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
President and Vice President. The Constitution states that each state appoints a numbers of electors equal to the number of Senators and Representatives the state is entitled to in congress. The states were given the authority to determine how these electors were selected. The only stipulation was that no Current Senator, Representative or a person who holds an office of trust or profit under the United States could serve as an elector. (Evans & Michaud, 2015) On Election day during Presidential Elections
President and Vice President. The Constitution states that each state appoints a numbers of electors equal to the number of Senators and Representatives the state is entitled to in congress. The states were given the authority to determine how these electors were selected. The only stipulation was that no Current Senator, Representative or a person who holds an office of trust or profit under the United States could serve as an elector. (Evans & Michaud, 2015) On Election day during Presidential Elections
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
Jim Lehrer is a former news anchor for PBS newshour on PBS, as well as a former journalist. Another important job title he upholds is that he is a former debate moderator for United States presidential election campaigns. The important thing for us to know is that he is an author of many books, most importantly he is the author of the book Tension city. After he graduated college he joined the United States Marine Corps. After that he started his career as a journalist. Then went on to moderating
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