Voting Rights Act

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…

argument that assumes a major point at issue; also known as petitio principia. I see this type of fallacy mostly during election campaigns: Example: A. Don’t vote for that candidate because he can’t win — nobody is going to vote for him. B. I’m voting for my candidate because my candidate…

care, social problems, energy and environmental issues, crime and capital punishment, and each liberty. When it comes to social issues Democrats and Republicans have very different standpoints. Democrats usually have progressive views favoring the right to abortion and gay marriage, but push for stronger gun control laws. Republicans, on the other hand tended to push for more conservation…

The Electoral College is the voting method used in the United States to elect the president. This system has been in use since its implementation in 1777. Although it has never been reformed or abolished many people believe that the Electoral College is a much to complicated and unfair system to be used to elect the president. Additionally many argue that the same system that is used for every other election in the country should be used to elect the president. The reasons for the electoral…

2. Civic Engagement refers to the active participation in “individual and collective activities associated with civic life, such as voting, being a political activist, joining community groups, and volunteering. While old aged people are viewed as if their “time” in society is over, many advocates of civic engagement believe that old adults such as baby boomers who have acquired a vast amount of knowledge are very useful to society. I slightly disagree with part of the meaning of civic…

Voting is considered a fundamental right in the United States. Anyone over the age of 18 is entitled to have their voice heard at the polls. Unless they are a felon. Most Felons do not have the right to vote. That might change as states rethink the laws that deny felons a vote. Voting laws are dealt with state by state and are not federally regulated. Because of that, the laws that deny felons a voice at the polls differ from state to state. What keeps felons from voting depends on the…

But would america want a 50 year old man voting for drone usage or a 30 year old who is more well minded with the topic . Losing important congress members would be devastating but new issues could be solved as well as more issues. The majority of congress is most likely at the moment worried about…

When political scientists look at voting behavior and political beliefs, they often turn to people’s upbringings. When looking at this, one area often studies is the environment where people grew up. This means the city and state of a person’s upbringing. While many say that the most effective way to influence political beliefs is through those closest to a person, the geography of where they grew up cannot be ignored. States in America vote for presidents, not people directly and this provides…

Third-Party Voting Is Not An Option More than any election before, voters want a viable third-party candidate. We have third-party candidates, of course, but none of them are going to win. The system of government we have set up completely blocks any third-party candidate from even having a chance of winning. Even candidates that aren’t a third party candidate and win the majority vote, Al Gore, for example, aren’t guaranteed to win. In 2000, Al Gore won the majority vote for most states, but…

This passage was written by Herodotus and is found in his work Histories 3.80. In the passage, a character named Otanes is arguing against monarchy and proposing that the Persions adopt a democratic government. He outlines a variety of issues concerning monarchy and explains how democracy creates equality while preventing problems associated with one ruler. Although democracy didn’t exist until 508 BC, after the time period in which this text is placed, we can still compare the ancient and…