the concerns about what is going on in this country. Not all governments and countries allow their citizens to express their opinions; cherishing this right. During 2000 presidential election the citizen of the United States realized it is the electoral vote that determines the winning candidate. In this election, the president lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote. Notably, only 51.3% of the American people assembled to vote; was the popular…
NRA, KKK, rural-supported Republican Nominee—now President Elect. This boched election--from the Democratic perspective-- exposed major fractures within the United States. These faults are evident by the post-electoral…
media, if not created solely from the very existence of social media itself. One of the most recent and shockingly entertaining effects that social media has had on social movements, is its involvement in presidential elections. Social media’s recent involvement in the presidential election has had a positive effect on our younger generations involvement at the polls. Looking back on the history of social media, there are three distinct time periods that play a role in understanding where…
The presidential election this year has been intense in both sides of the political parties (Republican and Democrats). And almost all candidates have received personal attacks whether on their wives or qualification to occupy the highest position of the country. From Donald Trump making fun of Ted Cruz 's wife, and to Hillary Clinton in her mind had disqualified Bernie Sanders after losing the New Hampshire primary. Dirty campaign is not new in politics and to win an election has never been…
Conspiratorial Thinking and Motivated Reasoning on Belief in Election Fraud show that depending on the party one identifies with influences whom they believe are behind electoral fraud (Edelson, 11). Furthermore, the same individuals that blame the opposing partisan party refuse to acknowledge that their own party may be responsible for committing electoral fraud (Edelson, 11). With that being said, when one party is found to have lost an election the…
However, Todd only presents facts that are present without any past statistics. Present facts includes him writing and explaining how, “Republicans and Democrats support Mr. Trump’s plan” (Paragraph 2, Sentence 2; Starnes). However, he does not clearly state that the Republicans have influenced the people but after reading the article, it would be inferred that he is showing that Republicans are causing some type of influence in peoples decisions because he only writes present facts and explain…
Sehgal, Jasuja, & Bansal, n.d.). Clinton is a democrat who will address the issues such as “women in particular, including a higher minimum wage, paid family and medical leave, early childhood education, and affordable child care” in her 2016 presidential…
Bush v. Gore Case Number: 00-949 Facts of The Case: Bush v. Gore (as many believed), was the case that had determined which candidate would win the United States presidential election of 2000 between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush. The issue that caused the whole case to erupt was in Florida when the elections results were so close it was not possible to determine who won Florida. Even though Bush received 1,784 more votes than Al Gore did in Florida, the gap…
Edwards, to meet the incredibly difficult task of beating a Presidential incumbent in their second bid for office. In order to achieve the massive amounts of motivation and initiative to meet such a victory, Barack Obama develops a highly effective argument by building up his credibility before using parallel structure to create unity and ending with an appeal to hope. He does this to move his…
and Hispanic people stand together for justice, we win” (Bernie Sanders). This is what Bernie Sanders promises and will do. People say that Bernie won’t do the job or is too old but his is false. Bernie Sanders is the best candidate for the 2016 presidential…