Voting

to the Founding Fathers to establish the Electoral College was that they believed the typical citizen wasn’t educated enough to nominate a president on their own. * Therefore, the Founding Fathers took many key factors into developing the correct voting system. Factors such as selecting a president without a national campaign or even political party were carefully put into consideration. In addition, keeping the relationships amongst the states, congress, and federal government without altering…

Is it fair for a state with a population of only 500,000 to have more voting power over a state with a population of over 37 million? That is the reality in the United States. The constitution and political system in the U.S have many aspects that are both democratic and non-democratic. Democratic can be defined as “favoring or characterized by social equality; egalitarian” or in other words, fair; whereas undemocratic can be defined as the opposite (“democratic”). When considering the system of…

adults are less educated in politics and have not had as much experience in voting. Those Texans who have attended college are said to be more likely to vote. While attending college and participating in more groups or group activities, campaigns and interest groups are more likely to mobilize youth. Non college youth are less likely to be part of groups or have a membership in union and are harder to reach out to about voting. Education also allows men and women to learn how the political…

from everyone, some believe only the educated should vote, but society often contradicts this belief with their earnest pleas for everyone to vote. We’ve always been taught education and knowledge are the bases of politics and power, but when we are voting we are imposing costs upon others not just deciding for ourselves, and uneducated voters have a disturbing effect on elections. Should the average American help decide our nation's leader? Some refer to ignorant voters as “the equivalent to…

been ahead of President Elect Donald Trump in the citizen’s votes, but the Electoral College had the majority vote for the latter. This gives an unfair advantage to the unwanted party that is favored by the Electoral College, basically throwing human voting rights out the window. If the popular vote candidate has less Electoral votes, they are highly likely to…

Throughout the years citizens of America have been deprived of their right to vote based on their ethnicity, religion status, and their gender. White males that owned property were the only ones who were allowed to vote. It caused a lot of problems within the government and the communities. Many alterations have been made since then, expanding their regulations to everyone disregarding race, color, or previous term of bondage or servitude. Later on down the line they made it feasible for women…

According to the official 2016 CNN Exit Polls, or “surveys of a small percentage of voters taken after they leave their voting place”, the area type exit polls might help explain Mr. Trump’s win (2016). Mr. Trump received 50 percent of the suburban vote, as well as 62 percent of the rural vote (CNN 2016). This means nearly two thirds of the geographic U.S. voted for Mr. Trump…

Should the united states continue to elect its president through the electoral college system? To ease some of the tension with this decision let me lay down some facts and information. In a presidential election, the popular vote simply means an aggregate of all voters from all states in America. The candidate who gets the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote. But the winner of the popular vote may end up losing the election, like “Al Gore did in 2000 and Hillary Clinton…

Currently Oregon is making state history with impactful tax decisions that are pressing closer as voting season nears by the day. One of the resolutions to be made this fall is whether or not to enact measure 97, imposing an increased tax on larger corporations. Residents are divided and interest groups are taking sides as well as working to publicize their views and win over voters who are reclining on the white picket fence in a state of indecision. At this point the polls reveal a tip in the…

As an individual is hard to help those people which suffer from poverty, violence, and those people that are unemployed. In the United States, we have much more freedom than other countries. Having our voice heard can be helpful in many ways. In order for our voice to be heard, we must have the support of others or at least know someone who is powerful. Even a president cannot make its own decisions. The president decisions are depending on the number of votes. Protesting can solve some of the…