Realigning election

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.”…

total of the state's Senate and House of Representatives commission at present, the quantity of electors per state ranges from three to 54, for a sum of 538. Individuals really vote in favor of a group of electors when they go to the voting polls on Election Day. These electors have agreed to support a party's nominee chosen for president. In numerous states the ballot list only the names of the presidential candidates and not the names of the electors, so a large number of individuals think…

with the presidential elections? Where do you usually get the information about the candidates? The media is a huge part of presidential elections. There are many positives and negatives to having the media around the people of the United States. Is it right to be biased on television or any other media outlets that might influence the audience’s voting choice? I definitely think it is wrong. I believe people should not listen to the media during the presidential election because of biased…

I believe that the republican form of democracy is a better form of government than the direct form of democracy. This is because the republican democracy is more efficient and precise. The job gets done rapidly and the people receive a more relaxing life and this will make the community more joyful overall. In a direct democracy, the people would be in voting booths all day just waiting and sitting voting on every issue. This would make the people more stressed. The people are not perfect and…

“Let us not speak of the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” - John F. Kennedy. The United States of America is born as a democracy and a democracy is government runned by the people for the people. The Democratic political party is the better ideology for the USA due to it wanting a better life for all it’s people. The Democrats want fairness among the people.…

“Trump plans to enlist grassroots and Democrats to sell tax plan he will call biggest in history,” from USA Today connects with, “The Federalist,” the ideas of urban over rural, persuasion, updating ideas, and political disputes all work to tie these pieces of writing together. Many people have feared the urban and wealthy have taken advantage over the poor and rural populations. Americans leaders have tried to please both by coming up with alternative ideas to bring a sense of equality to all…

When there is a need for change in the world it is our duty to fight for change by voting. Voting help us choose a person we want to lead or represent us in government. By voting we express our opinion formally are officially about issues that affect us. Voting is our way for our voices to be heard, to hold elected officials accountable for their actions, and to have a say on important issues that affect us, the community, in the world. For these reasons voting is very important. For one,…

S. Constitution. The Electoral College is a process that is used for electing a President and Vice President of the United States. The Founding Fathers made this compromise for wanting the President elected by Congress and those who wanted direct election by the people. The process of the Electoral College includes the selection of electors, the gathering of electors when and where they vote for President and Vice President and the calculation of the electoral votes, which is done by Congress.…