...Presidential Elections Andres B. Ronquillo HIST122A 15 July 2012 Our nation’s first presidential election took place in 1789, when Americans voted for electors and they voted for Washington, who ran and won without much opposition. However, it is 2012 and it has been over 200 years since that first election took place. Many things have changed since then, including the election process its self. I am not going to get into much detail about the process, Instead I will focus this paper on the changes we, as a nation, went through. I will focus more on the issues that have changed us the most, as a nation. Through the course of this class I have learned that some of the issues we have had in the past were based on race, gender, illiteracy and even poverty. I will touch on some of these issues but only briefly. Instead I will talk about present day presidential elections and how even though we have changed a lot of the major issues that affected the election process, there are still many issues that still affect us today. I will mainly focus on one of these issues. The Problems I will discuss will be focused around the military vote, mainly because I am in the Army and have friends/ family that are in the military. The problems with the absentee ballot system, are part of the issues I will discuss. It will be four years, in November, since President Obama was elected as our nation’s 44th President. Just like in 2008 and every other Presidential election year, we the people...
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...Presidential Election Voting for presidency is not only a right, but a privilege and I am grateful that we live in a country that allows us to vote every four years for a new one. This year Mitt Romney is running against our current President now, Barack Obama. The next upcoming Presidential Election is on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 and if I were to vote for either Obama or Romney, I would vote for Obama because I believe that he will be able to get our economy back up and create enough jobs for America. Barack Obama has a 12-point plan to repair the U.S. economy, and to bring about must needed change. First, Obama and Biden(vice president) plans to make a $1,000 tax cut for the middle class, which will be going from bottom up, not top to bottom which is a great change. They also plan to make energy rebates which will give American families an immediate $1,000 emergency energy rebate to help pay rising bills; this is great for families struggling to make ends meet. Obama and Biden believe that we should invest in innovation and manufacturing jobs in the clean energy market, hoping to create 5 million green jobs. This will not only create more jobs for Americans, but also help our nation to become a clean and infficent country. Obama’s plans for the future look planned out and realistic for our country’s economic growth. He will be helping Americans in every way by tax cuts, money for to help pay bills, and investing in clean energy which in return create 5 million jobs. Obama...
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...Presidential Elections and Voters In order for one to become president of the United States, he or she must gain the votes from the public. There are various ways of getting votes. Nominees go through months of campaigning to get the votes necessary to win the state. Some believe that the public makes the decision for president long before the campaigns even start, and others believe that the campaigns are necessary to gain votes for a president. A campaign in itself is not necessary to influence the public's decision. The focus is not whether the campaign has the influential power to change people's opinion, but the focus is on the actual individual who is voting. The individual has the power to choose whether to let the campaign influence his or her opinion or to make the decision before the campaign. There are both cases when the individual makes a decision for president before the campaign starts and when the individual makes a decision for president because of the influence of the campaign. Campaigns do matter in a democratic society and they are important to a certain extent for those who actually follow the campaigns, but they are not as important for everyone. Not anyone can just run for president. There are certain qualifications that a person must have to become president. He or she must prove the nation that he or she is able to lead a nation. The, " qualities of the candidate are extremely important influences on how people vote" (Fiorina and Peterson 302). Campaigns...
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...10 Things to Note About Nigeria’s 2015 Presidential Election Share 0 0 0 0 [pic] Jide Akintunde 1. President Jonathan’s statesmanship and Nigeria’s propensity to surprise the world: It is the nature of politics and governance: one major event often defines the outcome of an election or public perception of a regime. Therefore, the most remarkable outcome of Nigeria’s 2015 presidential election is that President Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat to General Muhammadu Buhari in a very timely fashion. This good sportsmanship of President Jonathan immediately conferred statesmanship on him. His presidency will be remembered for nothing better or worse because what he delivered is what was mostly important to Nigeria, Nigerians and the world: peaceful outcome of the election. That the one who fostered electoral best practice became its major victim is an irony; but it is not a cruel irony. It is what has earned President Jonathan greatness. If he had been the beneficiary of his efforts which made the elections that held during his presidency far more credible than all the previous elections in the history of independent Nigeria, the positive shift he has now given Nigerian elections would not have been very obvious, significant and pace-setting. Indeed, we could not have missed the sacrifice of President Jonathan in this election. On national television stations, we saw the President wait on his feet for a fruitless over 30 minutes for INEC’s card readers to accredit him, his wife and...
