Not a Vote Wasted: A Look Into Third Party Votes in 2012 Presidential Election While most of the country was tied up with the competition going on during the 2012 Presidential Election between the Democrat and Republican Presidential candidates‚ Barack Obama and Mitt Romney‚ many other Americans were rooting for the underdogs. The gap between Romney and Obama in the popular vote was more significant than you’d think. Growing support for third party candidates don’t have the major political parties
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WHY SHOULD I VOTE Voting is not only a right but a privilege in the United States granted first under TheTwenty-fourth amendment to the United States Constitution which states that: the right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President‚ for electors for President or Vice President‚ or for SenatorRepresentative in Congress shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State and is also addressed again in Article 19
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Some might argue that citizen journalism maybe inaccurate because untrained people are publishing news very quickly and usually without an editor‚ which makes their news not authentic and reliable enough. They believe that amateur bloggers can’t decide what actually “news“is and what is not and that they are affecting business negatively. Others claim that although it’s not "professional" enough it does communicate news and has an important impact. Moreover‚ they believe that it’s a normal growth
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The Poem "The Unknown Citizen" by W.H. Auden is a satire. Its narrator is the state. In this‚ the state pays tribute and describes a successful and positive product of its efficiency and effectiveness. In other words‚ it builds the character later described to the reader as "the perfect citizen." The narrator speaks as if he is delivering a speech or common tribute using words and phrases that are familiar to the reader. Using such imagery helps the reader paint a clear picture of the character
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Never has the fine art of cinematography been so perfectly executed than by Orson Welles in his perennial film‚ Citizen Kane. Whether a fan of the story or not‚ every true admirer of movies can appreciate the cinematic techniques utilized by Welles to capture the life of his enigmatic main character. Many aspects of the movie have been analyzed thoroughly‚ but what I would like to examine is an idea that is often overlooked. As the movie fades in‚ an eerie chain link fence and a sign reading NO TRESPASSING
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society was focused on producing citizens who would contribute to the common good of the community‚ which was an important part in their education. The ideal Aztec citizen would have the following virtues: courage‚ self-sacrifice‚ modesty‚ clean living‚ and obedience. The Aztec people had their rights protected by a system of written laws. This legal system served to remind people of their responsibilities as citizens to be honest and obedient. All citizens had to obey the laws including the
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Edgardo Olivares TA 380 2/22/14 Kane’s’ Tragedy Citizen Kane develops many remarkable themes. Two main points are the humiliation of the personal qualities of the public figure and the second develops with the serious power of materialism. Taken as one‚ these two themes contain the harsh sarcasm of an American success story that ends in useless homesickness‚ loneliness‚ and death. The reality that the personal theme is developed vocally through the characters while the materialistic theme is developed
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impact on the quality if their lives. First‚ and foremost they viewed aging in a very positive and healthy manner. The believed that a positive attitude assists in accepting physical and psychosocial changes. They enjoyed the fact that they were both physically fit and cognitively alert. They both felt confident that with the advances made in health care that the quality of their lives would continue to empowering. They enjoyed the benefits of being Senior Citizens‚ discounted travel‚ free education
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Cast Your Vote America By: Emily Veit Dr. Kirkpatrick GOVT 2035- MW 4:15-5:30 March 25‚ 2013 The great American eighteenth birthday allows a citizen to buy a lotto ticket‚ purchase tobacco‚ and gain the right to vote. The 2012 election only had around a fifty percent voter turnout for the United States of America. Australia has used a system called compulsory voting since 1924‚ which mean that voting is mandated. Whether it should be enforced
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A NICE CITIZEN – Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln’s poem ‘A Nice Citizen’ or ‘Letter to the Teacher’ gives us first hand experience of reading a hundred Zen stories or Panchathanthra Kathakal. The poem aims at the overall development of not only a child but also to improve the better qualities hidden in our mind. Even though it is in a form of letter addressed to a teacher‚ it actually points to the present condition of society also and all people must follow these good qualities. Then only our society
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