years presidential election. There is no doubt that it is controversial‚ but in the end either Trump or Clinton will be moving into the Oval Office in the start of next year. Experience is something that I feel is strongly important and crucial to have when running for president. It has been said in Donald Trump’s campaign that “he’s a smart businessman and successful dealmaker”. Hillary Clinton on the other hand is a “self-assured lawyer‚ a powerful political wife or a tenacious presidential candidate
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the majority of the popular vote across the nation‚ and still be able to lose the election if another candidate wins the electoral vote. This has happened on more than one occasion‚ most recently in 2000 when George W. Bush won the electoral vote and became President despite the fact that his opponent‚ Al Gore‚ won the popular vote. The world was shocked when Bush was named winner of the U.S. presidential election‚ even after more U.S. voters had cast ballots for Gore. How could the U.S. call itself
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For example‚ the 2008 presidential election was marked by an increase in voter turnout rates for African Americans and younger voters. I am curious if Burnham would argue that an example of the “political stimuli” which caused an increase in voter turnout for this election is that it is the first election where an African-American was nominated by a major party for the first
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a practice in American elections. Third-party candidates have fewer chances to join presidential debates‚ especially if the two major party candidates do not agree to debate them. Unless it becomes in the interest of both parties to have a third-party candidate debate‚ as it was in 1992 with Ross Perot‚ it will be very difficult for third-party candidates to become a part of the presidential debates. Even though third parties have debated each other in presidential election years‚ the fate of third
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Following the 2008 presidential election and the devastating loss for the Republican Party‚ the Tea Party emerged seen as the savior the GOP needed‚ and in their eyes‚ the saviors of the collapsing country. The grassroots movement mainly composed of conservative‚ white middle-class citizens gained traction and exposure through Republican business elites‚ national advocates and funders‚ and media exposure‚ particularly conservative news sources with Fox News leading the way. With these outside factors
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Yes the Electoral college should be taken out of the constitution.The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have transregional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. So a solid regional favorite has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states‚ for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states that he knows he will win. This is a desirable result because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president
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residential CourageColin Crawford A.P. U.S History 12/3/12 Essay Presidential Courage Presidential Courage covers certain presidents of whom the Author (Beschloss) thinks displayed courage in the face of adversity and integrity when it was desperately needed. Beschloss covers the 200 years spanning from 1789-1989 in the history of the U.S. Many of the Presidents he covered are undoubtedly venerable and courageous. Washington‚ Lincoln‚ Roosevelt are among these names. Sharply contrasted though
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Imagine if you cast a ballot in the last election and after you cast your ballot you find out that the President was chosen by 538 delegates each from all different states. This is reality and that process is called the electoral college. The electoral college should be abolished because it does not reflect the common Americans opinion‚ also the process has not worked as there were many unqualified Presidents‚ finally‚ the delegates that elect the President are all very partisan towards their party
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According to Wade Payson-Denney‚ a journalist for CNN‚ stated that the election was divided by 537 people out of the six million ballots casted in Florida. Al Gore argued that the margin of error was too close being .009% and the possibility of the ballots being miscounted of six million were pretty high. Al Gore relentlessly pushed for the ballots to be recounted in four counties because one state wasn’t just on the line‚ the entire election was on the line based off of the 537 vote difference. The controversy
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Ah‚ elections‚new representatives new laws. All in the spirit of politics. However‚ there are problems that plague are politics in America. The Kid and company are creating what we call a Blog Mini-Series. It’s Called Ballot Busters. Moving on from that‚ I digress. Every four years the presidential election comes around bringing with it hopes and fears. Some wanting to re-elect a president because of the quality of his stint as president. Others for the simple sake of “Hey he’s a Republican or hey
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