Washington Consensus

Jake Elliott woke up from his six hours sleep at five in the morning. That was his usual time to get ready for the day. He showered after his morning run, got dressed, and spent his days either inside or outside of his home. The first thing that he did was his work as a freelance journalist and edited some of the articles that he was working on. They were about the lamest things that you could imagine. He listened to the popular radio station in both Baltham and Bainbridge Island: 91.3 The Mesh.…

Willa Koivisto “I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true.” Said Wendall Willke. The America I believe in everybody is equal. There are no wars against other countries. I believe we can come together as a country and become stronger. The only reason we have freedom is because of the veterans that fought for our country. We have freedom of religion in America. Freedom of religion lets people express their religion…

with the most money have the most influence. According to OpenSecret, a website that tracks the money spent to lobby Congress and other government agencies, for the past eight years over 3 billion dollars have been spent on lobbying in America. In Washington D.C., special interest groups have access to everyone. They work closely with members of Congress to draft bills that support their interests, and they also attempt to influence members to support or reject bills that would either help them…

The electoral college is considered one of the most important bodies to deal with election, but many do not know the entire process of electing a presidential candidate. Although the electoral college is not a well government body, such as the House of Representatives, it still plays a vital role in determining the next president for the United States (US). There are many factors that determine the voters of the process and how they vote for the President. Even though it is a rare voting…

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…

Our president is named Vladimir Mobuc Shamar. He came from a family of working class Irish immigrants, and was one of ten kids. He did not have money for luxuries while growing up, but he did not let this stop him from working hard and attending Princeton College. While at Princeton College, Shamar majored in Politics & Government, and gained a PHD in this major. Prior to being elected president, Shamar was involved in a plethora of public offices. He started his political career by being…

The Constitution assigns to the States the primary responsibility for determining the manner of selecting the Presidential electors. See Art. II, § 1, cl. 2. When questions arise about the meaning of state laws, including election laws, it is our settled practice to accept the opinions of the highest courts of the States as providing the final answers. On rare occasions, however, either federal statutes or the Federal Constitution may require federal judicial intervention in state elections.…

Polling is something that has been intertwined with politics for the nearly a 100 years, and has grown tremendously in recent years. Politicians use these polls to gauge public opinion, and are supposed to be used to help them know what their constituents want. However, many believe that these polls are used by politicians simply as a way to stay in office, flip-flopping on positions as opinion changes. While both of these arguments hold some weight, polling is a lot more complicated than people…

How Americans Elect Their Presidents According to Merriam Webster(1) on election vote, select or poll ''is the act or process of choosing someone for a public office by voting''. Many people think that the presidential electoral in the USA take place through a direct vote, in other parts in the world, but this is not the case. Because it love variation and uniqueness in every thing, so they have different way to elect their president and who they chose the new president are 538 people. The…

The fifth president of the United States, James Monroe, is most well known for his foreign policy: “The Monroe Doctrine”. The doctrine sent a clear message to the eastern world, not to colonize the Americas, and also further established the United States as its own, independent country. Although Monroe is well known for it, the history books of today leave out information, concerning Monroe’s rise to political stature and his affiliations among other american leaders. James Monroe’s father…