bad joke or a false statement‚ it can cause them to lose support in a presidential election. In Robert E. Denton‚ Jr.’s “The 2012 Presidential Campaign‚” he discusses candidates’ memes and videos on social media. Denton elaborated on how a candidate’s actions can “go viral‚” in minutes and “leave the campaign little control over the message.” For example‚ Big Bird memes were the highlight of the second 2012 presidential debate when Romney stated: "he would consider cutting federal funding to PBS
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Willoughby 4A Current event #3 Senator Marco Rubio has been called out by several people the past few days on the account of Rubio missing an abundance of votes‚ some being key votes on important issues. Rubio defends himself by stating that the presidential campaign is making difficult for him to be around as often as he should be. He said “I’m not missing votes because i’m on vacation.” Then brushed off the topic of him saying that federal workers who do not perform or do their job up to par should
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you can see‚ not only does the playwright Antigone face confrontations in law but so does Congress and the government. Just like Antigone and Congress‚ presidential elections can also be an issue of the law. When citizens vote for who they want to become president they will most likely vote for the president whose party is the
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The Electoral College The 2016 election has brought a lot of attention to the electoral college after Hilary Clinton lost the election even though she had two million more votes than her opponent. The effects of the electoral college can make or break you in an election. So‚ should the electoral college stay or go? I believe that it should go. With the electoral college giving more votes to some states than others‚ campaigning usually is hit harder in the states with more votes. Because the popular
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current status of the United States regarding its economy and foreign affairs‚ such as if the United States is at war‚ or if he means the characteristics of the nominees. 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
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Constitution of the United States about the qualifications of the Electors that make up the Electoral College. “Article II‚ section I‚ clause 2 provides that no Senator or Representative or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States shall be appointed as Elector.” In the beginning‚ the 14th Amendment provided that any state officials who had engaged in an insurrection or rebellion against the United States or had given comfort and aid to the enemies of the United States would not
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In the presidential election‚ pictures are often used to highlight the intensity a candidate and their audience possesses for their argument. In the presidential debate‚ no one can argue that Donald Trump isn’t passionate‚ but some may argue that his passions spiral into aggression too quickly. Trump has been derogatory and rude towards women‚ but women still attend his rallies. He says things that are offensive‚ yet he remains in a close race with Hillary Clinton‚ even though Clinton has served
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There were many reasons for me to pick an article about the US presidential elections as my topic of discussion. I have always been interested in the world of politics‚ being involved in it myself‚ during my early school days as a student representative. There is so many things that the politicians have to take into account while making important decisions that will affect our daily lives. Because so many important information that go into decision making cannot be disclosed to the general public
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Ida Campbell The Electoral College: Good or Bad? The United States Electoral College is the group that is responsible for electing the President and the Vice President every four years. Contrary to popular belief‚ the United States is not a “true” democracy in the rawest sense of the word in part because of our electoral college. The mechanics of the United States Electoral College is fairly simple. Each state is assigned a certain number of electors. The number is derived from the total
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the presidential race‚ urging black voters in North Carolina to vote early and punish Republican officeholders for supporting Donald J. Trump‚ even as Mr. Trump’s party increasingly concedes he is unlikely to recover in the polls. Aiming to turn her edge over Mr. Trump into an unbreakable lead‚ Mrs. Clinton has been pleading with core Democratic constituencies to get out and vote in states where balloting has already begun. By running up a lead well in advance of the Nov. 8 election in states like
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