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...The United States elections have become awash in money. More than ever, from the presidential elections to the local elections there has been a significant quantity of undisclosed donations referred to as dark money. Dark Money describes election funds from nonprofit organizations that do not have the obligation to disclose their contributors. However, any election funding that stems from organizations who are not required to disclose their donors is considered dark money. As well these nonprofits are not allowed to be political. Although they donate a large amount to candidates, the donor groups are limited to the form of speech they can produce for a candidate. They have to create issue ads which aren’t deemed to be political since the ads...
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...until now, I have noticed the major difference in the amount of advertisements, and the continuity of some advertisement shown on various websites. Most people find them extremely annoying, and their first instinct is to click the x in the top, right corner without even looking to see what the advertisement promotes, however, that’s because no one thinks about the large sum of money spent on the many ads, why so much is spent of them, and how many people are actually making decisions based on the advertisements. Presidential and other elections are now strongly depending on the internet as a way of not only campaigning, and advertising, but also communicating with the public. Candidates are using various tools and websites to reach out to the community and keep them informed. Since the increase in the use of technology, and internet, fundraising and advertising are much easier and more effective. Senator John McCain’s campaign for the Republican presidential nomination faced the overwhelming advantage his opponent had in fundraising. After McCain’s victory in New Hampshire his campaign turned to the internet to raise money and sign up volunteers. Not only did they raise 2.2 million dollars...
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...THST 1200 Languages of Media Exam 4. In what ways does your assessment of the American Presidential election reflect how you live in a filter bubble, as described by Eli Pariser? Eli Pariser describes a filter bubble as “personal unique info [that] you live in online” (Pariser). The American election reflects how we live in a filter bubble because the way that we perceived the entire election was through the media. Whether it was television, radio, or the internet; the media was used to represent what was happening at all times during the election process. If a person has predominantly democratic views, and has been voting for democrats for much of their lives, most of their online searches will depict democratic interest. When browsing...
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...Val Collins US Gov Period 2 3/20/2018 Presidential Election of 2000 The presidential election that took place between George W. Bush and Al Gore was not legitimate. The recount that was stopped by the supreme court may have ended with Gore with the most votes. The latest figures that were published on December 21,2000 recalled that Gore had 50,996,064 votes, while George W. Bush had 50,456,167 votes. The number of votes were very close to each other. Bush had lost the vote by 539,897 which would have been close to the amount of people who would have voted...
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...Haven’t you noticed that the television and media has brought down many presidential candidates? Where on TV they say the most bizarre things, that one person may not just normally proclaim? Our past presidents have been dragged into such cases, and now we’re witnessing this again with our current candidates. Television and media can spread anything and everything a person says like wildfire, and make it sound like they said something they did not. Television has made a negative impact on presidential elections because it influences people to vote on “image” than what they actually say, it makes candidates say things that they would not normally say, and it does not always spread the whole truth of said candidate. Media and television depend...
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...is he likely to win again?. Using sources such as newspapers, online journals and poll websites to evaluate how successful Romney’s campaign will be. Romney The man, the plan. Mitt Romney has emerged through the rankings of the Republican Party to run in the 2012 Presidential campaign. Romney attended Harvard University where he studied law and business. He later moved on to become a high powered business executive who swiftly stepped into his father’s former position as Governor of Massachusetts in 2002. Even though he only served one term he quickly had his sights set higher but he was unsuccessful in his first attempt at becoming a Presidential candidate when he lost out to John McCain in 2008. Successful the second time around, he is committed to making sure someone in the race “understands” the Economy. During the race for the 2012 Presidential campaign he is following the strategy that political scientist Lynn Vavurect would call a “Clarifying campaign”, he is ensuring that the current bleak state of the economy and the excessively high rate of 8% national unemployment is at the forefront of voter’s minds. Campaign strategy such as this has been successful in the past. In 1980 during his Presidential campaign Ronald...
