Election

There have been many debates that have spanned over the past decade on whether or not the 2000 presidential election was legitimate or not. Bush only won by 537 votes which is grounds for a recount so the Gore campaign was in there right to ask for one. Now this is why many people like myself believe this election to be illegitimate, Katherine Harris the secretary of state of Florida did everything she can to not comply to the recount. She also compiled a list of felons so they would not be allowed

The election process is a staple of American politics, though on the national level it only applies to the Presidential election and Congressional elections. In Texas though, citizen vote for all three branches of states government offices. There are three main types of elections in Texas, the primary election, general election, and special elections. The primary elections are held on the second Tuesday in March of even-numbered years (Champagne Harpham 135). They are the first step in the

media rushes to Florida during congressional and presidential elections due to its reputation as a conflicted state. Here we find the southern regions to be rather liberal and voting democratically, and on the other hand, we see the northern regions voting mostly conservatively. This creates controversy in the United States because Florida is a major determining factor of what kind of outcome we are going to get for a presidential election. This can be especially stressful for those running for office

Deliberate Election: Village Election in China By Kuo LIAO Intro The village is the most basic administrative unit in China, whose administrative units range from basic to advance is village, country, city and province. Village self-governing has been viewed as a very democratic field in China and democratization in Chinese villages is stable and rapid, which impresses the world and raise scholars’ research interests. Researches have been declared in almost every field of village election in China

Media has played a big part in elections for a long time. Im going to be talking about how the presidential election of 2008 was affected by it. The 2008 election was a great opportunity to test how much the media could influence the election. The controversy of having an African American was too much for the American people to handle so of course it was going to be picked up by the media. News networks provided the controversy of whether Barack Obama was of American decent, This would have

The topic I chose to write about is whether the U.S election process is fair or not. This topic came to mind while watching the recent presidential elections. Now whether I was for or against the winner is irrelevant. The real question is, “Does our vote really matter?” When the popular vote leans towards candidate A, but the electoral votes lean towards candidate B is it fair the a few hundred votes count more than millions of Americans? In the 18th century our founding fathers created the system

In this country, we take great pride in our presidential elections. In the months leading up to November during an election year, it seems like the majority of the news cycle is made up of political content. Millions of dollars are spent, candidates can spent over a year campaigning, and voters are bombarded by constant attempts to be rallied or won over. For many, myself included, the campaigning process can be long, and tedious, but it has become a necessary part of our electoral process. In order

primary election. This is the time the voters pick which candidate will run for the party. There are three major elections, primary, general and special. Several questions arise when people talks about any elections. Which election is important? Is one more special than the others and do you need to vote in all three elections? The primary election is “conducted within the party to select candidates who will run for public office in the general election”, (Brown). The general election “held

comes to politics or the presidential elections. One thing we need to remember is that everything will be okay no matter what. 2016. Some might consider it just to be an average year, but to me, I consider it to be one of the worst years we ever had, because of the election that was going on. This was the first year I have ever voted and I am dissatisfied with the results, for the most part. I felt like my vote counted mainly because I was watching CNN on election night and I keep seeing states like

Judicial Elections in the United States While the majority of the nations in the world uses a meritocratic system of appointment of judges by an executive body, the US and Bolivia are the only two modern-day democracies to elect majority of their judges. 38 states in the US choose their high court judges through some form of election1. The candidates running for judicial offices in the United States either explicitly declare their political affiliations or are endorsed by a political party without