Gore Case Number: 00-949 Facts of The Case: Bush v. Gore (as many believed), was the case that had determined which candidate would win the United States presidential election of 2000 between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush. The issue that caused the whole case to erupt was in Florida when the elections results were so close it was not possible to determine who won Florida. Even though Bush received 1,784 more votes than Al Gore did in Florida, the gap between…
that the election of 1828 represented a democratic revolt of the people as the election was crucial to the development and maintenance of the second-party system. Not only is Wilentz the George Henry Davis Professor of History at Princeton University, but Wilentz is also a successful author who has won many awards including the prestigious Frederick Jackson Turner Award, the Albert J. Beveridge Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Bancroft Prize. In his analysis, Wilentz claims that the election…
Political parties as an influence in society is certainly a unique hypothesis. Last year’s presidential election certainly had a pretentious effect on society. I agree with your neither political parties speak for the common American. However, many people voted for Trump not for the man but for the failed policies of the previous administration, an unbalanced federal budget adding $6 trillion to the national debt, Supreme Court Christian friendly nominee, illegal immigration, or a dozen more…
understanding of the issues and candidates? Before the election, the Commission of Presidential Debate holds a series of presidential debates where presidential nominees can debate on their approaches on controversial issue of the time and their policies that they may carry out if they are elected. A series of presidential debates may change the situation to one candidate’s favor or firmly solidify one’s position in an election, which means that presidential debate has became one of the major…
Winning any election is tough. Winning an election for a second term as President of the United States is really tough. So many factors fall into why a candidate will succeed or fail come Election Day. It is easy to measure when it is all over, one-person wins the other loses. The tougher part is analyzing why one person lost and the other won. Background Then Senator Barack Obama won the 2008 United States Presidential election 66,882,230 to Senator John McCain 58,343,671 votes (CNN). Thus,…
Every four years the U.S president election comes along and forces citizens to choose a side. Republican or Democratic. However, since the beginning of these elections, certain stereotypes have clung to each party and can even still be seen today. Biased opinions and political stereotypes make it difficult for the general public to judge candidates based on important issues. Republicans are seen as closed minded, racist, uneducated, rednecks. On the other hand, democrats are seen as lazy, gun…
audience engagement have become to the functioning of the Obama White House” (Eilperin, 2015). Our President and the White House directly reach the public without going through traditional media. Traditional media outlets are denied access to his Presidential affairs. This tactic allows the White House to reach a larger target audience “without the filter of the traditional media, target its audience with precision and receive almost immediate feedback” (Eilperin, 2015). Sometimes this…
You are a police officer. First of all, thank you for your service and protecting our communities. So every time you see the media, a senator, a House representative, actress or an actor get in front of a camera and say something that is batsh1t crazy, just remember this phrase. People who have sex with children don't want to go to jail. As reckless as that statement sounds, it seems more and more to be coming to fruition. The only time I've seen every person on one side of anything have the…
when they are given the opportunity to. Thus, peaceful resistance not only positively impacts a free society, but is an essential facet of democracy. A contemporary application of these principles is the protesting that occurred following the election of Donald Trump in 2016. Major protest occurred in metropolitan areas across the nation…
of now in today’s America the country is massively divided because of the recent president that has been elected. A majority of African Americans, Hispanics, and Pakistanis do not like President Trump because of the things he has said during his presidential campaign, and…