Michael F. Doyle is currently serving his twelfth term in congress representing the 18th district of Pennsylvania from 1995-2003 then the 14th district from 2003-the present. He’s currently the most senior congressman from Pennsylvania. Doyle is from Swissvale, Pennsylvania and born to Irish and Italian parents. He’s married to Susan Doyle and has four kids. Doyle attended to Swissvale Area High School in 1971 and enrolled at Pennsylvania State University and got a Bachelor of Science degree in Community Development in 1975. Prior to serving in Congress Doyle worked as a small business owner. His first job in politics was in 1979 when he started working as Chief of Staff for Pennsylvania State Senator Frank Pecora ("Biography Mike Doyle," …show more content…
The poverty status in the last 12 months for all families, White alone is 8.3%, Black alone is 30.4%, American Indian and Alaska Native alone is 37.8%, Asian alone is 16.5%, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone is 30.8%, some other race alone is 35.9%, and two or more races alone is 32.0% (U.S. Census Bureau, 2017). (ADD NEW STUFF FROM CQ ALMANAC FOR VOTING AND CONSTIUENTS)
Looking at the demographics of his constituency, it noticeable it contains the concentration of components of the Democratic Party. There is a large university presence in the Pittsburgh area and the majority of his constituency is 18-44 years old (U.S. Census Bureau, 2017) and according to (cite) education and youth usually equals democrat. According to (cite) the older generation is usually more conservative. It is studied that people vote based on political party because of political socialization and much of this area has been politically socialized for the democrat party as seen by previous elections in the Pittsburgh area where (cite and add fec previous elections or almanac.) 99% of his population lives in urban areas, and according to (cite) people in urban areas are typically more liberal,
In 2000, the poverty rate among children was 16.2% (Reef 253)! Poverty is a relevant issue that isn 't going away. It 's ruining minds and lives at the same time. Poverty changes how people view the American Dream, achieve the American Dream, and even affect how people 's brains work and develop.
Mr. Blevins has a masters in public administration from George Mason University and had a B.A. from Emory and Henry College. He is a legislative advocate for transportation and healthcare issues. He recently worked with executive officials under both Governor Kaine, and Governor McDonnell giving advice on finances and policy. In 2015 Mr. Blevins was appointed to the Mount Vernon Board of Visitors. He is currently teaching a course at Emory and Henry College that expands from his lecture. If anything, he has earned the right to brag on himself and say that he 's accomplished a lot because for someone in their early thirties he has done a lot and he has done a lot in some powerful places in the world. I would say that he is definitely the guy you go to when you need help on just about anything. The fact is, he has connections.
Senator Royce West, who is a Democrat, was able to win election in my district because of many factors. One of the factors that influenced the
There were four major issues in district 7 that being immigration, fracking, abortion, and gun control. Congressman Berra supports immigration reform, on fracking he believes it not as important as to find more water for the state and the 7th district, on Abortion he is pro life and won award for planned parenthood, finally he very concerned with gun control and it's concealed and carry permits as Bera thought they should be limited but not outlawed. His major campaign was Moving America Forward his main concern were Economy, Healthcare, Smart and Green, and education. Congressman Bera really focused on those messages his last
Race is commonly associated with poverty. It was found that "black and Hispanic family income has been approximately 60 percent of white median family income. Interestingly it was also discovered that their net worth was approximately one-tenth that of whites"(Squires and Kubrin , 51 ). Race can play a pivotal role in getting home loans and locations of neighborhoods in which you buy a home. Segregation still plays a major role in poverty.
David Price, Democrat, Liberal, and Environmentalist, is the representative for the fourth congressional district. Price worked as a professor at Duke University before being elected to Congress in 1987. Price has written four books on the United States political system and is very outspoken on his belief on major issues including education, health care, the environment, transportation, and homeland security. Price has worked towards addressing these challenges by leading many of the fights towards improving matters in the government and country.
The current Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is William Peduto. He worked for 19 years on Pittsburgh City Council, as a staffer and member of council representing District 8, and he currently resides in the Point Breeze neighborhood of the of Pittsburgh. Mayor Peduto assumed office on January 6, 2014. He was born on October 30, 1964 and grew up in the Pittsburgh area. The Mayor is not currently married.
