Politics In The United States: Should We Care About Politics?

As with much political science, the concept of polarization can be a bit murky. Inferring from the term itself, one could say that polarization in American politics refers to a widening of the gap between what could be called the average left-wing and right-wing politician, voter, or ideology on a standard political spectrum. Another examination of the term could result in a definition regarding the lack of cooperation between the two major American political parties. Although, it would be more accurate to say that both examinations of the term are correct – and that polarization can create an environment in which the two main modes of thinking are largely incompatible. Proceeding from a definition, one might speculate how polarization

What May Be the Cause for Dysfunction in Politics As a young child, politics has always been a complicated idea that I could never wrap my mind around. Even knowing nothing whatsoever over politics and the government, I could still see that there was something truly wrong with politics, and as I grew older, I began to understand politics as it itself is in a state of dysfunction. The question at hand here is how and why this dysfunction is occurring in our politics today. For many experts, they have found that it can all be centered on one main topic. Even though many experts have various viewpoints when it comes to politics, many can agree that it is partisanship that is causing dysfunction in politics, however there are also those who believe otherwise.

Politics has changed for thousand of years but, it as also changed us. With politics, education is obtained by many people including new laws that regulate our lifestyle, where ever we go. With politics, people are supervised by our government to ensure civilization is under control. It has also given us freedom however many have used it to captivate society.

Politics is a very fundamental part of society, and I find it incredibly interesting and important. I feel that it is essential to get more people involved in our political process if we want to make decisions that best benefit our country. That goes along with more education and the streamlining of the political process. If one man, one vote is to hold true, we must have everyone participating, and that is why politics is so important to my

Politics affect our everyday lives as citizens. The future of the United States is depending on one of the presidential candidates. Hillary Clinton is my choice for the next President.

When a politician speaks does it cross the minds of others to truly believe and trust that they know what they are talking about? What is politics? Politics is the art or science of government, especially the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs (Politics Definition). The government regulates or censors everything from what we watch on TV to what the future of America (i.e. children) learns at school. Is this type of control necessarily a good thing? Politics and politicians alike should not have as much power in the control of the lives of people. Most laws have been passed for the personal gain of those it is implied to help.

Many political psychologist who have studied the election predicted that Trump was going to win long before election day because of his psychological approach to campaign activities. When first listening to Trump’s diction most people may see it as foolish and idiotic but those who have examined it have discovered how clever he can be. Inspected by political psychologists, Trump's use of simple phrases and visionary policies are what made his audience connect with him. Trump was able to clearly state his ideas in such a way that people could easily understand and envision. Often in politics, candidates speak their audience with such complicated context that people cannot understand, therefore the voters would rather listen to someone who is

"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both." -- James

Incentive Systems in the United States Government Politics have rules and systems just like in a game, and as a game designer I can't help but think about how broken is our political system is. By broken, I don't just mean it's busted. I mean it's broken in a game design sense. The underlying rules and incentives that govern our politics are just wrong. In my career as a game designer, I have spent a lot of time setting up systems meant to craft behavior or motivate people to achieve a goal. If you take the goal of politics to be the betterment of the people living in our country, the systems we have are very poorly set up. This either means that our system has gotten so far out of hand as to not even remotely reflect what it was originally

My life experiences and conversations gave me an overall look on what people thought about Civics, the government, and how as citizens look at the system we live by. I have talked to men and women from my family and many that aren't. Most didn't think it was important, yet stayed updated on all the news. Others thought that politics, government, anything related was a bad influence and don't want to get involved. Nevertheless, they had opinions and ideas about topics and events related to politics. I have realized that some people want to learn, others can’t, and some don't

To win a presidential election, it is a necessity to be able to afford the cost of campaigning. The start up cost is $10 million just for the headquarter. These candidates will need to spend another $4 to $15 million to stay in the game. The fight to remain as a candidate is vicious as there will only be a couple of candidates being chosen for the final round. To be in the final round, they have to gain their popularity, advertise about themselves in order to win. The downside to the hefty price of campaigning is that only the wealthy can win. The less wealthy ones are those whom are less funded and are not in the two major political parties in the US. Hence the majority in the US might not be very well represented due to social inequality.

Why Study The Constitution and National & State Politics? Many Americans today have minimal to no idea as to how the politics of their country works, and the importance of the Constitution. It is important for citizens to study the Constitution as well as national and state politics because they need

I have an interest in politics because under the broad definition of politics that I mention in the in the first paragraph, politics affects almost every part of our

The society in which Americans live in today, is in certain aspects far more complex than it ever was for our ancestors. This new complexity is seen on both a micro and macro level and everything that falls in between. Perhaps American society is inherently more complex due to the fact that most if not every societal problem that is encountered, tends to gear towards a political nature in the method of solving. It seems that Americans no longer abide by the do it yourself mentality, and as times goes by we as a people look to the government leaders to solve our problems when they are beyond our capabilities, not realizing that in doing so we also bestow the power upon them to make decisions for society as a whole. When you have an issue

1. Micro level or individual level 2. Meso level or national level 3. Macro level or international level Politics indicates individual or group interests, andit’s not always related to government. It may stay in a single man’s everyday life.