The following essay will explain our group’s views on two subjects. The first is why and why not we think a literacy test should be passed before being allowed to vote. The second is why and why not we think a periodic citizenship tests should be passed in order for a person to maintain their citizenship. These topics are important because they can affect the results in a presidential election. The following paragraph will explain my views on why a literacy test should be passed for a citizen to
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When Apathy Strikes‚ We All Lose During a recent interview held at the NAIA Terminal II‚ a Japanese reporter from TV Tokyo boldly asked President Rodrigo Duterte‚ “Which country do you favor more – China or Japan?” In response‚ the president proudly answered “Between China and Japan‚ I love the Philippines more!” The simple yet notably patriotic statement of the president earned the applause of the participants at the conference‚ in which hopefully the Filipinos appreciated it - regardless of their
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iMINICASE STUDY #2 Unforeseen Opportunity in an Election You are in charge of the advertising staff for Cindy Smith ’s election campaign. Cindy is trying to prevent the eight term incumbent‚ Jesse Jones‚ from getting another term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Cindy decided to run against Jesse because he wrote 150 bad checks in the House banking scandal‚ voted to not disclose the names of the people involved in the scandal‚ and voted to give himself a substantial pay raise at taxpayers’
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Cassidy Williams 9 December 2016 PLS101: American Democracy Haglund Please Vote for Me: Summary and Response In the movie‚ Please Vote for Me that we watched in class‚ an experiment in democracy took place in an elementary school in China. For the first time ever‚ the way of electing a class monitor had changed. The teacher usually just appoints who she feels would be the best candidate‚ but this time the children were asked to do an election. The class monitor is a powerful position in this elementary
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Why I voted? Martin Luther King Jr. once said‚ “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter.” Depending on the situation silence can be providential or catastrophic. When you become silent of things that that are vital your point won’t matter. Voting is defined as a formal expression of opinion or choice‚ either positive or negative‚ made by an individual or body of individuals. Voting is important because you are expressing your opinion and making your voice
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With the election coming up everyone seems to have opinions of how they want it to go and how they think it will turn out. There are many people Who believe that it is obvious the polls weight Democrats more heavily than republicans. According to Donald Trump the polls are rigged. He believes this basically because Hilary Clinton is beginning to bypass him. This sort of reminds me of when I used to play games with my family. Whoever was winning was almost always presumed to be cheating. This is
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Push Poll or Real Deal: How to Know You Are Not Being Spun According to the article on Wikipedia a push poll is an “interactive marketing technique”. Conversely the definition of a push poll on Pollster.com a push poll is a “telemarketing smear masquerading as a poll”. Two seemingly different definitions which leads to question how does the average person know when a pollster calls if it is a legitimate poll or a push poll. Logic tells me most people do not know what a push poll is and therefore
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Apathy exists everywhere‚ throughout every area of every society. The origin of social indifference must come from somewhere‚ but do people care enough to inquire a matter such as this and change it? To make a change in the abundance of apathetic behavior in the world‚ one must first determine the catalysts of the issue at hand into consideration. The rise of crime‚ seclusion‚ and waste‚ for example‚ heavily influence social apathy. Throughout any society‚ examples of apathy reside around every corner
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To what extent do the advantages of referendums outweigh the disadvantages? (25 Marks) A referendum (sometimes referred to as a plebiscite). Is a vote in which the electorate can express a view on a particular issue of public policy. Referendums have become more widely used since 1997 and have helped to decide controversial policies. The advantages of referendums are great‚ however so are the number of disadvantages. This essay shall include how the electorate could be affected by the positives
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In light of our recent data findings‚ and the researcher’s analysis of it‚ in answering how powerful is Iglesia ni Cristo in local government elections‚ one can summarize that the religion greatly influences the chances of candidates that have been given the support to win a seat in a local government position. As our data tables on the election results show‚ either all candidates successfully won a seat or that just one candidate failed to do so‚ yet it is arguable that the candidates who lost in
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