Primary election

Wayne County Board of Elections will have to answer when it holds a hearing 10:30 a.m. April 5 to hear from Stephen Spoonamore about why he voted on a Democratic Party ballot minutes after filing petitions to run as a nonpartisan candidate in the District 1 state representative race. Scott Wiggam is the Republican nominee, having defeated David Kiefer in the primary, and no Democrat filed to run for the seat. Spoonamore’s status was raised during Monday’s Board of Elections meeting. Director…

Ever since Hilary Clinton defeated Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic Primaries, there has been much speculation concerning the accuracy of vote counts. Quite clearly some startling mistakes have occurred. However, Clinton’s victory was decisive enough to conclude that the minimal voting error is not statistically significant. Understanding the field of statistics is necessary to make judgements about the polls. Statistics is all about valid collection and…

In a presidential election, voters cast ballots for the candidate they prefer, though these votes only select their state’s electors. Electors, who are slated to vote for the popular-elected candidate, then vote in a second election to select the actual president. An electoral college system adds a layer of separation between the popular majority and the power of the federal government’s executive branch, while also giving the ability to misrepresent the popular vote. The electoral college is…

During primary elections, party competition heightens over voter participation as it determines the direction of political change in Texas. Up until 1960, the Democratic Party controlled nearly all Texas elections. This is because, “when one political party tends to dominate [the selection of a public official], voters who wish to participate in choosing their local public officials must vote in that party’s primary” (197). But over the half past-century, many counties have shifted from the…

In general elections, the electorate votes for a party. However, someone has to determine the order in which candidates are listed on the ticket, because the order in which they are listed determines who receives the seats that the party wins. For many years, party lists were put together by party leadership. As a result, those most loyal to the party were listed at the top of the ticket. In 1992, the Labour party was the first to establish a primary system. This granted to party…

or no interest. Elections are upheld at local, state, and federal levels. I will compare and contrast state and federal levels. Federal elections have the most reputable media attention and highest campaign donations, especially the presidential nomination process every four years. The Electoral College plays a major role in deciding a president by giving votes to states representing their population. Before any candidate can be chosen to participate in the presidential election, the…

Every four years, a politician is chosen by to become the leader of the United States. This is perhaps one of the most powerful and demanding jobs in the world, and in 2016, US citizens get to elect the president of the United States. The president is one of the most influential and well recognized figures in the world, and voters go through a long process to find out which candidate is best suited for the job. Having this much responsibility is a big job, and the president must realize this.…

because it’s just psychologically inconvenient for them for the simplest, and even laziest, of reasons. A 2015 Washington Post article featured a survey conducted by the US Census Bureau on the reasons why registered voters didn’t vote on election day in 2014, the election day whose voter turnout was classified in the article as, “The worst turnout since 1942” [10]. 25% of the responses in the poll could be classified as the person being unable to make it to the polling center, whether because…

When a person wants to run for president election, they announce it before the primary elections. The primary elections help decide the future president and the vice president. There is a convention held in the summer of the election year, where the party would choose its candidates. Once the candidates have been chosen, that is when the they go around the country meeting people, making speeches and making promises about what they will do for the people while they are in office, they usually…

The key candidates of the 2-16 presidential election are Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz. Hillary Clinton was First Lady to her husband, Bill Clinton, for 8 years, a Senator for 8 years, and the US state secretary for 4 years. Bernie Sanders was Mayor of Burlington for 8 years, a representative in the US House of Representatives for 16 years, and a US Senator for 10 years. Donald Trump has no background in politics, but his success in business gives him a…