The Importance Of Presidential Elections

Campaigns in politics are important in determining outcomes and inform the voters who remain undecided. Also, campaigns matter because although the candidates or media officials may know what the outcome will be, the voters themselves do not (107). Aside from campaigns, conventions are also important, if not more important. Party nominating conventions affect the apathetic, uninterested electorates who think conventions are interesting and exciting, often known as the Olympic games of politics (121). This experience for voters can carry influence, and is a time of “intense political learning” (129). Therefore, aggregately, conventions make public opinion meaningful because the citizens who watch make an informed decision about a candidate, and have facts about why they will vote for that candidate. The chief reason why individual public opinion is meaningless during presidential elections is the “nonattitudes.” Nonattitudes are survey responses made up on the spot during an interview by a respondent who has no attitude on politics (113). Therefore, these individuals diminish the value of public opinion because we hate inconsistency and this creates an abundance of views on issues. However, during election night, exit polls support why aggregate opinion is also important. Exit polls are meaningful because one hundred percent of those leaving the polls have voted (102). Therefore, we can get real results from the electorates and this makes collective public opinion

Another argument agrees that money increasingly dominates the US electoral process and is the main factor in contributing to a candidate’s success is that candidates who spend more generally win. In 2012, Mitt Romney’s

When George Washington was elected President in 1789 by members of the fledgling United States of America, he was setting into motion a tradition that has stood the test of over 225 years - the presidential election. Even as the United States has seen dozens of wars, made hundreds of scientific advances, and selected thousands of politicians to seats everywhere from small town councils to Congress, the principles of the election have remained the same; the people band together to determine who will best protect their interests at home and assure that the US will always remain on top in foreign policy. Oftentimes, this is found to be a difficult decision, as public opinion is constantly wavering. One sees this in action particularly during the 1992 election - a battle of wills between Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Ross Perot; complete with lead changes, major vote swings, and Perot’s unprecedented initial success - ultimately a false alarm to the bipartisan establishment.

Candidates must do well Winners tend to be "ideologically correct" Most liberal Democrat, most conservative Republican The caucus system: "musical chairs and fraternity pledge week" The balancing act Being conservative (or liberal) enough to get

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.

In the 2016 election cycle, over 1.4 billion dollars was given to presidential candidates (Federal Election Commission 2016a). This is more than any other presidential election cycle in history (Price 2016). Another billion dollars was given to U.S. House of Representatives candidates, and about 600 million dollars was given to U.S. Senate candidates (Federal Election Commission 2016b). The majority of this money went to funding the candidates’ campaigns. This money controlled whose ads voter’s saw on television and which candidates were able to afford to travel the country campaigning for votes. In many cases, the candidate with the most money available won their election. Most campaigns are financed in large part by a small number

Presidential elections in the United States are commonly unfair. One might think that the presidential candidate who receives the majority popular vote would be elected president. This is not always true, because of the Electoral College, which is a “winner-take-all” system. Ever since the election of 1824, when Andrew Jackson ran against John Quincy Adams who did not win the popular vote and was elected into office because of the Electoral College, many other candidates have been cheated out of winning. The Electoral College should not stand any longer because in many elections it has prevented the candidate that the majority of the citizens voted for from winning. It would be difficult if there were to be tie in the Electoral

The United States has used the Electoral College as a way to elect the president for over two hundred years and it is a main reason the smaller states have a chance to voice their opinion. The Electoral College has caused great debate within the US as to whether or not it is a political anachronism. The Electoral College consists of 538 total votes which are then divided up based on the population of each state and at least 270 electoral votes are required for a president to win the election. A consensus is taken every ten years to see if the population of each state has increased or decreased therefore changing the number of electoral votes it will receive. Some people argue that if the majority of the population wants a candidate to be president then that is the best way to elect someone but that is not necessarily true.

Next I will be reflecting upon this year Republican and Democrat Party nominating conventions. Providing information on how the 2016 conventions is different than previous years, along with evidence of any similarities of the two. In addition, provide details of any surprising scenes that occurred. Lastly, information will be provided on the most interesting scenes that occurred in both of the conventions.

The Electoral College has been around since the ratification of the Constitution. Overall, 5 of our presidents have not one the popular vote. These presidents are John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, George W. Bush, and our current, “president”, Donald Trump. This is why the electoral college should be replaced because only specific states (swing states) end up determining the outcome of the elections, it is outdated for our new, advanced country, and already 5 presidents haven’t been the candidate people wanted more.

Many people may be questioning on what I have to propose with elections coming up in 2018, running for the Republican party has many positive aspects towards Health Care services and providers for the people of every generation. I will succeed with this plan that everyone would enjoy. We want to make a huge change in health care that will help many out and will be affordable for everyone. Being the oldest political party, many citizens would love to hear what we have to offer since we have seen and done everything. Many Republican states, for example Alaska, Idaho and Kansas will vote for our policy proposal because our view is based off of affordable, accessible and  high quality health insurance that will promise the Americans  the

Election Day is here! America is ecstatic to have the right to vote for what they believe in. Yet there is a 20 percent voter turnout? .300 trillion people residing in the country and only a fraction a million show up? America has fought so hard to protect the rights of the people only to have not participated. The Electoral College is an important role in the election of president. The president has so many role to take on and it is 300 billion people responsible to put the right man in office. That is extremely impertinent on grounds that American will not even show up. The Electoral College is a fair and equitable way to elect the president because it will protect America from no shows, allows small state to have a voice, and because society

Every person’s vote should count in America. Electoral College is elected president executive of the United States of America, and his agent, and The United State is the only country with this kind of indirect vote and is documentary in the Constitution. Rather of a direct vote for the president is elected by the vote for the voters of this complex and the latter is the one who chooses who will govern the country.

In my opinion, I feel we should keep electoral college voting. I feel that by having electoral college votes encourages everyone’s voice to be heard, especially with smaller states. It also helps the voters and individuals who live in smaller states to be seen, instead of disappearing. If we allow our votes to go straight to popular votes, candidates for the presidency will concentrate more on the states that have more voters and ignore the states that have little to no voters. This would encourage bigger states to dominate small states. Switching to popular votes could cause some states and/or individual to claim they are being unfairly treated. This is caused by all the different voting rules and policies that vary from state to state, example

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.