Voting In The United States

As a citizens in the US, as soon as we turn eighteen we have the right to vote, this means we have a say in who represents us in government and whether certain issues are passed or not. We can vote in both local and national elections ranging from who’s on our school board to whom the president will be. Since this is America, we are free to complain about how the USA is today, but do we do anything to change it? Most of the USA does not actually do anything, in our generation the USA has seen the lowest voter turnout since World War 2. Some people will complain that their vote does not count but in reality it does, the local elections are based solely on the majority of the people, and in national elections the elected representatives of

In the book What’s the Matter With Kansas by Thomas Frank, a phenomenon has been happening which many people do not understand. In the sixties, Kansans were voting for democrats during the election. This was seen as typical and normal since democrats are meant to help lower and middle class people. This did not stay for long since shortly after Kansans started to vote for republicans which goes against the belief of what is assumed. Republicans are known for trying to lower the tax on the upper class and are against of many things things such as abortion. The author tries to understand why in person the views that Kansans have match with democrats yet when they vote it is for republicans. The reason this is happening is due to religion.

Growing up where half of my siblings aren’t born in America and what 's more, one sibling is still not even a citizen reminding me how voting can change everything. Even some of my friends who’s not born here and not a citizen grew up here there whole life with me. It’s terrifying that a vote can send people out of this country to another country where they have no knowledge of, other than being born in their country to get sent back. At first I didn’t care I didn’t think it was much of an issue at all. I was born in America so I didn’t think too much of wouldn’t concern me at all. On top of that, I just assume people are being paranoid that nothing wasn’t going to happen to anyone it is the United States. In my mind the only way they kick you out of America is breaking the law. However, I was mistaken. A few people I knew had been sent away. Voting plays the major part in political history. With reason, voting is subsequently important since it allows us to practice our rights as a Democratic nation. If we don’t vote, then we are allowing others to decide to tell us how to live our life and what’s right for us. Because history and politics in the voting, always had an effect in changing and molding the United States.

With the United States gearing up for the 2016 presidential election, I was curious to find out how our religion may affect voting. Considering the decline of people claiming a religious belief or claiming to be non-believers I was interested to read this article. I was intrigued to find out that many people still want a president who has some type of strong religious belief. Yet this year, both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are considered by some not to be religious at all.

The United States is often seen as a hallmark of democracy, due to the nature of peaceful presidential transitions along with the abundance of civil rights and liberties as outlined in the Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution. However, on an average, only 60% of eligible voters participate in the presidential elections that take place every four years, and 40% turn out for the congressional midterm elections that occur every two years (Fair Vote). John Winthrop, a New England colonist during the early 17th century, told his fellow Puritans, “We shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us” (Ushistory.org), but has this really lived out its meaning if American elections do not include the voices of everyone?

Even though, George W. Bush had become, like some of his great predecessors, the voice of inspiration and hope for freedom not only in America, but in all over the world, he had received many critics for his religious contribution on American politics. In the light of this quotation, Noll shows that the second victory of President Bush was somehow astonishing when we noticed the crucial role of the white evangelical Protestants plays in his second term. Additionally, this quotation shows that if there were no evangelicals’ support, the President would not win the election, it also; strengthens the value of religion and its place in the American political life.

Regarding the moral landscape of the U.S., Caiazza's (2010) research commented on five books about religion and politics where the premise is that 'only in America do religious and political ideals become interchangeable, even indistinguishable' (Tanenhaus, p. 174). However, the commentary noted that the religious landscape has changed over the years, particularly from native "made" religions in the U.S., where "the dissolution of the informal bonds between church and state is taking place," but "new descriptions of the relationship are being formulated" (Caiazza, 2010, p.

Within the political world, education is a major factor in whether or not someone votes. According to the table, the higher someone’s education level, the more likely they are to vote in an election. For example, the survey shows that 64% of those with a high school education voted, while 85% of those with a college degree voted. In addition, other factors affect one’s likelihood to vote, such as gender. Historically, women are more likely to vote in election than men are.

