presidential elections this November. Several people rely on media outlets to receive information on running candidates. With todays technology we are equipped with a variety of different media outlets to get information from. In a recent study this past semester‚ performed by my Reporting II group and I‚ we collected information from social media sites‚ television news‚ print newspapers‚ radio‚ and magazines in order to see how media outlets played a role in the campaigning and election process.
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However‚ before exploring the positive potential of politics‚ it is important to acknowledge that for many people‚ “politics” as they see it is a nasty concept‚ a word with all kinds of negative associations When politics only revolves around elections‚ then it is difficult to escape the idea that political parties are in control of the game. There is nothing wrong with political
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or should not be abolished when election time comes around. Many people feel that the electoral college is unfair because it seems that even if we vote it only comes down to the electoral college to see if they won presidency or re-election. Personally‚ I feel that the Electoral College should be abolished nationwide‚ so that way our voice can be “heard” or used more within the government. It should also be abolished because of the fact how in most of the elections‚ the Presidents are most and only
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Studies indicate that participation in electoral politics has in the recent decades declined across the American states as the citizens have become increasingly disillusioned with conventional forms of politics. Normally‚ participation acts as a cornerstone of citizenship in liberal democracies. However‚ a majority of the American democracy today is characterized by low or falling voter turnout as well as the dramatic decline and aging of political party memberships. Such trends are most striking
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Tracking Social Media The Social Media Tracking Centre and the 2011 Nigerian Elections Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation About the Authors Dr. Judith Burdin Asuni is the Executive Director of Academic Associates PeaceWorks‚ a Nigerian NGO working in the fields of conflict management‚ peace and development and peace education. Dr. Asuni has researched and written extensively on conflicts in Nigeria‚ particularly in the Niger Delta. AA PeaceWorks has established a social media team to engage Nigerian
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The American Society grants every citizen of legal age the right to vote in elections. The Electoral College provides electoral votes to candidates based popular votes. The Electoral College is unfair to popular vote as it is an indirect system of voting where citizens are not directly voting for the President. This system grants 538 electors to become the voice of 319 million. The Electoral College was established during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The Electoral College is a “System established
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There is a hidden aspect that has been a huge part of every election since John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. It is something that the common folk are unaware of‚ contributing to the issue‚ and many politicians prosper from. The answer? Political ignorance. Political ignorance is the lack of information and knowledge regarding political issues. Many believe that politics don’t apply to their daily lives or that since they read the news every once in awhile‚ they aren’t guilty of it. The reason why
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So‚ the question asks are elections good for democracies? When I analyze this question‚ I immediately think about the word democracy and the type of democracy that is implemented within the U.S. The website “whatisdemocracy.net” describes democracy as the government by the people. The website also explains how people should be able to have their say in one way or another in everything that affects their lives. Which Is why democracy is either direct (by every member of a community having the possibility
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Political Impasse over the Caretaker Government in Bangladesh [pic] Neha Mehta (Research Assistant‚ VIF) The Caretaker Government that was a unique feature of Bangladesh’s democracy was in place over the years to oversee elections in a country that has a history of military coups‚ political assassinations and electoral fraud. Historically‚ democracy has struggled in Bangladesh with an unstable political environment that has two main political parties at loggerheads at all times with periods of
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The percent of eligible voters who cast ballots in Presidential elections were at a somewhat steady rate from 1904 to 1916‚ ranging from 59-65%‚ but in the 1920 election‚ only 49% of eligible voters actually cast ballots. (Document J) Although some may argue that the percent decrease was due to most Americans not liking any of the elected Presidential candidates‚ and therefore not voting this is untrue because this was the first election in which women could vote‚ which threw of the ratio of voters
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