Political parties in the United States

In the United States, the majority of the media and political candidates are either liberal or conservative in nature. The Democratic Party and news channels such as, MSNBC represent the liberal side of American Politics. On the other hand, the Republican Party and news channels such as, Fox News support the conservative side of American politics. Furthermore, the Republican and Democratic Parties are the two largest political parties in the United States. By looking at the parties’ beliefs,…

The Electoral Process needs to be Reformed The election process in the United States is flawed and has caused serious controversy in past elections on whether or not the process is fair. First, the states all have equal representation to their House and Senate members. Secondly, the election process was set up for the lesser populated states versus the largely populated states. This amendment should be ratified because the Electoral College takes the power away from the people, does not…

Political Parties are defined as groups of people who organize to win elections, determine policy, and operate the government. Political parties often possess the power to impact the voting toll of many presidential elections. The first two major political parties were the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists who argued about whether the Constitution should be or should not be ratified. Although there have been other third political parties, they did not have a lasting stance history. Today the…

democracy (Brazil - Structure of Government, 2016). Brazil is broken up into states, but still has a federal government that oversees the entire country. In Brazil voting is mandatory for all literate citizens from ages 18 to 69. Anyone who is illiterate, between 16 and 17, or older than 69 years of age can choose to vote, but is not required to do so (Brazil Politics - Intro, 2016). In comparison, within the United States voting is optional for all individuals over the age of 18 and registered…

In 1801, Thomas Jefferson was elected as the third president of the United States of America. Jefferson took office as a representative of the Democrat-Republican Party with the goal of creating a bipartisan state. At this time, Federalist and Republican parties had a heated feud between each other. Jefferson wanted to minimize the differences between the two political parties and mend the damage caused from the election. During his first inaugural address, Jefferson announced to the people, “We…

many parties an unjustified dominance in many states when voting electorally, and is important as it completely ignores people’s votes. Additionally, this issue also violates the United State citizens’ individual rights, and infringes on two of the seven constitutional principles. Gerrymandering is a type of strategy that some politicians use to manipulate the count in state votes by using districts to make one party have an advantage over the opposing party. For example, when the United…

Introduction Do third parties receive fair treatment during elections? How much coverage do they receive compared to major parties? Many states do not include third party presidential candidates in their ballots. Most of the focus by the media is on the stances of the main political parties. There have been many arguments suggesting that the third parties deserve an equivalent amount of recognition by media as major parties. However, others believe that since third parties have no clear…

Citizens in United States have a love hate relationship with government. As mentioned in the slides on American Political Culture, most people fear the government but call government for help when disaster strikes. Overtime, business are mostly owned by citizens, and they feel that government will gets in the way of profit and making so much profit from them by taxes. During the great depression, citizens called the governments for help, and the government gave many opportunities for citizens.…

Imagine sitting at a table and drafting a document that is going to govern and choose the United Stated president every four years for the rest of history. In 1787, the values and thoughts of those men were about fairness and a balance of government that they had not found being under British rule. Now as a citizen of the United States, we go into booths and either press a button or mark with a pencil who we would like to be our president or at least that is what we think. The actual process…

remember, my political identity was none existent. In my country, Puerto Rico, there are three primary political parties, the Popular Democratic Party (PDP), the New Progressive Party (NPP) and the Puerto Rican Independent Party (PRIP). It is common knowledge among Puerto Ricans that the first party listed believes that the government should maintain its political status as a commonwealth while the second party would prefer the island would become the 51st state in the United States of America,…