Controversy About Presidential Election

When given this assignment I had no clue what topic I might choose. I waited and waited until the recent elections blew up in my face. This past election was a learning experience for me because I just turned 18. This was the first year I could ever vote and a weird election like this occurred. I noticed how many people were actually very disturbed with how Gore won the popular vote but will most likely lose the election only because he couldn't win enough electoral votes in one state.

It doesn’t take a political expert to see that the 2000 presidential election between Bush and Gore was extremely illegitimate. This can be observed through the recount incident which took place in the state of Florida. Many people, especially seniors, felt that they had not voted for the right candidate, which was due to a confusing ballot setup. The ballots were called “butterfly ballots”. These ballots, as one could imagine, had candidates on either side which the voter could choose from. Seems simple enough, right? Unfortunately, that was not the case. The font on the ballots were extremely minuscule, as well as condensed. To add to that, the voter had to use a pin to make a puncture next to their selection. Some people, who were either

The 1980 presidential election of the United States featured three primary candidates, Republican Ronald Reagan, Democrat Jimmy Carter and liberal Republican John Anderson. Ronald Reagan was the governor of California before he decided to run for the presidency. John Anderson was a representative in Illinois and Carter was the incumbent. The lengthy Iran hostage crisis sharpened public opinions by the beginning of the election season. In the 1970s, the United States were experiencing a straining episode of low economic growth, high price increases and interest rates and an irregular energy crisis. The sense of discomfort in both domestic and foreign affairs in the nation were heading downward, this added to the downward spiral that was already going on. Between Carter, Anderson and Reagan, the general election campaign of the 1980s seemed more concerned with shadowboxing around political issues rather than a serious discussion of the issues that concerned voters.

It is hard to believe that it will be a year since the Bush vs. Gore campaign was in it’s

The Republicans and Democrats would have you believe that America is perfect besides the other party. There's no doubt that there are some serious issues with the politics of this country, but one of my significant concerns isn’t the feud between the conservatives and the liberals, it's the Electoral College. In my opinion, the reason that politics is so utterly bungled is the inherent issues that stem from the election process. The Electoral College devalues votes and the voices of the individuals so in my opinion, removing it should be a bipartisan issue.

A number of Americans fail to realize that when they vote they are not voting for the president and vice-president directly, but for electors who then cast their ballots in the Electoral College. Until the recent battle between Gov. George W. Bush and Vice-president Al Gore for the presidency, this new generation of American voters has never witnessed a controversial election. Historically, there have been problematic elections allowing voters to question this system. The Electoral College is now a process open to criticism and debate, specifically because many do not understand its origin or purpose today. On November 7, 2000, Election Day, I was excited to become an official voter.

The United States Presidential elections are often events that captivate and interest a number of people around the world. The 2000 U.S. presidential election was particularly notable for more than one reason. Certainly, the fact that an election year in the year 2000, the marking of the next millennium and next century, is significant in of itself. In addition, there were a number of critical issues facing the candidates in this election, as with any election. The role, presence, and influence of the United States media were additional factors that heightened the tension of the 2000 presidential election. The election itself was fraught with controversy. The Supreme Court had to be involved and render a ruling with respect to accusation of fraudulent vote counting. Overall, the 2000 United States Presidential Election is an election that is remembered for controversy, polarization of the American public, as well as issues of confusion and mistrust between the American public and the American government.

The topic that I chose as one of the major problems in the United States, is gerrymandering. With gerrymandering being a factor that contributes to obtaining votes from both extremes of the political spectrum, allows the political candidates to not engage in competition against their opponent. This is due to the political candidate already having guaranteed those votes from because the political party through gerrymandering, has manipulated the boundaries that could concentrate certain groups (political, ethnic, religion, race, beliefs), creating a guaranteed state that will mainly vote for their political party candidate or a safe-zone. These safe-zones were divided between coasts and urban areas (Democratic states) and between the coasts, rural areas and suburbs (Republican states). Within these different boundaries, the political candidates had specific targets that they needed to make their points across. For the democrats, they targeted younger people, women, minorities, and non-religious because most likely they would support the democratic

