Current Event Amy Alcorn 3AB Since 2012, there have been an extreme number of cases of gerrymandering. The reason for this being the unequal amount of distributed seats in Congress. Democrats tend to have less representation than Republicans, and therefore tend to be gerrymandered quite a lot. Having all the Democrats in one place so a safe seats can be guaranteed, but at the same time it doesn't help the much. For the Republicans still tend to get more seats due to this. Therefore Republicans
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Robert Leonard’s essay “Why Rural America Voted For Trump,” provides insight from a person who has liberal views about the rural-urban divide in the United States considering Donald Trump’s presidency. Many Americans have split views on what Trump will and will not do in office considering the social and economic issues. The concerns of unemployment, immigration, and the well-being of future citizens was discussed. Also, the Democrat versus Republican gap was examined and each sides views were expressed
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However, the democratic election process was created so that constituents could choose their leaders. Therefore, it is our responsibility to get rid of government corruption, rather than follow whoever is in charge. Another cause is the minimal diversity represented in the government
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Voting is a right that every citizen of the United States of America is entitled to as long as they are legally allowed to vote according to the constitution and as long as they are of legal voting age. Electronic voting machines can be both a pro and a con in my opinion. I will go ahead and start with the pros. a)Voters with dissabilities, such as poor vision can use the voice and audio systems in the machines for better voting aide. this is my opinion reduces the needed for many poll workers
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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
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people used that new freedom to pick whoever they could relate to the best, which in the election of 1828, was Andrew Jackson. Overall the people chose Andrew Jackson to be their president because he was more relatable even though John Quincy Adams was probably a better option. The upbringing of Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams were very different, which in turn effected the rest of their live including the election of 1828. Jackson was raised to a poor father and mother who were immigrants from Ireland
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Ok, I'm sorry. I can't hold it in anymore. This must be said. I look at the state that this world is in and the state of politics and it's so depressing. Not that it hasn't been for a long time, but after so much stupidity and regression there's only so much that I can take. And yet it seems people are willing to have this continue if not try to make the world even worse. This leaves me questioning why? How in the world can anyone with a rationale empathic mind vote for Hillary Clinton or think
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been a Republican state for the past 20 years, by the popular vote. Additionally, if you are a Republican in Maryland, because Maryland is predominantly a Democratic state, your vote would not matter in the majority of elections. Be it resolved that the United States presidential election be decided by the electoral college. (Pause…) We support this resolution on these four contentions. First, rural areas are constantly ignored by the electoral college and secondly, the electoral college fails to
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Megan Mahan Mrs. Keeth English II 1 November, 2017 Title The voting age in the United States should be lowered from eighteen to sixteen years of age. Lowering the voting age can increase the turnout of citizens who participate in electing officials. Once a teenager turns eighteen, they usually do not vote because they are off to college. Chris Lee states that eighteen year-olds do not have the time to vote because they are too busy in college, so they are less likely to vote when they get older
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the Wisconsin gerrymandering case, and will attempt to limit gerrymandering by putting a new standard in place. Political scientists are working to do this by using the “efficiency gap”. This gap is a way to control all of the wasted votes in each election. It does this because it “aims to summarize the effect of gerrymandering by identifying all of the wasted votes in victory and defeat for both parties. It then adds them up, finds the difference between the two sides, and divides that by the total
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