Presidential Election Observation Report

In recent elections, the image of presidential candidates has become more and more important. With the increase in television popularity the role of the public in presidential elections has grown. It has become more important that American citizens are attracted to a candidate’s personality and image, especially in the most recent election between Clinton and Trump. Where some may say Clinton had sounder political plans and ideas on issues, Trump made up for in appealing to the American demographic with his promise to “make America great again.” With the rise in television popularity, presidential elections have increasingly prioritized images over issues by focusing on the appearance of the candidates in the media, instead of the plans they have for becoming president.

The presidential election of 2000, George Bush versus Al Gore was not legitimate. Every state knew who they were going to vote for, and who they ended up voting for. Except one state, Florida. Everyone thought Bush won the 25 electoral votes, but it turned out not every citizen's vote was counted. Thus leading chaos, miss trust, and thousands of angry citizens wanting their votes to be counted. Each citizen has the right to vote, and their votes are to be counted. The only time ballots are to not be counted is when there is not a witness signature, postage date stamp, or a date when the ballot was filled out. When the democratic party found out Gore was losing by about 1,800 votes, it triggered an automatic machine recount. There also was an

Democrat Ralph Northam's victory in the 2017 Virginia gubernatorial election means the newly elected governor will most likely continue to advocate for increased access to Medicaid, which will help ensure that the poor will have more health care coverage. Northam is also a doctor, and has used his experience in the medical industry to inform his political views on health care. He believes that increased coverage through government programs such as Medicaid can help ensure that people do not face economic disadvantages when they become ill. Without government assistance, many poor families cannot afford to get sick, due to the high costs of medical care.

Assess the extent to which incumbents have an adage over challengers in congressional elections. (25marks)

In the 2000 election, Bush and running mate Dick Cheney (1941-), a former congressman and U.S. defense secretary under George H.W. Bush, defeated Vice President Al Gore (1948-) and his running mate, U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman (1942-) of Connecticut, by a margin of 271-266 electoral votes, though Gore won the popular vote by 48.4 percent to Bush’s 47.9 percent. The 2000 election was the fourth election in U.S. history in which the winner of the electoral votes did not carry the popular vote.

Your one vote could mean the difference between the right and the wrong person gaining a very important position. For example, in the year 2000’s United States Presidential Race, George Bush only gained victory due to winning the state of Florida by a hair. It was the closest race in U.S. history. If only a few thousand would have voted Al Gore would probably have gained the presidency. Picture it like this, what if there were a candidate that wanted to attack your rights? Maybe you’re a woman and you believe you should be able to have an abortion and a particular candidate wants to take that choice away. Maybe you’re a law abiding Muslim and a certain person in the running for an office wants to kick all of your race out of the country. Perhaps

The presidential election of 2000 stands at best as a paradox, at worst as a scandal, of American democracy. Democrat Albert Gore won the most votes, a half million more than his Republican opponent George W. Bush, but lost the presidency in the electoral college by a count of 271-267. Even this count was suspect, dependent on the tally in Florida, where many minority voters were denied the vote, ballots were confusing, and recounts were mishandled and manipulated. The choice of their leader came not from the citizens of the nation, but from lawyers battling for five weeks. The final decision was made not by 105 million voters, but by a 5-4 majority of the unelected U.S. Supreme Court, issuing a tainted and partisan verdict.

The election of 2000 is a true story based on the presidential campaign between Governor Bush and vice-president Al Gore. This election was significant due to the controversy regarding Florida’s ballots and became the first election where the Supreme Court largely affected the outcome of the presidential election. With Bush leading the poll by 1,784 votes, this allowed Gore’s campaign to request a mandatory machine recount with a 0.3% difference in votes. However, many of Florida's counties refused to rerun the ballots in the machine. Instead, they would rerun the memory card. As a result, ballot chad's became the dilemma of the election and possibly change the entire outcome in presidential history. Under those circumstances, Gore’s campaigned

In this year's presidential election there are currently two democrats and four republicans remaining. The democrats are Clinton and Sanders and the republicans are Cruz, Kasich, Rubio and Trump. In the chart, it shows all the opinions of the presidents on the issues. Many Republicans agreed with each other and same for the democrats. According to the chart, I agree with John Kasich for most of his choices. He seems to be the most agreeable and has really superior opinions on how to make the environment better. Overall, every president has a chance in this upcoming election to become america's superior leader.

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.

This year’s presidential election is is being referred to as one that will be historic. While the 2016 presidential campaign has in fact caused social and political disagreement, each candidate beginning and remaining candidate in the presidential race brought forth issues in our nation for table discussion. One of the most debated topics during the primary elections and caucus season was the issue of immigrants and illegal immigration. During this time, current Republican front runner Donald Trump declared accusations towards the Mexican and Hispanic community as being part of the American downfall. While making vulgar remarks earned the GOP candidate publicity and support from anti-immigration reform holders, Trump’s remarks also brought forth the argument into the light.

The 2016 presidential election had been a contentious one even before the primaries began. A divide within parties and between the public grew increasingly evident over the past year, ultimately leading to a candidate with no prior political experience beating out a candidate with forty-plus years on her resume. Scandals plagued both campaigns, however, polls and positive media coverage stayed firmly in Hillary Clinton’s favor throughout the duration of the election process with Donald Trump even claiming that the polls were “rigged” and the media was biased. While the veracity of these claims cannot be verified, today we know that the polls were wrong and the media that all but handed the election to Clinton were wrong as well. So how did Trump, someone many said would need a miracle to make it to the White House, beat all the odds and his seemingly strong opponent to become President? Though pundits are still struggling to understand it, the rise of Donald Trump shouldn’t have surprised anyone. For the pioneering German sociologist Max Weber, it would have been entirely predictable, a classic example of the politics of charisma.

In today’s society it is noticed that in the most recent presidential elections, specifically the upcoming election in November, there are candidates that uphold little to no political experience. Some examples of candidates like this would be Donald Trump, a businessman who can carry out negotiations well regarding the economy however, his views can be seen as extremely conservative and violent towards other races and sexes, and Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon who is well educated and is able to speak clearly to the American public but is currently dropping in the polls. Also current President Barack Obama had actually began running for president after only being a new senator in Illinois for quite a short period of time, four years to be exact.

The 2016 election was one of the most interesting, and strange presidential elections in history. For the democrats they had leading nominee Hillary Clinton who was a former Secretary of State, and on the republican side they had a very wealthy real estate nominee named Donald Trump. The voting behavior throughout this election stayed similar to years past, and accordingly fifty-eight percent of eligible voters hit the polls. With that being said there were similar demographic groups voting for the same political parties. The demographic groups which played a significant role was the White Evangelical Christian which partake in the religion spectrum. Next is the wealthier families that received anywhere from fifty-thousand to one-hundred

After almost two years on the campaign trail, the United States of America has finally elected its new president, Donald Trump. No that is not a typo, this is real life. It was a hard fought battle between Hillary Clinton and the Donald which ultimately lead to one of the most shocking upsets in recent American politics. Being that the odds were heavily stacked against Trump as poll after poll predicted Clinton be the victor, it was to the astonishment of many that he reigned victorious during this 2016 presidential election cycle. Be it the will of the country (or in this case electoral college ) this poisonous cheeto will now be the 45th president of the United States. So how did this happen, what was it about Trump that pushed voter behavior in his favor in many key battleground states? Trumps victory lies in the hands of the silent majority who at this point were dying for change and saw it within the republican nominee. The biggest contributing factor to Trump’s win on November 8 was retrospective voting which a lot of voters clearly engaged in this election cycle.