Abstract While political experts have long claimed that bad weather lowers voter turnout‚ the impact of weather on U.S. election outcomes remains unclear. The most rigorous work to date found that precipitation benefits Republicans and suggested that Florida rains influenced the outcome of the 2000 presidential election (Gomez et al.‚ 2007)‚ but a recent analysis finding that precipitation only lowers turnout in uncompetitive election states calls this claim into question (Fraga & Hersh‚ 2010).
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The video I choose for this assignment is how to persuade non-voters to vote. I believe the video did a good of illustrating the point and the importance why casting our vote is necessary. The video was uploaded back in 2015 by YouthDebates.org‚ an international non-profit debate platform for young people. The video starts by mentioning four common topics with graphic illustration that get viewer’s attention on why should you vote? This is the link of the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch
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initiatives known as a direct initiatives undermine the political process we have had in place since the beginning of our nation. American voters elect representatives to create laws that benefit society. If these representatives fail to do their jobs then they can be voted out of office during the next term. There should never be a time when a group of voters gets together and decides that since they can’t get what they want they will pull an end-around on the legislative process by simply creating
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Educate Young Voters Act of 2016 Purpose: To increase and politically educate the population of Florida’s youngest eligible voters. Findings: - 46 million young people ages 18-29 years old are fitted to vote ( 21% of the U.S.’s most eligible voting population) - Studies have shown that when a young person in a household votes‚ it will impact the rest of the home and often lead other eligible voters in the home - Experts
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The waning of conventional forms of political participation in established democracies‚ to some extent‚ is complemented by an expansion of political repertoires—the rise of protest activism and social movement (Norris‚ 2007; Putnam‚ 2000; Zukin et.al‚ 2006). Recent political phenomenon such as Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street movements showed the power of young people in enforcing democratization and social change. The revolutionary war uprisings in Tunisia‚ Egypt and Libya depicted as the tremendous
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Explain three arguments against the use of referendums (10) A referendum is a general vote on a singular political question which requires a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ vote on the particular issue. The first argument against referendums consists of the idea that unless there is a high overall turnout‚ the results are dubious and do not represent the whole community or country. The 2011 Wales referendum on the issue of giving the Welsh Assembly primary legislative powers only gained a 35% turnout. The effect of
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It can be debated‚ whether or not voting should be compulsory in local and national elections in the United States. Political votes are very important in America. They determine who will run that states‚ or even the entire nation as a whole. Depending on this‚ the country could either fail or succeed‚ in many different ways. All citizens should definitely be well educated in politics. However‚ voting should not be compulsory. There are too many risks that come with compulsory voting. Therefore
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offender has been charged with. Offenders can have their name put on the registry list for something as undemanding as mooning. With the citizens not knowing the circumstances they are panic stricken for no legitimate reason. “As sex offender registration and public notification laws begin to identify an increasing number of offenders‚ these laws will create increasing levels of panic and possibly may begin to terrorize communities” (Freeman-Longo‚ 2000‚ p. 8). Second‚ with the increasing
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Hall Mr. Weaver English 10 10 February 2017 Voter ID in America Voter ID laws in America go back to the 1950’s‚ when South Carolina became the first state that required a person to have some form of identification document or in some cases‚ a photo ID to vote or receive a ballot for an election. Throughout many years this topic became a controversial issue in America and has caused a major uproar between American citizens. Voter ID laws are backed up by voter fraud claims that are not accurate. President
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LOCAL LITERATURE PUP iApply (online entrance exam registration) Every year thousands of high school graduating students seek admission to PUP through its College Entrance Test (PUPCET). For the School Year 2008-2009‚ the Admissions Office recorded approximately 42‚000 applicants. During peak periods of application‚ it takes several hours to complete this process. At times applicant has to return to PUP to finish the transaction. Time and resources spent by the applicants and by the University
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