Recall election

it might’ve changed the end result in those elections. However now in the present day, to what extent would lowering the voting age be effective in determining a fair outcome to presidential elections? This discussion is quite important to be seen through a political type lens. Changing the…

order to gain a political advantage of some kind. It is possible to do this because the districts have to be redrawn based on updated census data, as population is always changing. I also knew that it is difficult for the opposing party to win an election when the controlling party gerrymandered the district to favor them. While playing the game, I learned that it is difficult to adjust the districts where every representative is satisfied. I also learned that if there were more strict laws…

Warren G. Harding is regarded as one of the worst presidents in American history. Why you might ask, is he held in so little regard? During his presidency, Harding allowed appointed friends and family, known as the spoils system, to official positions which allowed for a great amount of corruption. Such as, the Veterans Bureau Scandal. In which Harding allowed for the corrupt leader to escape to Europe as well as another member of the board to flee Washington D.C. and his name was removed from…

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.…