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Narrator: The Mayor had a difficult choice. Let eighty of his townspeople be executed or bash in the heads of the three partisans that killed the four German soldiers. The Mayor had twenty-four hours. What was he to do? The Mayor being a pacifist found it hard to decide. Mayor: to himself, What am I to do shall I kill the three partisans because they are guilty of a crime or kill my people. I don’t think killing my people is even an option. They are innocent and with the war raging on, are heavily

The Real Independent Voter A notion exists that the “independent voter” is also an independent thinker, researcher, and analyst - a voter not swayed by media and partisan politics; however, I propose that while voters may be successfully categorized, neither independent nor partisan voters are better informed than the other, this must be attributed individually and not categorically. “Independent” is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as “not subject to authority or control; not depending on another…for

In partisan elections, the party affiliation of the candidate is indicated on the ballot. This election method is constantly criticized and is only used by a few states when selecting judges, Texas being one of them. Several questions come to mind when discussing partisan elections causing many to believe that it's an inappropriate way to choose judges. when citizens elect judges in partisan elections problems arise when considering campaign contributions, lack of minority representation on the bench

camps joined partisan groups. In the early 1940’s, underground resistance movements developed in about 100 ghettos. There were about 20,000-30,000 Jewish Partisans and their main goal was to break out of the ghettos, save as many Jews as they could, and fight against the Germans. Many Jews operated as partisans, whether as part of individual Jewish units or as members of non-Jewish units (Yad Vashem, n.d.). Although there was a much greater network of Gestapo and SS Guards, Jewish partisans mainly operated

influence of electoral incentives, Hibbs argues in favor of the influence of partisanship. Franzese’s (2002) review of electoral and partisan influences on macroeconomic outcomes suggests that there is more empirical evidence supporting Hibbs’ assertion. However, he also suggests that there is considerable room for an analysis of “context-conditional electoral and partisan cycles” (Franzese, 2002, p. 369). Bearing this in mind, I argue that incumbent politicians can switch between

Waldron these are the partisan and neutral models of law. Both

about a boy named Ben Kamm who survived and experienced the harsh fel events of the Holocaust, and how he joined the partisans and fought back and saved many Jews from the horrifying events of the Holocaust.In the story Teens against Hitler By Lauren Tarshis is about a boy named Ben Kamm, who survived and experienced the harsh fel events of the Holocaust, and how he joined the partisans and fought back and saved many Jews from the horrifying events of the Holocaust. The Holocaust was an event that

storm. With the spark of social media, it is increasing citizens political awareness at the cost of factual - bipartisan review of the content. The media is still a heavy influence, the platforms are just changing. I believe that it’s okay to have partisan media, however, they shouldn’t be labeled factual nor should they be non-transparent about their information. The media has become a big influence in elections, especially as of recently. In The Miscast Intuition, it is assumed that the press play

It explains, to some extent, vote choice, political engagement, partisan reasoning, and the influence of partisan elites. This definition generates two competing views of partisanship, the instrumental and expressive perspectives. This debate is what

James Madison was an opponent of political parties, because political parties such as Congress, the presidency, the Supreme Court, and even the free press were not in the constitution. Political parties created democracy. People do not like political parties because they provide the link between voters and elected officials. They tell voters that what elected officials do in the office. They also provide opposite ideas to those who already elected to serve in government. Political scientists believe