Voting machine

Epistocracy is a system of government in which voting is knowledge-based. The way democracy in America works is that a campaigning politician will reach for a center audience in order to appeal to the common people while really having plans for the left or right. More often than not, the common people are not as educated on the important topics at hand. Many voters are ignorant, uneducated, or misinformed. Epistocracy is a form of democracy but instead there is a test that determines if…

sole factor of Trumps victory is incoherent with the facts. Whites voted against trump and should be known to have done so, just as minority camps should realize that members of their communities tipped the scale and voted for Trump—or did so by not voting, like the hypocrite Colin Kaepernick. Why is it that we don’t group these voters as members of the…

A voter’s gender is a large factor in which party they will side with the most. In this year’s election gender has become a huge part of voting, considering we had our first woman candidate for president. Before the announcement of the POTUS, A Gallup tracking poll showed that Trump has a 70% disapproval rating amongst women (Milligan). The result of this poll is due to the fact that Trump…

Caribbean with a current population of approximately 115,000. The country’s main income areas are from the agricultural and tourism industry. In 1974, Grenada was given its Constitution by an Act of Parliament. However, as of November 24th, 2016, the voting population will be called upon to cast their votes on proposed changes to the Constitution in a national referendum. Before delving into the whole issue of constitution reform, let us first define some terms. According to Dr. Wayne Sandiford…

often known for voting democratically or progressively, but it is still not a reflection of Malheur county’s voting patterns. Finally, a consistency arose when I examined the education levels of most people in Malheur county. Malheur county only should to that around 13% of people had a bachelor’s degree when, in comparison, Salem more than doubled that number with 26.9% of people having a degree. This is an area where the socio-demographic finally aligns with predictable voting patterns, those…

The current state of this year’s presidential campaign is chaotic. There are a loot of US citizens who do not know who they are going to vote for. Some people are even voting for the presidential candidate that is opposite of their political party. Whoever people vote for, being correctly informed is the most important thing when considering a political candidate. In the age of the internet, there are millions of pieces of information available to anybody. However, not everything on the internet…

Only 4…..3% of all U.S. citizens 18 years or older voted in the 2014 midterm elections (File). Since voting is one of a citizen’s sole civic responsibilities for a representative democracy, it is striking that less than half of the voting aged populace engaged in the elector process? When trying to explain a citizen’s level of political activity and civic engagement, one must comprehend the factors involved at the individual level. Context matters. As a country containing a diverse populace with…

When John B. Rayner came to Texas, he did not know about the changes that were going to soon be taking place and the role in politics he would play. Rayner did not get into politics when they first came to Texas, because he felt like no one wanted to listen to an outsider. However, the political environment in Texas began to change in the Reconstruction. It is my opinion the at the prohibition movement and the rise, height, and fall of the Populist Party were the greatest events in Rayner’s…

ludicrous to think that my fellow citizens of our democratic nation would not rush out to the polls to be sure that their favorite candidate is elected for office As we approach yet another presidential election the thoughts of voting cannot help but fill the heads of every voting age American. They are many reason why Americans don’t vote, one being citizens think their vote won’t count. Another reason, so many citizens do not vote because of the registration process. For many Americans taking…

Intersectionality is the interconnected ways by which various individuals. Kimberle Williams Crensha discrimination based on social differences with given societies. Far often many view issues as being singular. However, as more complex studies take a look in to solving these issues, the more researchers see that these issues are very much so connected with each other. For example, if an African-American poor woman is experiencing discrimination in life these troubles are not either linked to…