United States presidential election, 1996

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    things, this is how the 2017 presidential election changed my view on this country, and my view on the world in general. In 2012, the presidential election was between the current president at the time, Barack Obama, and his Republican opponent, Mitt Romney. This part of my life seemed like a blur, as I can not recall lots of memories from that time period. Aside from that, one thing was prominent from that point in time. While watching the television the night of the election, I didn't pay close attention

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    are looking with this year’s election, the Electoral College is not benefiting American citizens. People fight both sides of the system, but the truth of the matter is that although the Electoral College has been in place for over 200 years, Americans are still not sure how it works or if it is the best method. Our country is supposed to be a symbol of democracy, but to this day, American elections are not truly democratic, for there are no direct Presidential elections. The Electoral College is

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    that the political ideals and social norms around our society have changed drastically. When the founding fathers sat down at the table to discuss the process of the national election of the highest office of the land they had a lot of things on their minds. For starters the country as they knew it was composed of 13 states, each with a cut-throat either be in

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    The Myth Of Sisyphus

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    With everything going on with the upcoming presidential election, the political community has been very prominent in society the past several months. While doing research on myths, I came across The Myth of Sisyphus and immediately made many connections between the two subjects. Both of these topics have a lot to do with manipulation and deception. With politics especially, people today have a lot of opinions on the dynamics of that community. They both deal with continuous repetition and constantly

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    America is a country that prides itself on equal opportunity for all. However, the results of the recent presidential election have demonstrated a major disparity in the ‘equality’ of that opportunity. Donald Trump, with almost no political qualifications, beat out Hillary Clinton, a highly qualified individual, for the presidency. In addition, many scandals were attached to the Trump campaign, mainly his disparaging comments against women. The success of his campaign, after all the scandals, can

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    The United States is a two party system. The United States is set up like that because the third parties will never really win a presidential election. The only political parties who have won presidential elections are the Republicans and the Democrats. An elephant symbolizes the Republican Party and a donkey symbolizes the Democrat Party. The Republican Party’s platform is support for free market capitalism, free enterprise, a strong national defense, restrictions on labor unions, and opposition

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    According to source one Facebook and Google have already banned news and those two are some of the top corporations; do you want to be the only company to promote false news? An example of when falsified news effected everyone is the weekend of the election. Source 2 stated that if people were to search up who won by popular vote, the first website, that was false, stated that Donald Trump had won by 700,000 but when actually Hillary Clinton had won by over a million more. This

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    I believe that the US Presidential election should deserve all the media attention it is receiving because the USA is one of the strongest world economies and will have a massive influence on other country’s economies. The US politics are known to be very complex. Even though we’re inundated with the media coverage of this election, it can still be difficult to figure out what exactly is happening. In 2014 it was stated that more and more americans are using cell phones to follow political news with

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    qualified candidate to ever run for the office of President of the United States, Hillary Clinton. Despite losing the popular vote, Trump is the President-Elect (and as of January 20, President) of this country. How is that fair? Someone who lost the popular vote is going to be the leader of this country. Every American deserves an equal representation in our democracy. However, due to the Electoral College, a vote in a small swing state is worth much more than a vote in

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    efforts when trying to establish a decision on who is at the foremost position to lead the United States. There are various issues and theories to consider during this process, including primary results, partisanship, as well as voting behavior. With all of these components considered, it is evident that Hillary Clinton will be Barack Obama’s successor and will be sworn in as the next President of the United States. In looking

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