Voter turnout

People in America have been arguing over compulsory voting for some time. Forcing people to vote seems to be the solution when there is consistently a low turn out for voting. The right to vote in America is a privilege that has been fought for and should not be taken for granted. There are many factors that go into compulsory voting which can be good or bad. Although there are people who will argue otherwise, voting should not be compulsory in America. First, some people may say that forcing…

“Are you registered to vote?” appeared at the very top of my newsfeed on Facebook for about a week until it finally disappeared. “No,” was my answer every time I saw it. Even if I wanted to, I could not be for I am not a citizen of the United States. I wondered, however, how many people my age, who are able to vote, are registered to vote. Then, how many of them actually care to vote. I have since asked several of my friends if they are registered or going to vote, and their answer has been no,…

values as the voter? Another reason citizens are not voting is the voter does not identify with the candidates running for office. Most elections held in the United States include at least one Democratic candidate and one Republican candidate. In most instances, voters can identify with at least one of these candidates. Nevertheless, in some cases the voter does not identify with any one of the candidates. One significant reason the voter does not identify with the candidate is that the voter…

run for office in the history of the United States. This is because she is the first woman to ever be nominated as a major parties’ candidate. She also has an immense chance to win the election, due to her ability to appeal to a broad audience of voters through various advertisements. Although her advertisements span a wide array of topics I am only going to focus on a select few. These advertisements focus on her main demographic, which is women. These advertisements, titled "Cheryl", "Alexis",…

Fighting Voter Suppression Voter suppression is a strategy to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing people from exercising the right to vote. As states keep passing voter suppression laws, our voting rights remain being attacked. Many states, California for example, make their citizens believe that after any contact with the criminal justice system means they have lost their right to vote. The whole reason for making people believe this is so people of color will…

I have never ever voted in my life and as a non-US citizen, I am not allowed to vote. Due to this situation, voting becomes uninteresting to me. In addition, none of my parents are into politics hence, there is no role model that guide us, me and my siblings, for the importance of it. I’m not saying that my parents do not care about politics, and how the government works here in the US, but since we are all non-US citizen they do not see the urge to make politics and voting a big deal. It 's not…

1) Hamilton argues that the electoral college was created specifically to elect the president and was voted on by the people so that such an important decision was being made my official that the represent the people. He also asserts that this small group of educated electors would better able to analyze the necessary factors to determine if a candidate would make a good president. Basically he is saying that the electors are more educated then the masses and the masses trust them to make…

Train Wreck - James Arthur The Song that Changed Perspectives Billal Lyzzaik In today's society, reality shows, such as The X-Factor, manipulate many to act a certain way on live TV and not necessarily be themselves. James Arthur, a British artist, was one of the many whom were packaged. He participated in The X-Factor during the 2012 season but was eliminated during the final rounds for not meeting the shows expectations. Arthur later exposed the program on its manipulative ways. As a…

way of seeing what it can do for the elections is that it will make it so more people will vote. This will result in there being maybe a more evident choice of who the majority wants. On the other hand, some people believe that it will be a lower turnout because they are unwilling or unable to vote. There have been studies and polls to look more into this claim. Markus Wagner, David Johann, and Sylvia Kritzinger used a survey…

Prior to playing the gerrymandering game, I knew that it was the manipulation of districts in 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…