In the United States‚ since roughly 1800‚ there have been two majorpolitical parties. For the last 150 years or so‚ these two parties have been the Democrat and Republican parties. This is in deep contrast to many other democratic nations‚ who often have as many as ten significant parties. Many people wonder why the United States has only two parties and why it is so difficult for a third or a fourth party to make any significant gains and become a noteworthy player on the national political scene
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Elections & Campaign Funding The articles I chose focus on congressional elections and campaign funding. The Supreme Court recently lifted the cap on amount donors can contribute in a congressional election. The courts decision threw out the $74‚600 limit for donations to political parties and the $48‚600 limit for House or Senate candidates in a two-year campaign season. However donors still cannot contribute more than $5‚200 to a single candidate per election‚ but without the overall caps‚ those
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Bernard Goldberg 2009 A Slobbering Love Affair Regnery Publishing‚ INC. 978-1-59698-090-7 A Slobbering Love Affair addresses the lack of objectivity surrounding the 2009 presidential election. This book is very witty and brings about many unanswered questions. Bernard Goldberg points out many obvious truths that are avoided by the mass media outlets. Goldberg was spot on with all of the facts‚ which brought the reader to think on a different level. Goldberg stayed on subject
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The democratic race has been filled with many surprises. One of them happens to be the success that Bernard Sanders has had in the race. Hillary Clinton was thought to be in a position to easily cruise to the nomination‚ but later found out that it was not going to be that easy. This success has created a tension filled democratic race that has both candidates campaigning for every last vote. That is why the debate that took place on April 14th in Brooklyn was very important for both candidates.
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Not to mention‚ the authors provided ample amounts of facts to support their conclusion. For instance‚ the authors discussed the extremism in the Republican Party within the opening pages of the book. The example‚ which pertained to legislation seeking to dissipate concerns of the nation being unable to pay its debt pushed‚ summarized the problems in American politics. Most the public is aware of the crisis through its news coverage yet they are unaware of its cause‚ which stems from the Republicans
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I picked this article because it demonstrates blatant propaganda. Basically‚ President Barack Obama has claimed to the New York Times Magazine that he manipulated the media to “sell” to the public a nuclear deal with Iran. Apparently‚ he helped create a false narrative so that the general public would support the deal. It mirrors Animal Farm in numerous ways‚ yet does not share the same violent plot. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm‚ Napoleon used Squealer to convey propaganda to the other animals
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This week’s reading topic is about California secession. In the New York article “ Is California Really Going to Secede” by Ed Kilgore‚ it talks about the the Yes California campaign‚ or Calexit‚ which discusses about secession in the state of California. The whole Calexit movement is an act of defiance against the new president of the United States‚ Donald Trump. The arguments for Calexit are simple‚ which are drifting further away from the rest of the country in cultural attitudes and public policies
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In his 2016 Time editorial “Politically incorrect? Or master strategist? Try both‚” basketball icon and human rights activist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar claims that presenting examples of extreme political correctness allows the political incorrect to deny the problem exist at all. Jabbar makes an effective argument using mockery and pathos. Jabbars clever use of mocker throughout the article helps his argument. He writes‚ “The real problem‚ they want to tell us‚ is the cure. As do vaccination deniers
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Why the UKs election system is better suited at representing the people. The United States of America and Great Britain are bot considered to be great Democracies. A democracy is a form of government in which people choose leaders by voting‚ and a fundamental principle of democracy is citizen participation. Citizens have the right to vote‚ but they must also accept the results of the election‚ whether they agree with the outcome or not. In a democratic society‚ they also try to prevent the government
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New Political Marketing Models in the context of WEB2.0 Politics and Media have never been separated since early time when politicians launched their campaigns by running newspapers. The media channels have been continuously multiplied‚ so the methods of combination of politics and media have been multiplied correspondingly. In 2008‚ thanks to the new media‚ especially the Web2.0‚ a new atmosphere was brought to politics. Web 2.0 is a joint name used to represent the new internetwork applications
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