Voter turnout

we have some of the poorest voter turnout imaginable and in reality the number of people who register to vote under one of the "alternative" parties is negligible. Not mainstream ideas One of the biggest challenges third parties face in the electoral process is the radical ideas that many of them profess to support. While perhaps some of their ideas are generic enough that people can get behind them, their overall platforms are frightening to most mainstream voters. For example, the Green…

Given the increased political power Republicans won in the last elections, from Washington to red-state legislatures, voters might expect the party to feel that the nation’s voting procedures are working quite well. Yet this is far from the case, as triumphant Republicans are using their enhanced clout to continue their campaign playing up the mythical threat that voter fraud abounds in the nation. The newest and loudest zealot in this cause is, of course, President Trump, with his scurrilous…

those states. Georgia and Wyoming are reliably Republican states at the federal level while Vermont has voted for the Democratic nominee every year since 1988 and has a track record as perhaps the nation’s most liberal state. Nonetheless, all three voters in all three states have expressed a willingness to support governors of both parties. Additionally, Vermont, Georgia, and Wyoming come from three different political cultures according to famed political scientist Daniel Elazar (Elazar, 1972).…

SHIWAKOTI 5 Arbin Shiwakoti Professor Sherry Sharifian GOVT 2306 27th September 2017 RUNNING FOR SENATE REPRESENTING DEMOCRATIC PARTY Texas is the second largest state in the United States of America. Controlling the second largest state of US is a real big deal. To run this state and its components the Texas government has been divided into three main branches, the legislative, executive, and judicial branch of government. “The legislative branch consists of house and the senate who are chiefly…

Voting in elections is made obligatory when leaders of a country have the right to do so, and when they feel it is a non-negotiable duty for citizens. Some leaders try to make it so everyone will vote regardless, others intentionally create loopholes in the system to avoid any abuses of freedom such as making it compulsory to register to vote, but not actually to cast the vote. In 2004, International IDEA found that 30 countries exercised compulsory voting, however some only on a federal, not a…

united states continue to elect its president through the electoral college system? To ease some of the tension with this decision let me lay down some facts and information. In a presidential election, the popular vote simply means an aggregate of all voters from all states in America. The candidate who gets the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote. But the winner of the popular vote may end up losing the election, like “Al Gore did in 2000 and Hillary Clinton in 2016. In…

AOW- Should Voting Be Mandatory? Voting Should be mandatory in the United States. The article “Should voting be Mandatory” is about how the author thinks voting should be mandatory for people over 18. One reason is because it would make people pay more attention to which president the citizens are voting for. Another reason that voting should be mandatory is that congress may actually pay more attention to things that now there ignoring. Some people may think that voting should still be…

however studies show only 57% of people know what it is. The Electoral College is a system that is used in electing the president. People cast their votes in their state and then all the votes are counted. Officials then look at the percentage of voters for each candidate and the candidate with the larger percent gets that state. Each state has a panel of electors, the amount they have depending on population. Each state has at least three electors. The electors in each state vote on what the…

Teenagers in America live in a double standard. Teenagers live under laws and contribute to our country, yet they aren't given the right to vote. Teenagers do almost ask the same things as adults and don't have the power to decide what happens on this country. 16 and 17 year olds should have the right to vote because they are informed about issues, work and pay taxes, and their are many benefits to lowering the voting age. Teenagers are informed about issues. Saying teenagers are dumb and they…

topic can generate. The right to vote is a big deal, it’s so important that most people equate it with democracy itself, but Americans should not be required to vote because it does not make our democracy stronger, there would be more uninformed voters voting, it would cost the nation a lot more money, and choosing not to vote is a right. Compulsory voting should not be permitted because it wouldn’t make our democracy any stronger. Mandatory voting will only make our country weaker because…