Reelection

Republican President Richard M. Nixon was up for reelection, in a time that the country was extremely divided when the United States was involved in the Vietnam War. The Watergate scandal uncovered an intricate trail of wrongdoing on June 17, 1972, when members of Nixon’s Committee to Re-Elect the President were arrested for burglary. The burglars had broken into the Democratic National Committee’s Watergate headquarters and stole copies of top-secret documents and wiretapped the telephones. The

Newly Created Court System for Puerto Rico The proposal for creating Puerto Rico’s court system is no easy task. Systems from Wisconsin, Florida, Iowa, and New Jersey will be used in revamping Puerto Rico’s three-tier system to maximize efficiency and save costs. Following a brief history, the proposal will outline the states court structure, its employees, and the ethical standard those employees must abide by. In order to lay the court foundation for the newly state of Puerto Rico, it is important

voice of the people. But not every decision made by Congress integrates the interests of the majority. One of the challenges of Congress is balancing their personal agenda and the concerns of the majority. Congressmen and women are not guaranteed reelection once their term is complete. To be reelected they must win the votes of the people but those interests aren’t always put first. The members may be more concerned about their political ideologies then the people. Another example is the unequal representation

members and their constituents, but at the expense of its ability to act quickly and decisively. At its birth, Congress was created as a decentralized body, and although it has fluctuated over the years, the Constitution, congressional incentive for reelection, the committee system, and weak central leadership has certainly maintained such a decentralized institution. Madison, in his federalist papers, fiercely defends the constitution,

January 13th of 2015 as an independent party. Through the reelection, many have criticized Morrissey’s capability

politicians to voice their support, bring attention to the upcoming elections and donate money to their campaigns. In 2008 and 2012, Barack Obama’s presidential election and reelection were two of the most highly popularized campaigns due to the support of many celebrities. George Clooney had a dinner to fundraise for Obama’s reelection, which raised millions of dollars. Many other celebrities have made appearances

In the United States legislative branch, otherwise called congress, there are two branches, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives has 435 seats that are distributed to states based on their population. Each state is divided into districts that one representative in elected by. For example, Iowa has four seats in the house, so our state has been divided into four districts based on its population. DeWitt is in district number 2, who elected Dave Lobesack. In Home

In chapter 5 of, Readings In American Politics Analysis and Perspective by Ken Kollman, David R. Mayhew poses the question of “what would Congress look like if its members were only interested in re-election?” Mayhew poses this question as a pretext for his theories on this topic and uses it to form his own viewpoint based off of his experiences in the realm of domestic politics, more specifically Capital Hill. Directly after Mayhew poses this question, he answers it by saying that members would

The strongest of us are the ones who have fallen and risen, the ones that have been damaged and repaired. Our democracy has not only been broken but stolen, and that’s why I strongly believe in the potential of it. I’m reassured that our political system is certainly not at it’s best, but this realization simply means there’s so much potential for it. In the Dominican Republic the framework is a representative democracy where in the elections there is an FPTP method, which simply means that the candidate

in the DNC (Democratic National Committee). It seems that the burglars were connected to Nixon’s reelection, they were caught wiretapping phones and stealing documents. Apparently, Nixon tried to vigorously cover up the crime. He gave a speech in which he swore the White House staff was not involved with the break-in. Most people believed him, and he won reelection by a landslide. In August, when his role in the conspiracy was revealed, he resigned. A few days after