Voting

this State by a large margin against Donald Trump. In fact, “New Jersey has gone Democratic in the last seven elections, after voting Republican in the previous six.” ("New Jersey Presidential Election Voting History," 2016). “The last time New Jersey voted for a Republican candidate was when George H. W. Bush was elected in 1988.”. ("New Jersey Presidential Election Voting History,"…

Casadee Christensen Short Essay #1 (revised) Choice 1 Voting for our senators and presidents is a valued and important right trusted to Americans. However, fairness in doing so is hard to achieve when voting directly for our leaders is not something all Americans have equal part in. The constitution has set forth different parameters negating any equal influence voters should have based on most definitions of democracy. Alexander Hamilton argued and defended in Federalist 68 that the…

complex man to understand. Thoreau was a Harvard graduate and an abolitionist.This man wrote “Civil Disobedience” and had many reasons for doing so. Some of his thoughts given throughout the essay are, he did not like the way the government was run, the voting system, he did not respect some of the reasons he was taxed, he also wanted the readers to learn how to be more outspoken against the government, and lastly he wanted to acknowledge that he is different in thinking than most people. There…

wrote in his Article, The Pros and Cons of the Electoral College System, “in 1988, for example, the combined voting age population (3,119,000) of the seven least populous jurisdiction of Alaska, Delaware, the District of Columbia, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming carried the same voting strength in the Electoral College (21 Electoral votes) as the 9,614,000 persons of voting age in the State of Florida. Each Floridian 's potential vote, then, carried about one third the weight of…

Political opinions are changing in Canada; many reasons can account for this, including regionalism. Regionalism can be used to explain regional differences and voter outcome, making it a powerful political tool in Canada. In this paper, regionalism will be described as an explanatory variable under the conditions of the “composition effect" and the “context effect,” building on the ideas of Cochrane and Perrella (2012). As well, the emergences of indifferent “regional political cultures” will…

Logan J.W. Benson Democratic Elections are some of America’s prized possessions. As of recent times, elections in the United States have lowered in voter turnout. The main reason for this is that one of the lowest age groups for voting is the ages of 18-25. The are individuals who have either just graduated from high school, or just left college after a four-year degree. One of the main reasons for this is the constant focus on math, and reading but lessened the focus on citizenship. Math…

Jersey Shore episode except with a twist, senior citizens. The FBI investigating leaked files from Hilary? Scandal. The IRS also investigating bankruptcy claims from Trump? Scandal. From potential candidates like these being an option, why bother voting? It wasn’t until later on, working directly with voter registration, that I began to change many of my previous notions. Like in Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”, escaping the cave of ignorance took…

Individuals convicted of a felony are not eligible to vote while incarcerated, on parole, or on probation. Voting rights are restored a couple years after the completion of all supervised release. Felons who have served their sentence and have followed protocol should have the right to vote in less than two years. Voting is vital aspect of our lives. Being confined for so many years, deprived of freedom and a few rights taken away, an individual would love to vote in a major election like this…

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 exchanged for the popular…

President of the United States. Although, over the recent decades many people have speculated over the reliability of the electoral college, and whether it should still be a part of the voting procedure. Going back to the origins of the electoral college, Federalists believed that the people could not be trusted with voting for the executive powers due to complex complications. With plenty of controversy concerning electoral college’s validity, my paper will also direct…