Plurality voting system

possible that many voter between ages 18-24 have decided not to vote. It is also possible that Hillary was able to regain this age group by adding certain policies, such as reduced college tuition. Another option is that former Bernie supporters are now voting for Trump out of spite for Hillary or the election process. How are former Bernie Sanders…

is all that it takes to cast a vote. The act of voting is such a menial task, yet we (the Millennial generation) continue to neglect the election polls. The question remains, why do Millennials refuse to vote? Perhaps the answer lies in the notion that voting is an ineffective method to solve political issues. An overwhelming majority of us would argue that there are alternative forms of political action that exist which are more effective than voting. Some of these other supposedly more…

In the second point, I believe that social media helped to overcome the “free rider” problem during the Arab spring movement. Because social media was used as a vehicle to gather likeminded citizens for demonstration, to overcome the social problem of the free riders in a the case of collective action, however this is not the case in ever revolution on social media, because there are cases where a person can say that they will be attending an event on social media and decide not to show up or…

representative of what the population wants. The main issue here is how can this election be fair if you are not truly voting for the president? While in that aspect it can be undemocratic it can also be democratic. The citizens are still being heard and still having a voice. They are indirectly voting for the president so their vote still do count. There are many ways in which voting can be democratic. We get to vote for our Senate and our House Representatives directly. Voters are very…

talks about factors of “shaping individuals’ perceptions—so that the ninety-nine percent adopt the interests of the one percent as their own” and “the economics and politics of voting itself” (Stiglitz, 2013, p. 150). In regards to shaping perception, he talks about voting behaviors with two terms; those terms are voting paradox and…

percentage of youth who vote is almost little to nothing compared to the percentage of older individuals who turn out to vote. Why is that? Why don 't young people vote? Is there some motivator that would cause a young person to vote? Single issue voting has increasingly become a popular trend in America, could that be a motivator? Robert Winsler’s "The Accidental Motivator: Florida 's Medicinal Marijuana Ballot Initiative 's Impact on the Youth Vote," sought out to understand whether a single…

then used to make a decision about voting. Furthermore, this decision, Popkin argues, is to be considered as an investment made with the expectation of a long-term payoff (Popkin 10).…

Free market system is more appealing because prices for goods and services are determined by the market and consumers and not the government. As said by analyst Patrick Garry, “the conservative hierarchy of economic values should be: first, economic freedom, since only…

Train Wreck - James Arthur The Song that Changed Perspectives Billal Lyzzaik In today's society, reality shows, such as The X-Factor, manipulate many to act a certain way on live TV and not necessarily be themselves. James Arthur, a British artist, was one of the many whom were packaged. He participated in The X-Factor during the 2012 season but was eliminated during the final rounds for not meeting the shows expectations. Arthur later exposed the program on its manipulative ways. As a…

Direct democracy is a system where people decide on and vote on policy initiatives and laws directly, using several instruments like referendum, initiative and recall. Referendum mainly implies that a bill that has been passed in the legislature will be obliged to be set for a popular vote. This essentially means that the public can veto on a bill passed by the legislature. The instrument of Initiative lets members of the public propose/suggest a bill or a constitutional amendment, which will…