The United States Presidential Elections

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.

The famous billionaire and real-estate developer Donald Trump announced his running on the Republican ticket for the 2016 presidential elections on June 16, 2015. Currently in the race, Trump is leading the Republican polls with sixty-seven delegates on board. Ted Cruz is falling in second with only eleven delegates. Seventy-four percent of voters believe that Trump will be nominated as the Republican candidate. About twenty-three percent of voters believe that he will be elected as the next 2016 president. Donald Trump’s success has followed him from the beginning.

How would you feel if your vote essentially counted for nothing in a general election, especially if that election was for President of the United States? Well it appears to be that way with the way electors are the number one most important group of voters in any presidential election. In America, a national popular vote would clearly prevent problems such as fraud in the Electoral College. In our Nation’s history, there have been countless stories of backroom deals and fraudulent voting. Thereis a long and colorful history of botched elections and ignorance of the people’s choices in and for the highest elected official in our country. The Electoral College of United states is in dire need of reform. The people of our great nation need a say in the system that makes us the most American. Our right to pick our representatives. There is no excuse for the massive amount of mistakes that are made election after election. As a nation, the people must take action to change the system.

America will elect the 45th President of the United States on November 8, 2016. The winner will be sworn into office on January 20, 2017. The candidates have been nominated by their party for the presidency. Businessman Donald Trump became the Republican Party’s nominee while former Secretary of State, United States Senator from New York and first lady, Hillary Clinton, became the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. Both of the candidates have advantages and disadvantages. I support Trump for President specifically for his policies on gun control, foreign policy, and his ideas on reforming health care. I believe Trump’s policies are generally better than Clinton’s.

This year’s presidential election has been riddled with controversy and drama. The two presidential nominees, Hillary Clinton, and Donald Trump, each have questionable acts. As voting time approaches and the debates come to an end many individuals must decide who is fit to run the country. By considering their backgrounds, verifying the validity of their policies, and brining into consideration their performance in the debates, a suitable president should be found.

The current race for the Republican nominee has gained much controversy as well as coverage among Americans. The road to the nomination of the Republican party is going to be, in my opinion, an unpredictable turn of events. Currently, there are three potential Republican nominee’s. Ted Cruz is a United States Senator, John Kasich is the Governor of Ohio, and Donald Trump that is a real estate mogul. Donald Trump remains having a substantial lead in the party’s nomination. By the current trends of polls, money, and endorsements of front-runner Donald Trump, he will win the Republican nomination for the White House on the first ballot and be able to avoid a contested convention in Cleveland in July.

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.

In the 2000 United State’s Presidential Elections, it was the incumbent Governor George W. Bush of Texas who represented the Republicans and incumbent Vice President Al Gore who depicted the Democrats. While the elections ended with a recount in Florida, Governor Bush was soon declared the president as he gained the majority of the electoral votes with 271. However, controversial uproar soon filled American voters when further polls proved Gore lost the elections while successfully winning the popular vote by more than 500,000 votes. Discouraged with the concept that a presidential candidate could win the popular vote but still lose the presidential elections, many American voters have turned their appeal to the National Popular Vote bill because

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.

To sum up the 2016 presidential election cycle in one word: anomalous. Unconventional candidates and unprecedented campaign strategies made for one of the zaniest election years to date. And yet, this election was not free from the traditional problems regarding voter turnout, which has historically had a tremendous impact on the results of elections; whichever demographics turn out—or fail to—on that fateful Tuesday will determine the winners and the losers. Logically, then, the federal government should want to give as many people as possible the chance to get to the polls. However, this is simply not the case. The American Election day falls on a work day, unlike that of many global democratic counterparts. As such, work obligations frequently prevent a large proportion of Americans from casting their ballots, thereby potentially skewing the election results, and acting as a form of voter suppression. Making election day a holiday would prove to be entirely too costly to the economy; instead, election day should simply fall on a weekend day. This would give more Americans the opportunity to exercise their democratic rights and therefore result in a more accurate reflection of the desires of the American people.

