United States presidential line of succession

Presidential candidates take almost two years to announce they are running to the day they are sworn into office. They work with the two party systems and during that time they spend a lot of money during the campaign. Some of the parties since the 1872 are the Green Party, the Libertarians, The constitution Party to name a few. During the past years the Americans have either elected a Democratic or a Republican Party member to the highest office in the land. The Republicans and Democrats…

platform about the political parties and their respective presidential candidates. From the Democratic parties we have Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, as the front runner for the Democratic Party. And from the Republican side we have the billionaire Ms. Donald Trump, as the front runner for the Republican Party. And throughout their candidacy, the media have covered their respective political…

Anti-Federalists. American politics saw a decline of partisan politics during the 1950s and 1960s, however there was a resurgence in the late 1970s that has yet to cease (Brewer, 2005, p. 219). While the political elite have been divided along partisan lines, the results of their division have extended to the American populace. The division of the American populace makes the governing by the political elite an easier task. Therefore, it is an easier task for the elite to maintain the status quo.…

the President of the United States is a critical moment in their presidency. It sets the tone for what there is to come in their next four years as president; what issues they will chose to focus on and what tone they will take on while accomplishing those issues. This essay will examine the inaugural addresses of Barack Obama, his first address, and Donald Trump and the differences and similarities of their speech in their first ten minutes as President of the United States. Initially, the…

During Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign he addressed a live audience in New Hampshire. His ‘Yes We Can’ speech was acknowledged as a rhetorical masterpiece and one of the greatest political presentations. Obama used a variety of verbal and nonverbal techniques to persuade voters that he could guide a positive and enduring change. Verbal techniques such as repetition, anaphora, pronouns and the rule of threes aided his portrayal of a prospering America under his leadership. Nonverbal…

The premise of the book Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State by Andrew Gelman is to explain the divided red and blue color map that represents the way states vote in elections, Republican or Democratic. Throughout the book, Gelman presents substantial data, numbers and graphs, to show the voting trends of individuals, counties, and states as a whole. Analyzing all this information, Gelman reveals that how an individual votes relies on many factors that interplay with each other…

The 2008 elections broke down many barriers for minorities in the United States; the word minority is referring to women and black people. This was the first time a woman, Sarah Palin was chosen as a running mate for vice-president as well as the first election where a black man, Barack Obama became popular enough to win the presidential race. The movie Game Change is a non-fiction film that follows Barack Obama’s opponent John McCain as he is running his campaign and the choices his campaign…

start their election campaigns and focus on winning the swing states as they aim to win the 270 electoral votes they need to win the presidency. There are many ways political parties choose who is going to represent them on the general election, which is a…

representation of national images. Some people believe that a state’s soft power cannot exist without national images. It is believed that the images of a nation can create either an advantages or disadvantages environment for the public and the state. The nation’s reputation can be a reward or punishment in both political and economy. Positive reputation makes countries to gain foreign…

on the idea that a vote is involved with how the government decisions will affect the citizen directly. Government spending and the increase or decrease of taxes is all involved with economics and economics directly affects the citizen. During a presidential election, a voter is not only selecting the new leader of the country that’s going to assist in these decisions but also voting for their own…