Miller is a 30-year-old democratic nurse practitioner, who was running for state representative in the state’s 32nd district, in
Considering his positions and beliefs, I would say that his intentions for the well-being of veterans, education, and money are good things to think about and consider, but not enough that would encourage me to vote and support him. I consider some of his views against things like same-sex marriage a bit extreme, considering that he would be willing to stop same-sex marriage and abortion through the means of force. Also, the fact that he contradicts himself and announces things like “Americans should respect gay couples” (“Mike Huckabee”) or getting a rapist freed and then denying that he took no part in the rapist’s release or declaring something absurd and digging himself into a deeper hole. And the more I keep digging into the “hidden and dark” facts about Huckabee, I am disliking him more and more, especially after finding out that he covered up the fact that his son tortured and hung dog. On a side note, I personally wouldn’t really want to vote in the presidential elections, unless I found someone that was truly worth voting for. Anyhow, Mike Huckabee has supposedly good intentions, and is willing to fight for his ideas and beliefs that he considers for the rights of life, family, marriage and religious
Frank Pallone Jr. shows up on the website house.org when entering the zip code 08901. Frank Pallone, Jr was born on October 30, 1951, in Long Branch, NJ. Pallone was raised, attended public schools and grew up in Long Branch, where he still resides. Pallone attended local public schools and earned an academic scholarship in Middlebury College. After graduating from Middlebury in 1973, Pallone received his master 's degree in international relations at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in 1974. He earned his law degree at Rutgers University in 1978. Moreover he has been admitted to the bar in four states, which are New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Florida. Pallone is a Democratic member and New Jersey’s Sixth District representative for the United States House of Representatives. Before Pallone become a member of the United States House of Representatives, he began his political career in his home city of Long Branch. He was first elected as a council member of the Long Branch City Council in 1982, and served total six years till 1988. A year after he became a council member of the Long Branch City Council, he was first elected a New Jersey state senator from the 11th district, from 1984 to 1988. In 1983, “he defeated incumbent Republican State Senator Brian T. Kennedy 50%- 49%. In 1987, he won reelection with 60% of the vote, defeating Councilwoman Gerri C. Popkin of Neptune City”(Wallye). At that same year, he was elected as a United States
First, since Senator Royce West is African American and a democrat he gets most of the votes because most of the population in the district is African American or Hispanic. Also high percentage of the population didn’t finish high school so therefore they do not know much about elections or about how to find more information. Then there is a high civilian employment population for educational services, healthcare, and social assistance which match with the goals and views of Senator Royce West. So if he makes commercials or advertises about these things then he already has majority of the
Since I lived in Athens for almost two years, the congressman I chose is Steve Stivers, who is Republican elected in Ohio’s 15th district. He used to serve in the Ohio Senate, representing the 16th district. His score in 2015 was only 3 percent, and lifetime score is 7 percent. Since he was elected in 2010 and has served as Representative, the highest score he got is 14 percent in 2011. He mostly votes for anti-environment position. Among his votes for “climate-change” issues, I focus on three issues.
In 2014, 26.2 percent of Blacks and 23.6 percent of Hispanics were poor (National Poverty Center). This can be compared to the 10.1 percent of non-hispanic Whites who were poor (National Poverty Center). Also, 30.6 percent of single mother households were poor, whereas 15.7 percent of single father households were poor (National Poverty Center). All of this impacts which kinds of jobs women of color have, how often they can work and how much money they make overall.
Poverty rate differs between race and Hispanic origin, age, and sex, disability status, and other societal characteristics, including immigration status, region, and work experience. The real median household incomes of US families have increased slowly from 1967 to 2015, after adjustment for inflation, but racial gaps still persist. For example, using 2015 dollars as the unit, the real median household income of all races has
In 2011, the Census Bureau released its annual report and pointed that close to 46 million Americans were living in the poverty level in 2010 (Rector & Sheffield, 2011). The facts represented a sharp rise from its previous estimates of 43 million individuals. Although the parameters used to define poverty in the country are different from those of other countries, the internal and external causes of poverty remain the same. In addition, most of the individuals who are poor are the rural population, who rank worse compared to the urban population.