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    “greater volume of criticism of government, politicians, and their policies, and less focus on the substance of policies” can cause a large impact on the way the people interpret their government and make personal decisions such as who to vote for in an election. The event of the prices rising in healthcare of the affordable health care act enables a case study to be done over the bias pattern known as the authority disorder bias because since the theory indicates that the one in charge receives the blame

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    the most controversial political figure and President in the history of the United States of America. With all of the negative rhetoric and promises that he made during the campaign trail, as well as the suspicion surrounding his path to 270 on election night 2016, many people have banded together to protest his administration. At first being only a large number of disgruntled voters, those protesting Trump’s Administration have grown into a solid counter-movement to the one that he managed to

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    The 1960 presidential campaign showed to be historic in the invention of television for advertisements, news interviews and policy debates, something that would occupy Kennedy's youthful hands. Four debates were created between Nixon and Kennedy, and Nixon had his tactics helping him from the beginning of it. During them, he was slowly getting better from the flu and looked exhausted, and then when he came to the TV studio, Nixon decided to not wear much TV makeup, scared that the press would accuse

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    that was hungry for power. Nothing shows an exemplification of this more than the upcoming presidential election. It seems that in this election alone, there has been an attitude of no holds barred personalities. Our presidential candidates this year are Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz, and John Kasich. Each of them has their own way in particular of showing their dedication to the election. However, combined with all these different personalities there is one candidate that could

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    Sandy Hook. It is crazy how all you need to understand an event is a title. By not say much there is a great chance that you already feel the emotion of Sandy Hook, you know what it means and what it stands for. It is sad, yes, but it is an event that will never change and that challenged a nation as a whole. Opportunities like these, although tragic, are moment in which we can see the true nature of our leader—the president. In Obamas speech at the Newtown, Connecticut prayer vigil for the victims

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    The 1964 American election between Lyndon B. Johnson and Barry Goldwater has strong similarities with the 2016 election between Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump. In both cases, the democrat candidates focused more on their counterpart’s rhetoric rather than uphold their own ideas in an attempt to persuade voters to support them. This essay will argue that the Democrat candidates of the 1964 and 2016 elections, in many instances, instead of focusing on their political proposals, focused on anti-intellectualism

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    Political candidates often run for the same position and have a common goal to become President. The way in which they approach their Presidency may differ. That is the case for two of the Democratic Candidates of the 2016 Election, Bernie Sanders and Hilary Clinton. Both Candidates have similar views on Women’s rights, yet they differ on issues of Education cost, foreign policy, etc. Bernie Sanders is currently running for Presidency on the Democratic side. Before entering the world of politics

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    The reason it’s bad to be the next Ralph Nader is because lot of people make the (partly true) accusation that Ralph Nader cost then, Vice President Al Gore the 2000 Presidential Election. But in my opinion that isn’t the whole story. Let me start with the candidate Al Gore. Gore made some crucial mistakes that cost him the election in 2000. One of the biggest mistakes then Vice President Gore made was to distance himself from the White House and then say that he was angry at the sitting President

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    The ones who have been “fixing” the elections of this country since before 1960. The media’s influence over the electorate has risen over the years and led to many negative effects, such as biased reporting of candidates and the transformation of the election into a medium for entertainment. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of all ages, welcome to every news outlet’s new reality show: American Politics. The media’s most notable negative effect on elections has been its biased coverage of political

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    The presidential election is in full swing. We are deep in the action with fireworks constantly going off. It is less than two months for the electorate to choose their new leader. This is the climax of the elections; we are approaching the highlight of politics. This is a very distinct presidential election for the country due to the individuals representing the two major parties. Hilary Clinton vs Donald Trump. What used to be friends now turns into a rivalry for the highest office in America.

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