United States presidential election, 1900

it be Abolished? The outcome of the 2016 election left many Americans feeling confused, angry, cheated, and terrified of the future. Somehow, the sexist, racist, homophobic candidate Donald Trump had become the nation’s president, though Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton received the majority of popular vote. This raised many questions over the constitutionality of the Electoral College system, and whether it was unfair to the people of the United States. In the electoral system, created by the

connections between contemporary and past issues and events. Shakespeare wrote plays and poems based on topics that ranged from love, war and peace. Through William Shakespeare’s, Julius Caesar , American voters can analyze the actions and motive of 2016 presidential candidate and current president, Donald Trump. The concept of persuasion through rhetoric and oratory has been used throughout history to manipulate the poor and disenfranchised. In Act Three, Scene Two of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare used Brutus

Introduction Sense the election of 2000 where George W. Bush won the electoral college while Al Gore won the popular vote talk of doing away with the electoral college all together has been a hot topic. The presidential election of 2000 came down to the outcome in Florida. First, the television networks said Al Gore, the vice president at the time, had carried the state. Then however, the state’s election was considered too close to call. Then, the television networks declared George W. Bush,

In the Public Eye: Politics and the Media Much of American life is guided by the influx of information received from the media. This results in the ability of the media to shape or mold the opinions of American society. Media is used in numerous areas concerning politics. “Without the media’s investigations, citizens would be forced to rely entirely on the information provided by politicians and the government, and would be deprived of an indispensable opportunity to evaluate issues carefully and

The 2016 Presidential Candidates and their Policies Of the many Presidential Candidates that America has for the 2016 Presidential Election, there are those who have national television coverage and those whose names haven’t been announced to the world. Two candidates that have been climbing up the voting latter for their respective parties are the Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders who is currently said to be trailing closely behind the front-runner Hillary Clinton (The Huffington

war was the slavery, whereas, the South and the confederate state reasoned that the main causes of the war is the state 's right and also southerners claimed that they are being treated unfair on the federal tariff and taxes. The southerners wanted to secede from the Union and preserve their right and the northerners wanted to keep the Union from breaking as well as they want to abolish slavery. The Civil War, or the "War between the states," was fought on both moral and economic grounds. On the most

A question that we all need to understand that is rarely interrogated is, why do we have elections in the first place? America is too big and complexed to hold public referendums on individual issues, although some states try to do it, this is called complexity. So in the case we choose representatives, we vote for people and not policies. Political scientist have a much broader way of describing this, in terms of adverse selection. “Adverse selection is a problem that can arise when we make a choice

On August 6, 2015, it all commenced. It was now time for America to establish the election for our new president to serve a term in the office. The question is, are you ready for the election of our new president? The head to head campaign between the republican and Democratic Party has just begun. From vast dissertation about lead republican delegate Donald Trump with four hundred sixty votes, to continuously asked questions about lead democrat Hillary Clinton with one thousand two hundred thirty

The Electoral College has been around since 1787 and is how the United States elects the president and vice president. Many people support the Electoral College because the Founding Fathers thought it was the only way to have a democracy without completely trusting the people to elect the president. The Electoral College process is stated in the Constitution so many people think it is the only way to elect the president. Many critics of the Electoral College call it out on the fact that a candidate

Case ‘Fiscal cliff’ is a phrase that dominated news stations everywhere near the end of 2012 and into January 2013. The term refers to more than $500 billion in tax increases and spending cuts scheduled to take effect after January 1, 2013, for fiscal year 2013 alone, unless President Obama and the GOP controlled Congress reached an alternative deficit-reduction deal. It would become one of the most important economic negotiations that the Obama administration would have to negotiate. The consequence