Vice Presidential Debate (October 4, 2016) As the running mates to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump took the stage to further their platform and earn voters, millions tuned in hopes of further solidifying their choice for President of the United States of America. The Vice-Presidential debate was moderated by Elaine Quijano, CBSN anchor and former CNN journalist, who Dan Gainor of FOX claims to have been left from the very beginning (“Another Debate”, 2016). According to numerous articles as well
2009 she became the 67th U.S. secretary of state, she served until 2013. Now in 2016 she made history by becoming the first woman in U.S. to be a presidential nominee of a major political party. Donald Trump is a billionaire real estate mogul, a business man with no political l and reality television personality. In 2016, he became the Republican presidential nominee. Vice Presidential Selection: The Vice presidential candidates are Tim Kaine for the democratic party and Mike Pence for the Republican
With the 2016 election in full throttle, Kennedy and Nixon’s presidential debates of 1960 are still very much a part of American democracy. Televised presidential debates have become a backbone in an American election. Although these debates are now considered a norm in American politics, this has not always the case. Even after the first time a presidential debate was held between presidential candidates from across the aisle, it took another 16 years for another debate to occur. It is highly doubtful
changed their structure and function. Despite the changes and adaptations to our country’s changes, the Electoral College is still the method that selects presidents and vice presidents. Exploration of the structure and function of the Electoral College will provide an opportunity to understand its formation and operation while the debate between the Electoral College and popular vote usage and its effects on election results will provide an understanding of issues and misalignment with the popular vote
Due date Word count: 1596 Presidential Elections Introduction The presidential elections of United States of America take an indirect form where citizens of the U.S who are registered as voters in one of the states in U.S which are usually 50 states, or the District of Columbia, cast ballots for Electoral College members, referred to as electors. These electors then in turn cast direct votes known as electoral votes in their respective state capitals for president and vice president positions of the
College system. This plan received widespread approval by the delegates and was put in the final document. Article II, section 1, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution spells out the process of selecting electors for the selection of President and Vice President. The Constitution
College system. This plan received widespread approval by the delegates and was put in the final document. Article II, section 1, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution spells out the process of selecting electors for the selection of President and Vice
Electoral College Pros and Cons The 2016 presidential election was an example of the discrepancy between the Electoral College votes and the national popular votes. If the last presidential election had been decided by a national popular vote, then Hillary Clinton would have won the presidency because she had the majority of votes. However, due to the design of the Electoral College, Donald Trump won the election for president in 2016; although, he lost the national popular vote. Just as some people
of votes. Our founding fathers created a system to prevent this from happening and represent the interest of all people. The electoral college was established by Article II of the US Constitution as the voting method to select the President and Vice President of the United States. The electoral college is a voting system in which residents of a state vote for a representative to vote for the president. “The Founding Fathers created the Electoral College as a compromise between electing the president
civilians make when it comes to the general election (mostly the 2008 Obama elections to date) (Rowland 528-547, 2013). In 2008, the John McCain and Obama presidential debate was shaped primarily by the immigration rules and opinions that the contestant had for the endeavors of the United States capacity to bring in more immigrants. The debate scheduled the fight for and the decline of citizenship to the populations already in the U.S (Laidler and Turek, 2014). It was and has always been a tricky