Voting system

of not caring. I don’t think that is necessarily the problem. I think the issue is that a lot of young people feel like voting doesn’t accomplish anything when day after day we see business as usual in government. This election year stands to change that, and I think that is why so many young people, Millennials, in particular, are coming out in droves to vote. I think that voting is important because everyone should have their voice heard on all important issues and the only way…

people, they would not be wrong. In fact, much of the Trump voting pool is rooted in racist ideals. In a recent study, voters who were the most denying of racism in America today were almost twice as likely to vote for Donald Trump, same with sexism, almost twice as likely to vote Republican than those who were the least sexist (Christopher DeSante and Candis Smith, 14/26). The correlation with the ethnocentric viewpoints of this voting population is extremely worrying, but it does make sense…

which provides the underlying assumptions and rules that govern behavior in the political system. It encompasses both the political ideals and the operating norms of polity” (Encyclopedia, 2016). Political culture has an affect on the behavioral patterns of a person because it characterizes a way in which a person acts. Both political culture and behavioral patterns are major influencers in terms of age and voting patterns of the individual. Depending on if the person is young or old, a person’s…

Maybe voting was not such a big thing for other people that are my age, but for me it was something thrill that I had yet to do. At times, I felt that voting was not a big deal; however, I thought to myself, “Okay, I have the opportunity to vote while there are many others who would love to vote, but cannot do so. It would be a shame to not take advantage of voting.” When I first came to the U.S, a few years back in 2010, I had no clue about voting. Now, I felt as if it were something important…

electoral college is an obsolete system of election. Although the electoral college was an idea set by the founding fathers in the constitution, this form of election is not effective any longer. People have the right to vote, but this form of election is not directly voting for a representative. The electoral college essentially makes the people vote for electors who then have the opportunity to vote for whom ever they would like. The electoral system is an archaic system that needs to be…

1992 and named the Center for Voting and Democracy in 1993, FairVote aims ensure proportional representation for all citizens. FairVote advocates for the reform of the country’s electoral system as a tactic to increase voter turnout rates due to the “ number of systemic electoral reforms that reverse the contextual reasons for low turnout.” The organization correlates low voter turnout rates and citizen misrepresentation to the country’s current use of the electoral system. FairVote credits…

The Electoral College is a flawed system in which decides America’s presidential fate. According to Google, the Electoral College “consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President.” In many elections in the past, Presidential candidates who did not win a majority of the popular vote, or even a plurality, were elected president because of the electoral college. Take Bush vs. Al Gore for example. Al Gore won more popular vote than Bush, but Bush was…

political system in which all citizens share in running…

president with their campaign. When people vote at churches or schools or other public areas, these votes rarely matter. These votes influence the electoral college, which are the real votes that decide the next President. The electoral college is a voting system where a group of people from each state cast their votes for the whole state based on popular majority. Some people want the electoral college abolished, but it should not be. The electoral college it is an efficient way to pick the…

identification. Several people believe that voter turnout will decrease with the new laws and cause more harm than good. However, photo identification laws are a necessity because the identification is versatile, the laws prevent illegal immigrants from voting, and fraud is actually reduced. First, most picture identifications can easily be obtained and can be used elsewhere, such as a driver’s license or even license to carry a handgun. Some believe the identification laws will reduce voter…