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...Over the years there has been a lot of things that have changed with the presidential election but the few things that have always been the biggest factor in this is race and gender. The main things that make this so substantial is time period, current standing in economy, and protests. To start off with we are going to go all the way back to February 3rd, 1870 and this was when the 15th amendment was passed saying that government could not deny a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or background. This was the start of the big role African Americans play into the presidential election today. Now we move on quite a bit as well and go to August 18th, 1920 and this was when women first got their right to vote. It took 50 years after...
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...TEST 09.03 The American presidential election: * What phase /stage are we still in now, - and what is the situation in the two main parties after “Super Tuesday”?¨ Right now we are in the pre-election stage, where the candidates from the different parties will fight for representatives and to be a candidate for their party. After Super Tuesday: Democrats: On the democrat side, we can see that Hillary is in the lead, much more so than Bernie sanders. Hillary has gained quite the popularity and is already acting as if she will be the next president. Bernie Sanders managed to get some wins but not enough to beat Hillary. It is not looking too good for Bernie Sanders. Republicans: On the republican side, we have three representatives. Donald Trump, Marko Rubio and Ted Cruz. Donald Trump is in the big lead right now, and it seems more likely that he will be the candidate for the Republican Party. Second in lead after Trump is Ted Cruz. Marko Rubio is also gaining some traction now after Super Tuesday, but has a long to go if he wants to beat Trump. What seems likely now after Super Tuesday is that from the Democratic Party we will see Hillary Clinton, and from the Republican Party we will see Donald Trump. * Donald Trump has done much better than generally expected: Discuss possible reasons for Trump`s success: I think that the number one reason for Trump’s success is that he is a businessperson more than he is a politician, which means a lot to some people in...
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...Although television has made presidential campaigns more public and accessible, the media has negatively impacted the focus of elections. Instead of being centered on political issues and platforms, elections now focus on personal scandals of the candidates. Because the media aims to increase viewership, networks must sensationalize stories and scandals. When television was first invented, it was revolutionary because it was available for a “wide geographic distribution” of people (Source A). Technology has become increasingly accessible and widespread since the invention of the television. In the last few decades, technology has progressed exponentially. Citizens are no longer limited to getting news and entertainment from the radio of television. Now the internet plays just as big of role in providing information to citizens. Television networks have more competition than ever. Even television is becoming obsolete. The television ratings for presidential debates peaked in 1980 and have been declining ever since (Source D). Many Americans no longer have cable TV service because they can watch shows and movies on Netflix and get...
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...Media bias is form of favoritism used by journalists and news producers within the mass media in their selection of news article and how they are covered. An example of a widely used media bias is that liberal news outlets defend the concept of global warming, whereas other sources say that the earth is actually cooling. Bias is used to shape their audiences view on an article through the use of vocabulary, visuals, and emphasizing on the positives or negatives of topic/people of the article. Media bias is widely used in during presidential elections to help candidates gain a majority vote to help them win the election. In the 2016 elections campaigns, media bias is used towards every single candidate and can be seen when article on the same...
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...The 2000 presidential election was contested by the U.S. Vice President Al Gore (D) and Texas Governor George W. Bush (R). On the evening of November 7, 2000 there was no clear winner in the Presidential Election. It was evident around the time the results were being calculated that the vote would be extremely close. In fact, the results from the state of Florida were believed to determine the overall winner of the election. There were less than 600 votes that were to establish the winner. When the votes were cast and counted, George W. Bush was declared the winner. However, there were reports of many issues with the ballots in Florida which led to many questions regarding the validity of the outcome. It was clear that Gore won the popular...
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