Voter registration

Participation in Politics: Is Compulsory Voting the Answer to Low Voter Turnout? Every few years, the concept of compulsory or mandatory voting appears on United States politicians’ radar as a solution to increasing voter turnout. Following the 2014 midterm elections, when only 33.9 percent of eligible voters cast ballots, President Obama threatened to make voting compulsory via an executive order (DelReal). This announcement by the president brought the idea to the forefront of American…

Sukunthea Chhay Political Science 439 Dr. Charles Noble Final Paper If I were to change one thing about American Politics, it would be a change that would result in a more fair and accurate representation of voters. The issue of fair and true representation continues to be a pressing issue our legislative branches of government face. Congress, more specifically, the House of Representatives claims to reflect and be the voices of the people. But proportional representation is something our…

Virginia gubernatorial election. As stated in the article, the candidates aired many negative campaign ads against the other in the election. The analyzed the results by drawing data from numerous things such as “a panel survey of Virginia registered voters; second, a content analysis of television commercials aired during the campaign; and third, detailed satellite tracking data showing when, where, and how many times each campaign ad aired in each of Virginia 's top four media markets”…

It forces candidates to focus on certain states more than others, it makes popular vote useless, it makes the process confusing for voters, and it contributes to the death of democracy at every election. America is not a democracy, it never was, contrary to what we call ourselves. The systems and processes that were put in place when the country was founded contradicts the idea that…

politics because the only common ground that can be reached is the idea that uncivil discourse is a tactic. While using this tactic many politicians are not just laying out the facts for voters to see, they are using personal attacks to make the other side look bad. This has created a wave of concern for voters because they do not understand how they are suppose to see situations like this. Whereas most politicians know that this is just a tactic to win, therefore they do not take these…

Civil Connectedness Throughout America’s history citizens have conformed around the idea of civic duty. A majority of citizens were active voters and regularly attended rallies and other political gatherings. However, less and less American citizens are engaging in politics, two men, Robert Putnam and Lee Hamilton, a renowned political scientist and a long-time US House respectively, both agree that less and less American citizens are active with U.S politics and that it is crucial to this…

Laurel Elder and Steven Greene in their work, “Politicians love to talk about family. But maybe not yours.” try to argue that politicians need to start talking about all families and not just traditional families and need to provide support for all families. While their abundance of logical appeals and their choice of not including emotional appeals would make their argument successful for the type of article they produced, their lack of intrinsic ethos makes their credibility a little faulty…

presidential campaign. On the one hand, some argue that they help get the people’s concerns be heard to the two major parties. On the other hand, however, others argue that it ends up having the focus away from other problems. In sum, then, the issue is if voters are better off with more choices or that third parties are unnecessary. While some believe that voting for third parties divide the country in a way that hurts us, third party candidates can be useful as they push the people’s views…

Does experience matter when applying for a job? Well, it depends on the job. In the instance that someone wants to be a janitor, then no it does not. Even someone applying for a receptionist position at an office, experience does not matter. Sure it helps to have it, but the person applying for that job probably already knows how to answer a telephone. Now in the instance someone wants to run the country, yes experience matters. Political candidates running for presidential office should have…

The upcoming presidential election of the United States is set to occur on November 8, 2016. There are many ways to persuade voters and help determine the nations’ leader. Super PACs, Interest groups and media all play a role in US elections, but Super PACs have the greatest impact. These three things aid a candidates’ win or loss when used. A Super PAC is “a relatively modern breed of political-action committee that is allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money from corporations…