Why is voting not important to me? While researching others opinions on why voting is not a must I ran across several reason on why we should not vote. I know everyone is going to say voting is the right thing to do. It allows your opinion to be expressed in a format that gives […]
I believe it’s time for a change. I believe it’s time for America to wake up and decide that they want that change. We cannot continue to allow people to determine our future and run our country, who have no idea of the real problems in society today. So, why are we? A nine year […]
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Get startedThere are many different processes that keep the United States from being truly democratic. Originally the founding fathers wanted the U.S. to have elements of a republic, an oligarchy, and a democracy to balance the powers of government, making sure there would be no leader in too much power. This system however, fails to represent […]
When the word “Vote” comes up everyone starts to freak out, everyone goes crazy and it looks like the whole world is going to explode. The word causes different reactions from people. People start to get very aggressive with this term and start to begin to express their opinions on different political issuers. Other people […]
Citizens of the United States do not always find it necessary to vote in elections. The voter turnout has once went as low as 51.7% for the presidential election. In my opinion it is a citizens duty to go to elections. It should give people a since of pride that they have the right and […]
The national anthem of America says, “the land of the free,” but have we lived up to this value? Although there is a lot of emphasis on the values listed in the Declaration of Independence, not all people of the United States are actually able to achieve the goals that these values infer. Three important […]
The preamble to the Constitution of the United States begins with the recognizable phrase, “We the people,” implying that the form of government laid out in the constitution will be representative of the people’s will. The formation of the Electoral College in Article II, Section 1, leads to the conclusion that this may only indirectly […]
The United States has operated on an electoral based democratic platform for over 200 years, back as far as 1776 with the dawn of American democracy. This system of election to power has changed and evolved over the history of our country, but no change perhaps more influential than that made in 1804 with the […]
In 2016, during the Presidential Election, the political Blue Wall was breached in the Great Lakes, granting Trump a series of critical, razor-thin victories in Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Wisconsin. It was in the Great Lakes that Trump saw just enough of an increase in support to break the Blue Wall. Turnout increased statewide in Pennsylvania, […]
What is a Democracy exactly? Democracy is rooted from the Greek, literally meaning “rule of the people.” In today’s modern usage, democracy is a system of government in which the citizens exercise power directly or elect representatives from among themselves to form a governing body, such as a parliament. Democracy is a tender subject for […]
Today on August 18, 1920, as I am sitting in the breakfast shop, I hear cheering and celebration outside as I take a sip of my coffee. I walk outside and hear “Yay, we finally got it!” Looking at the woman next to me, celebrating along with the crowd, I inquire of her what are […]
