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    The topic I chose to write about is whether the U.S election process is fair or not. This topic came to mind while watching the recent presidential elections. Now whether I was for or against the winner is irrelevant. The real question is, “Does our vote really matter?” When the popular vote leans towards candidate A, but the electoral votes lean towards candidate B is it fair the a few hundred votes count more than millions of Americans? In the 18th century our founding fathers created the system

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    This has been one of the craziest and exciting presidential elections of all time. All three debates were wildly entertaining and interesting to watch. The question is, after all of this who what I ultimately vote for? Throughout all the journals I've written and the two commercials I’ve watched, it’s honestly a very grueling decision. Both candidates have their pros and cons, but with both candidates, their cons outweigh their pros. Most times that they are featured on the news are from negative

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    their votes, and the two leading candidates were neck to neck. The tension was sky high on election day November 7, 2000. Behold, we were to have a new president; so we thought. Election experts have called for "evolution" instead of a "revolution" in changing the way the country goes about its elections. Never in history has such controversy risen as in the election 2000; Bush Vs. Gore. Election 2000 has raised "serious concerns over the integrity of the voting system,"

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    Television has been influential in United States presidential elections since the 1960’s. But just what is this influence, and how has it affected who is elected? Has it made elections fairer and more accessible, or has it moved candidates from pursuing issues to pursuing image? The media only impacts the American Society, especially for the presidential election as it increases the talks in politics and gives the president a higher role to follow. The television race captures more popularity than

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    Media has played a big part in elections for a long time. Im going to be talking about how the presidential election of 2008 was affected by it. The 2008 election was a great opportunity to test how much the media could influence the election. The controversy of having an African American was too much for the American people to handle so of course it was going to be picked up by the media. News networks provided the controversy of whether Barack Obama was of American decent, This would have

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    Emotion plays a significant role in the deciding factor of the presidential election, or any election in general. For instance, the previous election was vastly influenced by the appeals towards the Syrian War, and the terrorist group ISIS, that President Donald Trump had stated in several debates and interviews. The fear of the terrorist attack the United States once again terrifies the American society. Therefore, whenever President Trump states that we need to put more money into the military

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    years presidential election did not help. Between the candidates alone, there has tons of controversy. From Hillary Clinton’s email scandal, to some of Donald Trump’s tweets, it is fair to say that the 2016 presidential election has been a crazy one. While the crucible explores anger of human nature, the issue of the recent presidential election illustrates we are still faced with this anger through democrats problems, republicans problems, and people angry in general about America’s election and government

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    Since the beginning of the Presidential primaries, many unexpected events have occurred, proving that we should expect the unexpected with the upcoming Presidential election. Both democratic candidates, Clinton and Sanders, and also the republican candidates, Trump, Cruz and Kasich, posses many differences amongst each other that can ultimately lead to the difference in demographics among each of the candidates’’ voters and the results that we have seen from the primaries. Ultimately, their difference

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    The President can call for an election earlier. It has a president, generally from the largest party in the assembly, and a number of vice presidents from other parties. The executive is a branch headed by the prime minister and the president. The president appoints the prime minister, but in theory cannot terminate him. Prime ministers are often asked to sign an undated notice of resignation upon nomination. The president is elected for a five year term which runs alongside with the five year term

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    As the dates for both the Democrat and Republican National Conventions draw nearer, the 2016 Presidential election picture is starting to become more defined. With Bernie Sanders ' chances approaching a mathematic improbability, Hilary Clinton 's road to the Democrat nomination is all but clear. Although the Republican nominee is not as obvious, the field has at least been narrowed down from seventeen possible candidates to two, the Twitter loving Donald Trump and the optimistic Ted Cruz. Unfortunately

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