Political Election Essay

Aryan Rijal GOVT 2306 Professor Sharifian 02 November 2017 Cost to run for Office in Texas Running an office is not that easy and one who is running office must spend a lot of money for it. During the time of elections, one spends more money to get the votes. At the time of campaigns lots of money are spending to get one’s vote and get victory. Each vote counts important to candidate, so he/she spends as money as they can and want to get every possible vote in their favor. But spending a lot of money doesn’t ensure one’s victory. Looking to the last year’s election statistics of The Texas Tribune, Clinton spent more money than Trump during the time of election, but she didn’t win the election.

In the following essay I will be talking about the disadvantages and advantages of partisan elections for state politics. I will also examine the last couple year's election results and costs. Finally, I will discuss if partisanship made a difference in the vote, as well as if a judge should be decided by partisan vote. In the next couple paragraphs I will talk more specifically about these topics.

The United States of America is known to have two major political parties. The Republican party and the democratic one. Both parties are based on views and principles being completely opposites of each other. The Republican party is known to be a conservative party, while the democratic party is known to be liberal. Two concepts that are opposites to each other. The democratic party will most certainly convince the majority of the people that it is the ideal party to remain in office because it promotes economic equality, it advocates civil rights and individual freedom, and because it is a liberal party.

To prove his case, the author cites various statistics and incidents that demonstrate that these incidents are not accidents but manifestations of a larger problem. Granderson quotes CNN poll statistics that state that almost half of the white respondent in the poll affirmatively stated that none or almost none of the police in their neighborhoods are not prejudiced against African Americans. Contrastingly, only thirty-five percent of non-whites are of this opinion. Additionally, Granderson relates his own experiences with racial profiling (Granderson,

The special congressional election in Montana took a violent turn the night before the election, as Republican candidate Greg Gianforte was accused of assaulting Ben Jacobs, a reporter for the Guardian. Gianforte, and his Democratic opponent Rob Quist, are running to replace Ryan Zinke, who was appointed by President Trump to serve as the Secretary of the Interior. While the election as been touted in the media as an early referendum on the Trump administration, the allegations of assault have changed the narrative of the election. The election is now a referendum on the importance that voters in Montana place in protecting journalism.

The 2016 presidential election seemed to be a particularly hectic election. On November 8,2016, I was checking my Facebook newsfeed. As I scrolled through my newsfeed, I see a lot of posts related to the election. People would post opinions on each of the presidential candidates as well as which their predictions of which candidate will win. The newspaper websites provided frequent updates throughout the day to inform people about the progress of the election. That night, I watched tentatively as the ballots were being counted, and I saw people’s comments of shock and disbelief when Trump managed to get ahead of Hillary in terms of electoral college votes.

In “Taking Sides in Ferguson” Noah C. Rothman elaborates on why the media was excessively involved throughout the riots in Ferguson. After the killing of Michael Brown in August of 2014, many angry citizens began protesting the unjust authorities as well as the judicial system. The media’s biased views were trying to mete the social justice system and authorities. This was used to correct many of the things done wrong during the racial past throughout America. The news media used the incidents in Ferguson to inflate their opinions by excessively throwing themselves into the action, along with Ferguson’s local authorities causing more violence throughout Ferguson. Many readers would agree that Rothman does well elaborating the media’s biased views; while also describing the media’s over-involvement with examples of other journalist’s, however, he contradicts his argument on whether or not the media or the authorities were instigating the violence.

As we know, 2008 is the big year for everyone in the United States. The presidential election in 2008 was the most racially diverse in U.S. history, there were almost one-in-four votes cast by non-whites. The presidential election in 2008 bring the surprise result for all of the people in U.S. Barack Obama became the first African-American elected president of the United States, and Joe Biden became the first Roman Catholic elected vice president. I think the record of voter participation in 2008 U.S presidential election is the anomaly. Obama won a decisive victory over McCain, He was winning in both the electoral college and the popular vote, with 365 electoral votes to McCain's 173; There was the largest percentage of popular vote for the Democrat since B.Johnson in 1964. Obama's win in obtaining a major party's

Politics; a single word that can ignite a firestorm of emotions. This simple word can cause colleagues, friends, and even family to debate about what they feel is right, and in certain circumstances, can even cause hatred. In our government, there are two primary political parties, the Democrats, and the Republicans. Both have conflicting views on many topics. In this passage, I will compare, and contrast their views on size of government, abortion, and gun ownership, while trying not to display any bias on my political interpretations.

It is our favorite time of year again--election time. This election season we have an amazing array of candidates, especially on the GOP side. The candidates are such great quality that some of them have never even held a political office. For example, we have a brain surgeon and a media personality running. How does being great at brain surgery and media make you fit for a presidential candidate? You tell me I am still trying to figure that one out too. However, the candidates with the least political experience are actually doing the best in the polls. One candidate that seems to be untouchable right now is GOP candidate Donald Trump. The most unorthodox, radical candidate you will probably ever meet--besides Hitler of course.

I currently reside in the senate District-16. 2 My senator is Don Huffines. My Texas State House District Representative is Matt Rinaldi and I am residing in House District 115. 3 The total population of my district is 180,798. My district has a higher population among individuals 18 to 64 years old. This age group makes up 66.4% of the population followed by 5 to 17-year olds at 18.1%. Individuals 65 years old and over make up 8% of our population and finally, individuals 4 years and younger only make up 7.5% of our population.

In post-colonial India, electoral politics has been strongly influenced by caste, class, location and in few cases, indigeneity. The domination of a specific group – either economically or socially privileged or backward – in politics can alter the allocation of resources.

The election process in the United States is a valuable process to the election of the proper officials to satisfy the people. The people run the country which is why we live in freedom because we control what happens with major decisions by choosing whom we want to decide these decisions. The whole country goes to vote on a certain day and by the end of that day we will vote to select who will run the country, state, county, or city political positions. The most complex decision and one with the biggest impact are selecting who the President of the United States shall be. We examine what their views are and who would do a better job. Then vote in our respected states with a certain number of electoral votes

Political campaigns are very significant in American politics and elections. It is the period before the electorate makes political decisions in the form of elections. The attention of the citizens towards politics intensifies as the date of the elections draws near. The salience of voters improves as the election date draws near and could manifest in the form of increased media attention. Political discussions, campaign interest, strength of the intention to vote, and knowledge about the candidates are other manifestations of increased salience of voters. Another indication of improved intensity is the effort put by the candidates and their political parties in the campaigns. Parties increase their efforts in the

It seems that politics and funding defiantly play a part in the courts decision to send someone to prison. In the state of Ohio, it costs tax payers “$25,814” per inmate per year and while I could not find any exact cost of diversion programs (Vera.org). It is fair to assume they are much cheaper per person per year than sending them to prison. So it is easy to see why from a funding perspective, the state would prefer to move to more rehabilitate approach when dealing with drug offenses. While funding and politics do indeed play a factor in a courts sentencing, it is important to look at the people the court is sentencing and how they got there.