Becoming an Informed Voter GOVT 220 GOVT 220-D03 04/21/2014 Becoming an Informed Voter – Researching My Congressional Delegation What is the Political History of your district and State? Harris County in the state of Texas was formed in the winter of 1836‚ and was first called Harrisburg County after an early settler named John Richard Harris. The name changed from Harrisburg County to Harris County in 1839. In the United States House of Representatives‚
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Section 1: Please define the following terms‚ provide an example and discuss why the term is important to the understanding of American public policy. Authority: The right to give orders‚ conclude decisions‚ and implement laws. Example: Police officers‚ judges‚ etc. Importance: Necessary for a position in a bureaucratic structure. Power: The ability or capacity to direct the behavior of people or type of events. Example: A person with knowledge influencing the actions of others. Importance: Necessary
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Persuasion is the process of motivating someone to take a desired action or support a specific idea. The idea of motivating someone to do something that he or she otherwise wouldn ’t have done can be called the art of persuasion which is an important part of business communication. The message or content might differ from business to business and vary with the kind of audience to whom the message is directed to but the main purpose of persuasive message is to motivate the reader to agree with you
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* Novak‚ John J. Jr. "Roundup: Mostly fun‚ not danger‚ in hazing ’s history." USA TODAY: Latest World and US News. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. <http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/letters/story/2012-05-30/Florida-AampM-hazing-religion-politics-Romney/55272368/1>. * Reisberg‚ Leo. "Fraternities in Declin: Sagging membership‚ hazing incidents‚ alcohol abuse‚ and changing values challenge the Greek sytem." Psi Upsilon. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. <http://www.psiu.org/ug/handbooks/Frater>
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fifty-seven percent of the Hispanics identified as Democrat‚ while roughly fourteen percent identified as Republican. Seventy-five percent of the Latino voters stated that they would vote for Obama‚ leaving twenty-three percent to say they would vote for Romney. “In the past three presidential elections‚ Latino voters have played a crucial role in several states‚ swinging the election from Bush to Obama in 2008. Early results are showing Latino voters are making a crucial impact in the battleground states
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to illegal immigrants. This issue has been on the media for some time. It really came to center stage during this last election. Everything seemed to simmer down just a bit that was until this most recent election. During one of the debates‚ Mitt Romney made his stance on illegal immigration. As most people know he is against it. It was his later comments that added fuel to the already burning fire. He said that under his administration‚ he would make so hard on immigrants that they would ask to
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VS I chose to view CNN and Fox news to investigate the difference between how they relay information to the public. I have read that CNN publishes real news and that Fox is just an informational entertainment station filled with opinions about the news. Immediately it is seen that CNN is very detailed in their broadcasts. Upon watching several stories from both channels‚ I have found that they basically convey the same exact news stories‚ just in different ways. CNN was only a
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Campaign Spending One interesting part of campaign finance is that there’s no limit on what a candidate can contribute to his own campaign. Wealthy presidential hopefuls Ross Perot and Steve Forbes donated substantial chunks of their own fortunes. Mitt Romney‚ a candidate in the presidential race‚ has been the largest donor to his own campaign by a wide margin. The Federal Elections Campaign Act (FECA) of 1971 prohibits corporations and incorporated charitable organizations from giving to or spending
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ters-second-phase/article_2cbd3148-13eb-5e20-b7d5-ec8915e935ec.html Hicks‚ J. (2011‚ November 1). The Fact Checker. Retrieved March 26‚ 2013‚ from The Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/fact-checker-biography-romneys-problematic-claims-of-reducing-health-care-subsidies/2011/10/27/gIQAEHXpZM_blog.html Jones‚ J. M. (2012‚ March 2). State of the States. Retrieved March 26‚ 2013‚ from GALLUPWellbeing: http://www.gallup.com/poll/153053/texas-widens-gap-states-percentage-uninsured
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Retail Politics Retail Politics is a maximum that basically means it’s not who you know; it’s who you get to know that really matters. This effects American politics because it influences politics in a way that you have to physically go to someone and make a connection so you can get ahead and makes politicians put effort in creating relationships. Also this stagey makes it easier to convince a small amount of people than a large crowd. For example Lyndon B. Johnson created this mastery of person
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