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natural disasters, Chile is also getting ready for its 2017 precedent election in November. Currently, most news reports claim that the left-wing party in Chile is being favored, but Chile is also experiencing a decrease in the citizens participation in voting. There are many theories about why this may be happening, and the most popular seems to be that the Chilean people are losing trust for their government. Because I will be in Chile during the semester that the election will take place, I feel like

The 20000 presidential election remains and has been described by many as one of the worst scandals of the US democracy (Jacobson and Rosenfeld, 2002). The democratic contestant Albert Gore won a large number of votes than his Republican opponent, but he ended up losing the presidency bid (Montjoy & Slaton, 2005). The result of all this relied greatly on the vote tally in Florida whereby a great figure of voters were denied the vote, confusing butterfly ballots were used, vote recounts were mishandled

The civil engagement had helped me be more active at school and I participation in different activities. Volunteer has help me become more well rounded and be able to work with others. In volunteer, you can help alone, there is a team that are working together to accomplish the same goal. I also register to vote and it is a good step in making my voice be heard. It is important not only to vote for presidential election but also local election because I could be affected if I don't vote. I turn 18

In recent years, due to non compulsory voting, our national affairs and international affairs have been affected. America should have compulsory voting because of increased voter turnout rates, the questionability of the legitimacy of our government and the education of politics for the people. The voter turnout rates can lead to a multitude of things like education and more accurate votes to the simple feel of completing a civic duty. The endgame of voter turnouts is the education of voters involved

If you think on the Election Day, you just voted for US president, than you are mistaken, just like millions of Americans who hope their votes would pick next president. When voting for President, we actually vote for state electors who hold Electoral votes. Electoral votes are the votes that decide victory of candidate in election. This Electoral College System has limited democracy to people in major three ways. Electoral college holds an ability to alter result of Election over popular votes,

William F. Buckley JR. wanted to voice his position on conservative politics, and declare that the reason why people fail to complain or voice their opinions is due to the government. Early on in his essay, he communicates anecdotes that illustrate people who are passive in their daily lives. With the rise of technology the majority of Americans have become more less resilient in voicing their opinions, and Buckley connects this passive style of living to political apathy. In every day life,

In the past, referendums have been used to make some of the biggest constitutional changes in modern times. By definition, a referendum ‘is a general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision’. The very name and use of 'referendums' is thought to have originated in the Swiss canton of Graubünden as early as the 16th century where, to this day, still use a form direct democracy to settle many issues. Traditionally, Referendums were

A choropleth map is a thematic map shaded with progressive colors to depict a variable of interest (Campbell and Shin, 161). Scale and the unit of analysis are of importance when viewing and analyzing choropleth maps. The scale is instrumental in determining how the to read the map. For example, there are two scales utilized in the assignment, one national-level and one county-level. The county-level maps in Figures 3,4, and 5 shows how much of the population in counties across different states voted

because American citizens believe in freedom to choose or not to choose. Compulsory voting was successful in other countries but in American that would cause a lot of problems. If citizens don't care to vote now then why would they care when they are forced, causing them to vote randomly. Lastly, if politicians have to work to get citizens to vote, they will have to work even harder to keep those votes.

States and other officials. The officials serve in the three branches of government judicial, legislative, and the executive. The executive branch is the one that will be focused on in this paper. The President is elected normally every four years by voting of the people and a group of electors who are not in Congress. Some people say that the electoral college is an outdated system and should be abolished. While this may be true the system does work and is still a viable system in this day and age.