Elections Essay Examples and Research Papers Page 4

The first case will focus on Howard Dean. Dean was the governor of Vermont before attempting to win the Democratic party nomination in the 2004 Presidential election. During Howard Dean’s campaign “many scholars found Dean’s ultimate failure predictable…due to his issue of electability” (Hindman 2005, 121-128). This shows that many did not expect Dean to…

Voting is a right given to every U.S. citizen. Every citizen has the chance to vote for the person they believe see’s fit to run our country, many times over in their lifetime. We all know that this is the beauty of our government, the right to choose our president. From another country’s point of…

November 5, 1996, was the 53rd US Presidential election who’s the main candidates were Democratic party Bill Clinton who won against his opponent Republican Party Bob Dole. Bill Clintons were first elected as the President of the United States on November 3, 1992, which made his victory against Bob Dole his second term as the…

The Electoral College was established in Article II, Section 1; according to the U.S. Constitution. Initially, the Electoral College supported a compromise between the popular election of the President and congressional selection for the Constitutional Convention. This initial process was changed by the Twelfth Amendment; ratified in 1804; which allowed separate ballots to determine who…

The 2016 US presidential election was the 58th election and was considered one of the most controversial elections of the history. The two candidates during the primary election were Donald Trump from the Republican party and Hillary Clinton from the democratic party. Hillary Clinton lost the election to Donald Trump despite winning the popular vote…

For many years, the right to vote in the United States has been a contentious issue. From the time the first American presidential election was held, voting was controlled by the legislative body of every state, and balloting was reserved for white male landowners aged 21 years and above. However, changes relating to the right…

Through the introduction of television into the sphere of elections, it has been more accessible for Americans all over the country to have easier access to events and people. Although the participation of citizens in elections has risen because of this, the introduction of television has not had a completely positive impact. Since 1960, the…

Several reasons contributed to denial of voting rights along considerations such as gender, tenure of property, and racial background. These included prevailing social structures, social stratification, stereotypes that derided and degraded women and minorities, and established traditions. There were also fears among the elites that political equality would shift the power base, change existing power…

Before the 1960s, there had never been televised Presidential debate. Before, people either listened on the radio or read about it the next day in the paper. No one had yet understood the importance of visual versus oral presentations and how things such as posture, clothing, eye contact, and charisma can impact opinion and perception…

Every election is always different from another, but there is a thing that is the same for every election – it is the reason American people vote. Americans vote because they want their country to have a decent leader, a man that will do everything possible to promote theirs country position in the world’s politics…