One of the decisions that many people currently encounter is choosing which Presidential Candidate to support. This decision is often a defining factor for many people in American society. The Primaries can become more of a dividing point with so many candidates and the lack of research into political stances. While neither of the two front-runners in the Republican Primaries, Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson, seems like a typical politician, they have become the choice of many voters.

Presidential elections have and continue to be a time where Americans begin to pay attention to politics a little more in depth, they look into the issues which burden America, and then decide which candidate, in their views would fix and continue to grow the policies and programs which are working to America’s advantage. Presidential elections have and will continue to grow and change, but the past three presidential elections have seen many changes and have been very different just in the course of 12 years. Although a lot has changed there are some major things that have dramatically changed just from election to election such as, campaign strategy and spending, “battleground states” or states which could vote for either candidate, the

Presidential election outcomes can be determined by a plethora of factors which include the candidate’s own charisma and appeal, his rhetorics, his background (for instance, if he is related to a past president), the strength of his campaign, or his actual message. Though a president’s rhetorics and campaigning are crucial to a presidential election, in the end, as James Carville stated in Bill Clinton’s 1992 Presidential Campaign with his slogan “It’s the economy, stupid,” the economy is and always will be the biggest and deciding factor. In this essay, I will compare and contrast presidential election outcomes from American history, as well as touch upon the current outcome with present-day President Barack Obama and future predictions for the election of 2016. I will also present counterarguments it always “being the economy,” and show why the economy does indeed trump all in the end. Within the essay, I will explore the dimensions of economic performance and how they affect and impact presidential elections. As any economist or political scientist will point out, social, individual, and societal factors are important, but none of any of those factors has been more significant in helping or hurting a presidential candidate than has the United States (and US affected by global) economy.

The U.S. presidential elections are the most important events in all of American government. There are many differences and similarities when elections are compared throughout history in the United States. The 19th century was a time when the presidential era was considered nothing more but a job. The presidents was not held to the same standards as he (or she in the future) is in this day and age. Little effort was made in regards to publicly addressing an audience or making the general public happy. The president was merely seen as a civil servant. Congress was considered the most important part of the government’s because it controlled the federal budget and legislation. , the president is considered the voice of our country and is equipped with power that was not seen in the past. Differences and similarities in presidential elections of the late 19th, early 20th century and with the elections of today are present. Campaigning and debating are all comparable areas of presidential elections throughout history. One of the most interesting elections in recent memory was the Presidential election in 1992. This was a time when America had achieved something historic by achieving the greatest victory in modern American history. How did the commander-in-chief defeat the Iraqi Army and then lose an election to a unknown Governor from the poor state of Arkansa? A great campaign,

In November 2000 American citizens watched one of the most cinematic reality moments unravel. The entire world tuned into major new media stations like CNN, or Fox News for the winner of the 2000 Presidential election. Every news outlet called Florida to Gore and then to Bush, but the margin was only 0.5% difference with George Bush seeming to take a very important edge over Former Vice-President Al Gore. This event lead to a very conspiracy based recount. Eventually leading America to Former President George W Bush. But really who won the true American vote. Al Gore was leading but George Bush won Triumph even though Bush was missing 534,895 of the American voters (Cauchon & Drinkard, 2001). The popular vote which is the vote of the people was disregarded, and the Electoral College votes allowed for a shameful stab at the democracy of America. America the Election of the face of America which is president and is decided by a complete fault in American Democracy. We need to change the law, and push America’s democracy to allowing the popular vote to be the method of choosing president. My defense of this is running deep, and pure because the Electoral College has some serious faults. This method has impacted 4 elections, and brought someone who didn’t win the vote of the people to secure the residence at Pennsylvania Ave (White House). Followed by this it’s hypocritical method compared to the American constitution. Yes, there are some con to the popular vote which can be