Ross Perot

Election Fever 1. MAJOR MILESTONES OF MASS MEDIA 1960- TODAY 1960- The first televised debate occurred on September 26, 1960 between Nixon and Kennedy. This changed the political landscape for future campaigns. This was the era of people having access to view the debates in real-time. The television was also used for negative or critical campaign spots. Lyndon Johnson’s 1964 campaign spot of the “Daisy Girl” is considered a classic negative spot. Broadcast television was the dominant form…

Third Parties is a necessary part of the political system. Without third parties there would be very little diversity and ability to change political group. In addition, some optimal solutions may be covered up. Finally, it also decreases citizen involvement because people are less likely to affiliate with one of only two parties. Third parties are an essential part of the american political system, in order to come to an optimal solution in farthing the progress of the country. Diversity is a…

The 1992 election was an election that was full of surprises and events that still invoke people’s interest. However, in all that excitement the 1992 election is also a representation of the issues that the U.S. election process contains. Robert D. Loevy in “The Flawed Path to the Presidency 1992: Unfairness and Inequality in the Presidential Selection Process” outlines the 1992 election, in order to identify the issues with the United States’ election process and to introduce solutions for…

August 1990 to February 1991. Tupac’s comparison shows how individuals could not avoid the topic of war due it surrounding them. Tupac also includes the 1992 Presidential Election, which involved major candidates Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, and Ross Perot. He raps, “We ain't ready to see a black president. It ain't a secret, don't conceal the fact” due to the election lacking African American candidates. Additionally, Bill Clinton, who won presidency, was advocating for the War on Drugs,…

Defective Electoral College In the 2016 election, many predicted a Clinton victory, but the accursed Electoral College denied her it and gave the nation Trump. When the founding fathers of America started their nation, they created the Electoral College to vote for the president. They did not trust people to have enough information to make the right decision in electing the president. For this reason, the citizens are actually voting for educated politicians who votes for the president. But many…

(Garrett 205). To fix this economic discrepancy and to bring the middle class back into the competitive economic markets of the world, there will have to be political policies created to remove countries from globalist trade deals like NAFTA or TPP. Ross Perot 's stated in 1992 “NAFTA would make a giant sucking sound by drawing jobs out of the United States (Garrett 201)” so, leaving those agreements would…

The Electoral College, a topic hotly debated today, is a ridiculously unfair system for choosing the next president. As the Founding Fathers were drafting the Constitution, they had to reach questionable compromises; one of them being the Electoral College. The Electoral College is an unfair system used to decide the nation’s next president. The people at the Constitutional Convention wrongfully feared that the people of the nation would vote for a bad candidate, and decided to delegate the task…

He had to work odd jobs to pay for his studies at Bucknell University and his parents had to mortgage their home. In 1981, he worked with Ross Perot to make HP public, and then started Home Depot with Bernard Marcus which went public in 1981. Number Seven: Oprah Winfrey Our favorite TV show host Oprah was born in a poor family in Mississippi but she won a scholarship to Tennessee State University…

To be president of the United States of America you should have certain character traits that include conflict resolution, being a visionary, diplomacy, a sound worldview perspective, and a love for humanity. Although Donald Trump - the current GOP presidential leader - likes to brag, these are not the traits that he can brag about. If we go back to presidential cycles prior to 2008, and ask the question, could a person like Donald Trump be elected president? The answer would be a resounding no…

Macbeth Thematic Analysis Essay The majority of people with dreams and ambition help to fuel the progressive society we live in. From the influences of public figures such as Benjamin Franklin and Ross Perot, our world has made tremendous headway. However the persistence that accompanies this type of passionate drive can also lead to undesirable outcomes. Through his tragic play, William Shakespeare uses social and political aspects in Macbeth to sufficiently portray that strong, ambitious…