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Negative campaigning and its effect on political participation is a topic that has been widely studied during the last decades in the US, mainly due to the fact that some scholars defend that this electoral strategy threatens American democracy as it reduces voter turnout (Brooks. 2006). This is the case of Ansolabehere et al. (1994), which conducted both an experiment and also an aggregate-level analysis during the senate elections of 1992. The results of the experiment demonstrated that the…

Racial Equality and Civil Rights Socialization in Modern Day America Democracy, regarded as the rule of the majority has evolved into the most desired form of governance preferred by the majority of individuals across nations around the world. However, the concept of the rule “of the people, for the people, and by the people” as reiterated by Abraham Lincoln, has been considered a fleeting construct of the society as fewer citizens are engaged in measures and processes tailored towards promoting…

Why filter bubble is a problem? Well, to answer this question we must think about things like: other points of view, different opinions, importance of information, somewhat challenging. Today it is filtered by importance and number of clicks done for search certain information. After UK’s vote to leave EU many people were shocked with the results where expectations were entirely opposite what they expected. “In the aftermath of the UK’s vote to leave the EU and Donald Trump’s victory in the US…

In the United States there are two form of democracy Republican and Direct democracy. Direct democracy is a form of government where the individual citizen of the country directly vote for the leader or president. This means that everyone's vote is specially counted and everyone gets a fair chance to show support for the candidates, However this only works on small nations. On the other hand there is Republic Democracy, this is where the representatives vote for the leader or president. United…

The candidates incorporated authority, social proofing, and the central route to persuasion in their debating techniques to persuade voters. Authority and social proofing act in a cyclical way, since a social proof is the act of individuals imitating others due to their own uncertainties in regards to a topic, and authority is used by those who use this uncertainty to their own advantage by acting credible, all-knowing, and confident to assure others that they should follow them. Central…

loss and decided to contend for sophomore class president. Going with a different approach than my freshman campaign, I determined I could secure the votes through humor—plastering pictures of my face on Elsa and SpongeBob was sure to win the votes, right? Unfortunately, not. My ‘Bet on Betts’ was no match for Jackson’s ‘It’s a Win Win for Winn”. I was dejected as Jackson swept the ballots for the second time.…

Lindy Li is a graduate from Princeton University. The Daily Princeton goes in some detail about Lindy Li accomplishments relating to politics during her time at Princeton. Cassidy Tucker of The Daily Princeton writes “Li served as Class Council president, and was the only woman to be elected to serve four consecutive years as her class president” (Tucker). “Li also founded the Do it in the Dark campaign, which encourages students to use less energy. The event is still active on campus today”…

The 1790’s in America was an exciting time, as well as an uncertain time, for a blossoming country. America was dealing with the growing pains of a new country. Some of the issues facing America in the 1790’s will be discussed. America had to deal with problems at home, such as the election of 1796 and abroad, such as the XYZ affair. The XYZ affair, proved to the rest of the world that America was not to be taken advantage of, and taken seriously. One could argue that if the early leaders of…

president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and last but not least Benjamin Franklin. American constitution? What’s that? Well the American constitution is the national government followed by the essential laws and basic rights that are automatically given to each and every citizen. The American constitution was signed on September 17, 1787. As previously mentioned the electoral college is a process, and of course any kind of process has its very own set of design…

trials and triumphs that others are. I have learned a great deal about using my “sociological imagination” through the campaigning I did in the Republican Primary. When you are knocking on someone's door to simply ask them, "may I ask who you're voting for?". You have to be willing to see things from a different point of view. I was mainly targeting voters who fell into my party, but with this primary season we had lots of candidates that represented different groups and ideas. Since I was…