Instant-runoff voting

I happen to believe that lowering the voting age is not a very good idea. The reasoning behind my opinion is that children, who are not of the adult age of 18 yet, could be coerced by their parents to vote the way their parents want, instead of having their own educated opinion. The reason that the older generation has a higher voting percentage, according to the newspaper articles, is because the older generation has seen years of politics working or not working in their lifetime to…

The Use of Social Media in Presidential Campaigns Many politicians are slowly embracing technology by switching their campaigns to social media. 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…

to vote in the 2016 election. This number isn’t all because of lazy people and stubborn voters. In 14 states, new restrictive voting laws that targeted minorities were installed before the election. This was the first election since the Supreme Court turned down a provision of the Voting Rights Act that required federal approval on any state election law. I think that voting is something that should have equal laws between states, and should be made as easy as possible. The argument that there…

Why use polling? Polling is utilized in politics to gauge the public’s attitude toward a person or issue and to learn what message could persuade a particular type of voter to support a particular person or issue. Polls can measure candidate viability through the ballot test question, and evaluate the effectiveness of a particular communication strategy. For instance, polling allows a representative sample of 1,000 people to share their opinions on a candidate or issue, thereby providing the…

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 voting for. Citizens like to…

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…

right-wing parties are typically motivated by religious interest due to contention with left-wing social policies. Both theories could be applicable, however there are a few notable explanations that can be presented for either side. The women that are voting for candidates solely based upon their…

In 1824, America saw its first ‘legendary’ election. With four, very worthy presidential candidates, including John Q. Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford, and Henry Clay. Though it may have been the first ‘legendary’ election, it may have also been the first unjust and corrupt election. This election was a very tight one, John Quincy Adams received 84 electoral votes, whilst Jackson received 99. The reason why many Jacksonians saw this election as rotten was because, although Jackson…

Should the voting age be lowered to 16? As the 2016 Presidential Election debate season comes to a close, many teens have been more involved than ever in their political views. Many leaders in today's government believe that the youth have a unique perspective and they’ll never have those experiences again. Another idea often thought of is that if we let uneducated adults vote, why not let smart youth vote. Overall, many leaders in today's government want to lower the voting age in order to…

I know far too well the dangers of being surrounded by people who agree with me. In general, my life is based within one small bubble, which is my school. My current high school is incredibly small with only about 490 students in both middle and upper school. My graduating class is one of the largest in recent years and we only have around 69 people. My school has a reputation for being more “liberal” than the other private schools in the city. The majority of people at my school don't have…