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have 14 to 16 credit hours. For the first question, “how many hours a week do you spend studying”, 0 hours received 0% of the votes, 1-2 hours and 5-6 hours both received 12%. 3-4 hours received 40%, and 7 or more received 36% of the votes. On question two, “what 's your classification”, both freshmen and junior received 12% of the votes, sophomore received 72%, and senior received a mere 4%. For “What’s your gender” female accounted for a striking 68% while males were just 32% of the votes. For…

territory” (Oxford dictionary). Each country contains millions of people, the country has decisions to be taken and a decision cannot be taken with such a huge number of people, therefore elections were made. “An election is a process in which people vote to choose a person or group of people to hold an official position” (Collins dictionary). As stated, in elections, people choose a group of men, usually wise men, educated ones, and most importantly, country lovers because these men will ruse…

I believe the voting age should decrease from where its been for many years, at 18 years of age, to 16 years of age. I believe in equal representation as much as any american, but I believe the two year age diference could show marginal results. This is one of those policies that may work well in other countries, but in the United States the majority of the young adult population doesn't pay attention to politics, they're too busy with highschool, part time jobs, or any social activity.…

Adam Walker 5/24/16 History Bush vs Gore Bush v. Gore was a controversial case between the front runners of each presidential party of the United States. This case was heard on December 11, 2000. The point of this case was to decide the outcome of the presidential election. The race to decide the next president of the United States took place on Nov 7, 2000. Voting has now become determined under the electoral college system of the United States. The electoral college system works by each…

electoral votes which is 270, he or she get elected for the president of United States of America (*1). The Electoral Systems translate the citizen vote’s casts in the election into results. Each and every state has distributed with 100 Senators and 435 House of Representatives. Moreover 3 electors have given to the District of Columbia. Senators are the representatives to…

System in Which the Loser Can Win Contrary to popular belief, when the public goes to the polls every fourth November to vote for the president, they are not actually voting for the president directly. In fact, a candidate could win the election even if only less than 22% of the population votes for them (Grey). Essentially, the vote of the people does not matter; it is the votes cast by the Electoral College that really determine who the next President of the United States will be. The…

information to why they are voting for that person. But there are some citizens who chose not to vote and have logical explanations to why they aren’t voting and some of these include: “My vote won’t count”, they don’t agree with the any of the candidate’s campaigns, and some just aren’t legalized to vote just yet. Every four years a new president is said to be elected for the United States, when it comes who to vote for people have their own opinions and suggestion to who should fill that…

the debate is whether it should be changed to a lower age than it is now. One thought is to change the age allowing you to vote to 16. In the past, the age was lowered from 21 to 18 during the second World War. The reasoning behind the switch was “old enough to fight, old enough to vote.” The men were being sent off to war for their country but weren’t given the right to vote for their country's president. Also it might’ve changed the end result in those elections. However now in the present…

Should the voting age be lowered to 16? As the 2016 Presidential Election debate season comes to a close, many teens have been more involved than ever in their political views. Many leaders in today's government believe that the youth have a unique perspective and they’ll never have those experiences again. Another idea often thought of is that if we let uneducated adults vote, why not let smart youth vote. Overall, many leaders in today's government want to lower the voting age in order to…

The right to vote is a central part of any democracy, but most democratic countries have significant limits on who can and cannot vote. According to Professor Christopher Uggen, there are 5.6 million Americans of voting age who are disenfranchised by state laws that “restrict voting rights for those convicted of serious crimes.” In eleven US states even “ex-felons” who have served their sentence and parole are still prohibited from voting. In 1976, 1.2 million people living in America lost…