Gerrymandering

Inequality in the Elections Do elections actually represent the United States populace? Given the fact that a lot of people do not vote, I do not believe it does. People who have the right to vote have been declining in voter activity with occasional spikes around presidential elections. Why are people not voting and is it really affecting outcome? People of certain ages, gender, ethnicity, and education have a tendency to vote in a certain way that makes the two party system struggle for…

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to make himself look better. This type of campaign is still done today. Opposing candidates send out letters, or tell the press bad and most of the time, untrue things about the other. Another example is gerrymandering. Gerrymandering was started to criticize the weaker Political party, it is usually done by the more powerful Political party. Political Parties have impacted the U.S. government in many ways, and our country would be different without them.…

electoral system discourages voter participation through strategic gerrymandering. In President Obama’s State of the Union speech, he called on lawmakers saying, “change the system to reflect our better selves for a better politics…. We have to end the practice of drawing our congressional districts so that politicians can pick their voters” (Ingraham). The process of drawing district boundaries is regulated by state legislatures. Gerrymandering largely occurs when one party is in control of the…

Is The Electoral College Fair? The controversy over whether or not the electoral college is fair has been happening since it was created. Many people don 't agree with how the electoral college does not reflect the true majority of votes but the electors votes instead. Others think that the electoral college was created for a reason and offers a voice to minority voters too. The electoral college is an interesting process that many people disagree with but many people realize that it was created…

In the current system, Democrat votes are basically thrown away in red states, and vice versa in blue states. This system seems to shift the problem down the line however. When taking Gerrymandering into account you still have the same problem, except instead of red vs. blue states, you have a smaller scale red and blue districts. You could even argue that this system leads to more voter disenfranchisement when you look at battleground districts…

level the effects of gerrymandering are dangerous because it means less competitive districts. By having less competition, a politician can run a campaign as he pleases without properly being challenged by any opponents or citizens to modify his agenda. Consequently, he receives virtually no challenge about the logic and legitimacy behind his proposals. Elections are supposed to be an interaction between the candidate and the people in the respective area, yet gerrymandering has effectively…

American democracy has been the most sought after breed of government in the world. Democracy is a means for the people to choose their leaders and to hold their leaders accountable for their policies and their conduct in office. The government is not necessarily the one governing the people. Instead, the government are the ones giving the power to the government. However, this type of system only works through a majority take all system. The winners are not always winners and the losers are not…

Picture this, the thirteen original English colonies are punished and expected to pay outrageous taxes for a war—they had virtually no part in—are resentful: Ideas of independence and nationalism cloy to the settlements. Abruptly these harmless ideas transition into serious inquires of the process for American colonies to conclude all governmental ties with Great Britain. Thus pushing past the already in place self-government documents of the Mayflower Compact to begin constructing a…

The premise of the book Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State by Andrew Gelman is to explain the divided red and blue color map that represents the way states vote in elections, Republican or Democratic. Throughout the book, Gelman presents substantial data, numbers and graphs, to show the voting trends of individuals, counties, and states as a whole. Analyzing all this information, Gelman reveals that how an individual votes relies on many factors that interplay with each other…

Elections are the most fundamental aspect of democracy. Through elections, individuals have the ability to choose who they believe will best represent them and who will work towards the betterment of their community. Many Canadians are very familiar with the way in which they elect representatives on a federal and provincial level. The way in which we elect individuals at these levels is usually very similar. However, more variety in electoral systems and unique results of elections can be…