The US Presidential Election of 2000 featured George W. Bush and Al Gore. It will go down in history as one of the most closest elections¡¦ in US history. It also goes down as one of the most controversial. The final decision was based on just a few hundred votes in Florida. The controversy began when the media prematurely declared the winner twice based solely on exit polls. They finally conceded that the Florida count was just too close to predict. It would take a month before the election was ultimately certified after numerous court challenges and vote recounts. Republican candidate George W. Bush was declared the winner of the Florida¡¦s 25 electoral votes. This was a victory by a razor thin margin of popular

During the election night there was uncertainty of who was the next president. After saying that Gore had won Florida and was then named president, more results came in and the news retracted what they said then named Bush as the winner of Florida and president. Even more results came in and the news also retracted that claiming it was to close to call.

Everyday, our daily lives are affected by what happens with our government. Anger has been directed to the United States government because the american citizens believe our government is not doing a good enough job. This years presidential election did not help. Between the candidates alone, there has tons of controversy. From Hillary Clinton’s email scandal, to some of Donald Trump’s tweets, it is fair to say that the 2016 presidential election has been a crazy one. While the crucible explores anger of human nature, the issue of the recent presidential election illustrates we are still faced with this anger through democrats problems, republicans problems, and people angry in general about America’s election and government.

With arguably the most controversial presidential election at bay, one of the most analyzed topics is immigration, specifically in regard to the 11 million people that are illegally living in the United States. In the discussion on immigration I reside on the right side of the continuum but I am more in the middle of the right side. My initial position regarding immigration involved me agreeing that we should deport the illegal immigrants unless they had been here for a long period of time; such as 10 years or more. I feel that for an illegal immigrant to have lived here for that long then they would not have done anything significantly wrong because if they would have done so then they would have been caught and deported. I also feel that illegal in any context is wrong, therefore the individuals who have committed these crimes should be dealt with accordingly. At the same time, I also feel that disrupting a family’s life is also out of line even if they went about the whole process illegally. This debate is difficult to pick apart and I personally struggled finding out what I truly supported or didn’t, I continuously contradicted myself. My initial position stands for the deportation of illegal immigrants but by taking a humanitarian perspective about it.

The election of 2000 was one of the most controversial elections ever. George W. Bush, the Republican nominee, beat the Democratic nominee Al Gore Jr. in an election that saw Gore carry the popular vote but not the Electoral College. Much has been said about Green Party nominee Ralph Nader playing the spoiler in the election. However, in an election that was ultimately decided by the Supreme Court, hanging chads, and partisan politics, blaming Nader seems unfair. Should Gore have distanced himself from a popular president? Probably not. Did Nader running take away votes from Gore? Of course. That doesn’t necessarily mean everyone who voted for Nader was going to vote for Gore. The truth is no one knows what would have happened if Nader had

The 2016 election is one of the most controversial Presidential races the United States has seen. One reason for this is the increased polarity of the country towards a specific political party. However, members of the parties may not all support the same candidate.For example, Donald Trump has been denounced for “insufficient conservatism” by members of his own party (Breitbart 1). Yet he is still running on the Republican ticket and will receive the votes of the majority of Republicans, simply because he is the Republican candidate, even though many Republicans (leaders and voters) do not support him.

A Presidential Election, determines how the next four years would be. The election is a fight between different political parties, and they fight to win and represent the political beliefs and values of their followers. In the 2016 Presidential Election, there are many candidates who ran for president. There are main two main parties, the Democrat party and the Republican party, there were also many Third-party candidates. Donald Trump the primary candidate for the Republicans ran with no political experiences and won while Hillary Clinton the primary Democrat candidate who was the former sectary of state ran and lost. Not only was there a fight between the different parties, there also was fighting among each other and in individual parties. Many parties had many different views on the issues of today world. They both made many different promises on each issue.