Mexican general election

The question regarding what actually is the best way of promoting democracy through means of voting has evoked centuries of debates. In the AP Government debate on the Electoral College, the affirmative side calls for a reform in this area and implies the advantage of direct democracy over representative democracy because it better preserves individual political power, and that the Electoral College the US has nowadays can pose a threat to minority rights. The negative side, on the other hand,…

Congressman Vance McAllister should have not been kissing one of his staffers since he is a married man. The correct way to kiss another woman for McAllister should have been to divorce his wife first then move into the bachelor phase. I am sure his wife was disappointed in his actions, but her marriage contains lies because she unknowingly married a dishonest politician. McAllister took an oath to uphold and protect the United States Constitution when he signed up to be a congressman. He cannot…

Hassan El Asmar Prof: Polson English 475 09/14/16 What is being American? “Thank God for immigrants. They are the only ones who have any personality left. They still allow themselves emotions, judgments, and all those qualities that we are “evolving” past. I don’t know what they’re saying, but I can tell they’re speaking honestly.” (Collin Quinn). We would be a much better, stronger and united country, because honestly, America isn’t what it used to be. During the last four decades, the…

Pg. 50-59 Changing the Constitution • The Constitution is a living document because it is always being checked again and revised whenever necessary by the current generations of adults. • There are many ways the Constitution can changed but there is a formal process in doing so and there is an informal process of doing so. • Formal Amending Process: o First, an amendment needs to be proposed which requires one of two things to occur:  Two-thirds vote of each house of Congress.  Two-thirds…

it might’ve changed the end result in those elections. However now in the present day, to what extent would lowering the voting age be effective in determining a fair outcome to presidential elections? This discussion is quite important to be seen through a political type lens. Changing the…

order to gain a political advantage of some kind. It is possible to do this because the districts have to be redrawn based on updated census data, as population is always changing. I also knew that it is difficult for the opposing party to win an election when the controlling party gerrymandered the district to favor them. While playing the game, I learned that it is difficult to adjust the districts where every representative is satisfied. I also learned that if there were more strict laws…

Warren G. Harding is regarded as one of the worst presidents in American history. Why you might ask, is he held in so little regard? During his presidency, Harding allowed appointed friends and family, known as the spoils system, to official positions which allowed for a great amount of corruption. Such as, the Veterans Bureau Scandal. In which Harding allowed for the corrupt leader to escape to Europe as well as another member of the board to flee Washington D.C. and his name was removed from…

On August 29th 2011, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. During an interview with Dean John B. Attanasio, she discussed her confirmation process and commented on the different milieu's that candidates have faced when nominated for a seat on the Supreme Court. Ginsburg explained that “[Between] 1993 and 1994, the climate was so different from the way it is today...The vote on me was 93 to 3. Today my ACLU connection would most…

their funding into funding national elections such as the president while state and local party committees focus on local and state positions however state and local committees can focus on spreading the agenda of the presidential election while the national focuses largely on the candidates campaign itself (Maloney, 2013, p. 8). In order to prevent the abuse of this system and prevent a candidate from using an unlimited amount of funds towards their election, restrictions are placed on the…

with this decision let me lay down some facts and information. In a presidential election, the popular vote simply means an aggregate of all voters from all states in America. The candidate who gets the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote. But the winner of the popular vote may end up losing the election, like “Al Gore did in 2000 and Hillary Clinton in 2016. In the 2012 presidential election, Mitt Romney won 48% of the popular vote but only 38% of the electoral vote.”…