Essays on Elections

Carson and Jason’s book Ambition, Competition, and Electoral Reform Carson and Jason’s book Ambition, Competition, and Electoral Reform examines how politics are carried out during congressional elections as well as electoral institutions between 1872 and 1944 through the lens of contemporary political science. The authors use electoral data from the early...

The United States Voter Participation Rate in 2016 Elections The United States of America recently registered a lower voter participation rate than in 2012 elections. According to the data collected, the number of voters increased in some states while decreasing in others. According to Regan’s post, millions of individuals did not...

Bureaucracy and its Role in Organizations Bureaucracy is an organizational structure that relies on standardized procedures, rules, and regulations to keep an organization operating smoothly. While this may sound like a bad thing, it is necessary to ensure that a large organization runs effectively and efficiently. Positive and Negative Connotations of Bureaucracy The...

IntroductionPolitical parties were not a part of the United States Constitution when it was written. The United States was the first country to devise a democratic party structure in the early 1800s, allowing for the transfer of authority from one system to another. A referendum was used to do this....

The Decline in American Voter Turnout The number of Americans voting in elections has been steadily declining over the last few decades. The explanations for the poor voter turnout have varied from nuanced to very basic.Increasing Public Engagement Increased and effective voter education is one of the key solutions that will assist...

The Third Estate and Abbe de Sieyes The third estate, according to Abbe de Sieyes, was a set of men that fall into a traditional order considered to be governed by a wealthy social class or nobles under the old regime. The Church and the Nobles are the other...

The restoration era in the United States was characterized by three major amendments. These are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments of the United States' supreme constitution (Graber 12). The three constitutional amendments discussed the problems of slavery, civil freedom, and citizenship. The conservative republicans never had any acceptable motivations,...

Democracy is a concept used in many countries, with elections acting as the intermediary expression of the electoral process. The democratic mechanism is a method for selecting individuals to represent the whole state. Elections may serve as a confirmation or recognition of the government's efforts to popularize it and motivate...

Presidential Campaign Fundraising Presidential candidates raise funds for their campaigns in a number of ways. Presidential campaigns are designed to manipulate a candidate's success. During an election, candidates must collect funds in order to run and coordinate their campaigns. The funds could be used for travel, advertising, and other uses. The...

The Mixed Member Proportional Voting System The electoral method of preference is the Mixed Member Proportional solution. It entails a two-tier election of the majority of legislative candidates (approximately 60%) in single-member districts. The remaining proportion is then voted off party lists at the state or national levels using a compensatory...

In the United States, a two-party system is used. It is a structure in which only two powerful political parties have a good chance of winning the general election. We have Democrats and Republicans in the United States. For there to be a winner in the two-party system polls, one...

Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission is responsible for implementing the personhood of corporations, granting them the right to manipulate American peoples' decisions through elections; therefore, it interferes with people's position in government by restricting who they can select to serve and represent them by making political decisions; however, first,...