If I had five minutes to speak with the President, I would speak to him about the current national policy on voting. Our country runs on a system of representative democracy; the country votes for who they wish to represent their interests. However, some demographics are far more likely to vote in all kinds of elections. This is due to many different factors, but a large cause of this is voter suppression. This is when, typically state, government puts in certain rules and regulations that make it difficult for certain kinds of demographics to vote. One of the largest contributents to voter suppression of the lower class is photo ID laws. I would suggest the President implement a policy that states that no voting laws can be passed to inhibit a person's ability

Presenting two forms of identification to cast a vote within the United States is an easy solution that would still allow the majority of the population to vote, and would also help eliminate the potential for voting fraud. Those opposing this law, are mainly Democrats that feel stricter ID requirements at the polls would “suppress the vote of segments of the population most likely to vote for Democrats, but also the least likely to have photo ID-racial minorities, the elderly, and the poor” (Ginsberg et all 328). The elderly, most likely would not possess an ID, as they have the least amount of need for one, however, other groups including the poor have a constant need for identification while living in the United States. Events and occurrences

With regard to the Christian Democrat experience in twentieth century Continental Europe, integration of Christian Democrats into the political system lead to their moderation. The emergence of a Catholic political identity as an essential part of the moderate democratic center was neither automatic nor usual. Rather, it was an outcome contingent on conflicts between a variety of actors where democratization and mass politics was coming to maturation. Initially, the Church was hesitant about responding to sponsor Catholic political parties because the existence of separate parties would undermine the unchallenged state of the Church. However, under the influence of conservatism and modern democratic ideas, Catholic activists and the success

To answer this question, I will not depend on concepts such as voter-turnout and demographic blocs often used by political scientists. Instead, I will explore the religion of Donald Trump. For this ambitious task, I will employ philosopher William James and his The Varieties of Religious Experience to illuminate the personal side of religious politics, alongside with sociologist Emile Durkheim and his The Elementary Forms of Religious Life to unpack the communal side.

In order to look deeper, it is important to look at the relationship between party identification and the importance of religion in a person’s life. For typically, the Republican Party is viewed as the party of Christianity while the Democratic Party does not typically have any religious association. By looking at the two variables listed earlier, at the very least, the relatively basic statistics will highlight which parties have more members that feel religion is very important in their lives. In looking at this, it will be easier to predict the policy decisions and just in general, political feelings of each party for a strong association with religion will theoretically mean that that party will develop opinions on issues based on what their religion says about that same issue. Although this model does not account for what religion is best represented in each model, it does provide just a general look at the influences of religion in each political party. In this model, we hypothesize that people who feel strongly about their importance of their religion will tend to move towards the Republican Party thus leading to a higher average importance of religion in the Republican Party. So the independent variable is importance of religion while the dependent

Given all of this information, it would seem very apparent that religion plays a huge role in presidential elections. This is true, but not necessarily in the way that one might think. According to an article in the Huffington Post, most Americans say that it is important for the President to have strong religious beliefs, even if the beliefs differ from their own. This information seems to undermine what the media would have us believe. In addition, constituents tend not to know or be confused about the candidates’ actual religion. Only four in ten citizens could correctly identify Mitt Romney’s religion and forty-six percent of American’s said they

However, in about portion of the nations where test sizes permit examination, including Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Honduras, the religiously unaffiliated are about as likely as Catholics and Protestants to state that administration approaches ought to advance religious qualities and that religious pioneers ought to have in any event some impact in governmental issues. Enthusiasm for legislative issues changes generously over the Latin American nations studied. Greater parts say they frequently or some of the time take after what is happening in government and open undertakings in Panama (65%), Puerto Rico (63%), Venezuela (63%), Paraguay (60%), Argentina (57%) and Chile (57%). In alternate nations surveyed, not as much as half of the general population intently takes after political news, with intrigue most minimal in Guatemala (31%) and the Dominican Republic