the primaries. During the primaries candidates are campaigning to be the party nomination and represent their party affiliation. But an Independent campaigning has to gather signatures on a petition to be put…

The Roots of Limited Government- The Roots of Limited Government article is written by the late Alan Barth, a long-time editorial board member of The Washington Post. In it he discusses how the United States is guided by key documents including the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence. These documents serve to limit the government 's power, as the authors sought to ensure that the United States would be free from English rule. It stems from the belief that a…

undergoes reapportionment to assign the correct number of seats allowed and redistricting to ensure the number of representatives align with the number of districts in the state (Schmidt, Shelley & Bardes, 2012, p. 205). Nonetheless, issues like gerrymandering, the drawing of district boundaries to bestow an advantage on the majority party at the expense of the minority party, and minority-majority districts, a requirement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which are meant to form districts to…

Although the White House is perhaps the most recognized symbol of government authority in America, presidential power is actually quite conditional. A President’s ability to enact change, pressure the passage of bills, and motivate Congress, hinges on numerous factors, including the economy, circumstances, and public support. Over time, the role of the President has changed from Whig to Stewardship style. Instead of merely carrying out the will of Congress, Presidents now take a central role…

Cannon provided us with examples in which political and racial Gerry-manderring is pretty much the same thing. Dr. Cannon works for Virginia 2021 a company that informs people on voting rights. One of the goals of Virginia 2021 is to make political gerrymandering illegal as well. Throughout Dr. Cannon’s lecture we were able to discover the ways in which politics has changed he presented us with different graphs on how liberal and moderate congress and the senate has changed over the years. As…

There are three branches that make up the United States Government, and that includes: the legislative, executive, and judicial branch. Each branch has a certain job to do, so to say, and each one is made up of different types of people; whether this concerns their religion, race, political party or gender. The demographics of each of these branches affects their duties in some way, either good or bad. It affects the American people, their lives, and the society they live in. These four major…

rights they had. Following the drastic change in voting numbers, the Act itself was tweaked a bit. Congress added to the Act, stating that African Americans were still prejudiced against as they were given phoney ballots and manipulated by ways of gerrymandering. This was an issue specifically pertaining to Southern states as they were still very pronounced as discriminatory. Once this issue was resolved and recognized by the people on the United States, racial bias was and almost still is…

The correct answer is b implementation. Federal bureaucracy performs three tasks in government which are implementation, administration, and regulation. Congress passes a law and it sets down guidelines to carry out the new policies. Putting these policies into practice is known as implementation. 7) I had chosen B, but the correct answer is D. Employment cycle in which individuals who work for the government agencies that regulate interests eventually end up working for interest groups or…

Over the course of this semester in Poli 130A /Amer 130A class, the main focus of the class is the American political system. During class, the students learn about government institutions in regards to the ideals of the founding fathers and the workings of contemporary national politics. In doing so, the students also examine critiques of various institutional arrangements. However, now that the semester is coming to an end, the students are required to think critically about government and how…