Consider the extent to which short-term factors are now far more important than long-term factors in shaping voting behaviour…
There has been a significant decline since the post war consensus in the influence of social factors such as class and partisanship on voting behaviour. Class lines have become blurred from increased affluence, improved education and changes in the Labour market such as the formation of a ‘new working class’; resulting in the centralisation of the main political parties to become ‘catch-all’ parties, adapting their policies for short-term gain and effectively putting an end to the relevance of party ideology. This has led many people to the conclusion that short-term rational choice factors such as the state of the economy, qualities of the party leader and government competence are now far more important in shaping voting behaviour than long-term social factors such as class, ethnicity, age and gender.…
One thing is, since they lowered the voting age, we must take this for granted. What I mean is that if you have the privilege to vote, then do so. It is your responsibility as an American citizen to choose who you want, and trust to control our country. Voting isn't something you just say, “Oh, whoops, forgot to vote today… Eh, I’ll just do it next time.”…
Like this past election in Erie county, there were many candidates in many positions to vote for, and I heard of three of them. Rick Schenker and Judy Lynch were running for Erie County Executive, while the only person I heard of running for the Mayor of Erie was Rick Filippi. The first reason I think why people don?t vote is because they don?t follow the election religiously. There are so many positions that elections are held for, and so few get the publicity they should receive. Sure some positions are less demanding than the others, but they all deserve the same amount of publicity. For example, how would you feel if you only received 250 votes from a city of 100,000 people, while in the…
America. Many people think that it’s not important to vote and that their vote doesn’t make a difference. However, one vote can decide on the winner of an election and that vote just might be yours. There are many reasons why it is important to vote.…
Voting has become a huge dilemma in a few states one of those states being Texas. In 2014, Texas forced a new law, to be eligible to vote you must show identification. Since 2014, many studies show that voting has decreased.…
We all have different opinions on voting. Voting can be a sensitive subject to everyone who votes. The one thing I cannot understand is when people vote they never want to tell people who they have voted for. You would think people would be proud for voting and who they voted for because they are expressing their opinions. If we look at most of our opinion when it comes to voting comes from the band wagon affect these days. Media often sways people’s perception on the candidate. I believe that voting doesn’t do us any good when it comes to electing the President of the United States of America or anyone elected to State Represenitive, Governor, or state local official. No matter who get the most popular vote or majority of the votes, the Electoral College always wins. To me this makes voting it senseless to me since the candidate that the American people have voted for will not get elected because of the Electoral College. The American voting system needs to be change to whoever wins the popular vote should win the election because that is who the American voters have…
In the first article “Voters Are Ready to Punish Pro-Gun Politicians. There’s Just One Problem” by George Zornick talks about where the candidates stand on the topic of guns during the races. It is believed that the gun control issue would be a big factor during the race. Voters want to know where it is that the both candidates, Kelly Ayotte and Marco Rubio, stand on. It mentions how 76 percent of the voters in Florida believe that Rubio actually “supports banning people on the terror lists from buying guns” (Zornick). Another 69 percent believe or are unsure whether or not he “supports background checks on gun sales” (Zornick). In the case of Kelly Ayotte, 74 percent of the voters from New Hampshire believe or are unsure that Ayotte agrees…
In order for Americans to not lose their right to vote we need to be able to show that being apart of making the decisions for our country is important to us. Being able to vote on the decisions our country makes is a privilege that we have that the rest of the world may not. As I talk to my peers they seem to know less and less about the current election that is going on, when the reality is that some of them will be old enough to vote for it in the next couple of months. Sure they know who Donald Trump and Ben Carson are but most of them do not know what the candidates views are or who any of the other candidates are. Most do not understand politics at all, are not sure of their views, do not know which party they stand for or how…
Election time can be a stressful time for millions of people in the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific. During this time, the country is experiencing change and that could frighten people. Citizens go to booths to vote on who they want as the people to be their president. Although every citizen has the right to vote, not everyone votes and the final decision is not up to the people. The final decision is up to the electors within the Electoral College and can decide the history for our country over the next four years.…
Many people look in their candidate, a person that has their same believes or point of view. Some people vote, because their feel that a certain candidate has more chances of winning than the others. Other bases their votes, about what their candidates have said about public schools, health care and other issues that they consider important. The candidate that we choose, are going to pass laws that can either affect, or benefit us. If a person is not sure about witch candidate to vote for, they can watch the debates. We should also research their true opinion on popular issues. Sometimes social media or people say things about a candidate, that are not true. Also, the media and the news can be biased on a specific subject. In the debates they are ask a series of question about issues that are important to the country, and they answer the questions. It’s important to be sure that the candidates that we are voting for are the right ones, because that either affects or benefits us for the following…
Currently, the 672,000 tax paying residents of D.C. do not have a voice in congress. Do you think that's fair? Having no vote on federal decisions that impact your life? According to mayor Muriel Bowser, “D.C. residents pays billions of dollars each and every year [...] yet we have no vote in the house.” There is a reason why D.C.’s license plates says “taxation without representation.” Residents are forced to shell out for federal taxes but yet have no member of congress there to fight on their behalf. People living in D.C. lack of full voting rights. They have no right to even participate what happens in their own city. According to a video on Washington Post, “residents now pay more in federal taxes than get back in federal services.” According…
The essay shows me that voting in the United States is something that many people take for granted. Many of those individuals today are young adults that don’t find the need to vote. Most of them either bandwagon a majority of the time or don’t vote at all. I believe that everybody should be an informed voter. People should vote for a candidate that they both have the same views on topics and is also going to create jobs and continue to improve the…
As Americans we sure do love our freedom. We want a say in everything, especially…
Who 's voting for the president? Not you. We live in a society where your vote…