Indonesian presidential election

original idea was that Congress would chose the president. However, Americans were wary of national/federal government because of the unfair way they were treated by the English government. Because of this fear, the people wanted to have a say in the election. Congress was therefore not given the power to elect the president because of that fear of an overly strong government, and also due to the idea that that the president should not be voted in by Congress because then the president might…

The Negative Effects of the Winner-Take-All Method In the current US election system, citizens do not directly vote for their next president. Instead, a group called the Electoral College carries out that function. Citizens cast their votes and those votes are tallied up by state. Once tallied, the Electors, also known as Representatives, of the states place their votes. Each state has a certain amount of electoral votes. All of the electoral votes of that state count toward whoever won the…

second time this century, a presidential candidate has won the White House through the Electoral votes, while apparently losing the popular vote. It just so happened that Hilary won the popular votes having 65,435,318 and Trump having 62,788,630 total popular votes. While, Hilary had 232 votes in the Electoral College, Trump, who had a total of 306 votes, is the president elect of the United States. In order to understand the above subject as it relates to the 2016 elections, it is highly…

THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND A WORLDWIDE CYBER WAR Developments in technology and information systems have created a new world and provided numerous benefits. Individuals, states, and international bodies take advantage of such benefits; however they are under some risks as well. As Miller and Kuehl (2009) note, “The increasing dependence of modern technologically-advanced forces (especially American forces) on networks and systems create new kinds of exploitable vulnerabilities.”…

unthinkable. A normal politician running for any office, let alone President of the United States, would never skip a nationally televised debate days before the first votes are cast. But Donald Trump is no normal politician and this is no normal election cycle. His rallies are often filled with thousands and thousands of people often with a few protesters who falsely call him a racist, for all the previous debates his strategy has been to unleash a nuclear bomb like attack on the first person…

the concerns about what is going on in this country. Not all governments and countries allow their citizens to express their opinions; cherishing this right. During 2000 presidential election the citizen of the United States realized it is the electoral vote that determines the winning candidate. In this election, the president lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote. Notably, only 51.3% of the American people assembled to vote; was the popular…

dictionary). Each country contains millions of people, the country has decisions to be taken and a decision cannot be taken with such a huge number of people, therefore elections were made. “An election is a process in which people vote to choose a person or group of people to hold an official position” (Collins dictionary). As stated, in elections, people choose a group of men, usually wise men, educated ones, and most importantly, country lovers because these men will ruse the country and take…

Article 1: Election Exposed Ask 3 essential questions of the whole and parts: What is the main idea? Sam Houston and David Burnet, the two candidate that are running for presidency in the 1841 election each one has pros and cons on why they should be voted based on what had happened in the past including what is predicted to happen when they are in office. What is the author’s purpose (to entertain with, persuade to, inform of, create…)? The author’s purpose of writing this article was to…

The run for the presidency in 2000 was an event that any American watching will never forget. This historic election made Americans question the legitimacy of our election process and whether the president-elect was the actual winner. The 2000 election of vice president Al Gore vs Governor Bush was not legitimate. There were many factors that appeared after the election, that stirred up an uproar throughout the country. Networks announced that Al Gore won the popular vote with 51,009,810 votes…

Have you ever wondered if the 2000 presidential election was fair? Well many people have wondered what would have happened if there had been a recount. This election was won off the fact that the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of George Bush. This meant the recount was called off and George Bush won the 2000 presidential election. The US Supreme Court made the wrong decision because there is a standard for recount, they didn’t count all of the votes that were placed and not every person was…