Proxy voting

Picture this. You’re at a peaceful anti-war protest on a college campus in Ohio. Then national guards show up armed and ready to threaten the protesters, whom are college students, or even stop them. To find out about the tragedy on that awful day, you need to know how it started, what happened and who did it, and what happened for the aftermath and why we still know of it today. To begin, there is always a reason for protesting no matter what it is. First there what a bombing performed by the…

The Vietnam War was one of the bloodiest wars in American history resulting in the death of nearly sixty thousand American troops even though most citizens back home opposed our involvement in the war. This wasn’t always the case though, when the United States joined the war effort in 1965 most Americans supported the decision whole heartedly. Our reason for joining was to stop the spread of communism but as the war went on it seemed like this reason wasn’t good enough for many American citizens…

The Vietnam War affected a lot of people, both directly and indirectly. With thousands left dead in the war with over 2000 missing, it’s not a surprise that many people were left grieving for the loss of a loved one or hoping for the return of someone missing. The article, story, and letter we read showcased the effects the war had on the vets that survived the war and the families of those who did not. I will explain the effects of the war on vets, their family, and their friends. and the…

In the United States, there are approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants and most of them don 't have a driver’s license(Passel and Cohn). Because the DMV failure to issue driver’s license, it hurts the undocumented population and nevertheless is just adding more problems around the country. The undocumented population has been really affected by this failure of issuing a driver’s license for them. By having the problem of issuing of driver’s license towards immigrants, a great deal of…

Followed by Ted Cruz receive over $60 million in funding from outside money. As of 2016, there are 2,281 super PACs and have raised $707 million dollars (OpenSecret). The rapid increase in the amount of outside spending by super PACs is bad news for voting Americans. More and more corporations are joining the political feeding frenzy created by the Supreme Court ruling in 2010. The steady growth in the number of lobbyists means more and more influence of the corporate agenda over politicians,…

policy ideas between two rigid party’s. Douglas additionally believes that the current election system does little to facilitate choosing how government in run. Douglas mentions to increase in third party spending, lower turnout, and an increase in non-voting political actors. The author has a radical opinion on the matter compared to other scholars. For many political science professors and educators elections are the corner stone of a successful democracy. Douglas makes the case that the…

As an individual is hard to help those people which suffer from poverty, violence, and those people that are unemployed. In the United States, we have much more freedom than other countries. Having our voice heard can be helpful in many ways. In order for our voice to be heard, we must have the support of others or at least know someone who is powerful. Even a president cannot make its own decisions. The president decisions are depending on the number of votes. Protesting can solve some of the…

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…

Brazil, Germany, and the United Kingdom have extended voting rights for 16 year olds and all have historically better voter turnout then the United States. Advocates for lowering the voting age argue that it could increase government responsiveness and help reinvigorate our democracy. In state after state and around the world, allowing young people to vote in elections has had a real positive effects. Many states in our country have extended voting rights to 17 year olds to vote in primaries to…

Elections are important and everyone has a right to vote. However there have been practices that have been attempting to stop people from voting such as qualifications on race, property ownership, religion, and so forth (pg 493). Elections now have open up the voting pool to any American citizen with minor acceptations. Before many qualifications were required to vote in elections and as year gone by, people have fought courageously for right of representation…