Becoming an Informed Voter Hannah Batista GOVT 220-D08, L28383165 The Third Congressional District of Connecticut I live in the third district of Connecticut. This district includes Shelton (part), Stratford, Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Branford, Derby, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Milford, Naugatuck, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Prospect, Seymour, Wallingford, Waterbury (part), West Haven, Woodbridge, Durham, Middlefield, and Middletown (part). The third district has existed since 1837, and is mostly an urban area. The third district includes most of New Haven County, a small portion of Middlesex County, and also a small portion of Fairfield County. All counties of New Haven, …show more content…
DeLauro ran for the open seat and defeated Republican State Senator Thomas Scott 52% to 48%. She has never faced another election so close, and has been reelected twelve times, never going below 63% of the vote. This past election in 2016, DeLauro was up against Republican candidate Angel Cadena, but DeLauro was re-elected with 69% of the vote. It is very clearly shown by certain controversial topics that Rosa DeLauro is a liberal or has liberal idealism. To start with DeLauro is pro-choice and believes that anybody can have an abortion for absolutely any reason. Rosa DeLauro’s interest group ratings include the following: ADA (Americans for Democratic Action) (2006, Liberal) is 100%, ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) (2011-2012, Liberal) is 100%, ACU (American Conservative Union) (2010, conservative) 0%, FDR (Family Research Council) (2013, conservative) is 0%, and the CC (Christian Coalition) (2014, conservative) is 0%. We can see from political issues and from both conservative and liberal interest groups that Rosa DeLauro is as liberal as they come. Connecticut and its Senior Senator The History of Connecticut is very interesting, here is a brief summary about some interesting facts about Connecticut, “Connecticut takes its name from the Mohegan word, “Quinnehtukqut,” referencing the long, winding river flowing through the area utilized by Native Americans for
Senator Kamala Harris from Alabama is a democratic senator for the state of California. Prior to that, she held the role of 32nd Attorney General of California and District Attorney of San Francisco. Before her political career she served as managing attorney of the Career Criminal Unit in San Francisco and later as chief of the community and neighborhood division. Kamala Harris is also the first woman and Jamaican American to become attorney general, as well as third woman of color and 1st biracial woman elected into the senate. 1 This Howard University graduate is used to filling significant roles. She is currently serving on the Committee on Intelligence (Select), Committee on the Budget, Committee on Environment and Public Works, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.2
Bridgeport is Connecticut’s largest city with a population estimated at 147,629 residents. Located along Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Pequannock River, the city has an area of 19.4 square miles. Bridgeport experiences warm to hot and humid summers and cold, snowy winters. These seasonal extremes are somewhat moderated by Long Island Sound. This results in a lower average temperature in summer and moderate snowfall, as compared to our neighbors inland. The city receives 41.7 inches of precipitation and around 25.6 inches of snowfall in an average year. The snowiest winter on record occurred in 1996 when Bridgeport received 76.8 inches in total accumulation. Bridgeport is located on Long Island Sound and is bordered by Fairfield, Connecticut
Furthermore, Sotomayor political view point is known to be is a liberal. Republican who do not want her to be on the Supreme Court have been trying to dig the mistake she has made in the past to stop her from serving in the Supreme Court. As the media says, on 2001 Sotomayor did not choose her word carefully and said “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived
Hartford, CT is a well-known city that has developed into a concentric zone fashion. A concentric zone consists of five zones; Central Business District, Transitional Zone, Working Class Zone, Residential Zone, and the Commuter Zone. Each zone consists of different qualities that can all be found in Hartford. Hartford is very similar to Chicago based on the description of Chicago given by Dr. Burgess. Just like Chicago, Hartford is also a city that has a high crime rate.
Lucille Roybal-Allard is a representative in Los Angeles, CA District 40; democratic. Originally born in Boyle Heights, CA on June 12th, 1941 her astrological sign is a Gemini. Lucille is married to Edward along with four children: Ricardo, Lisa, Angela, and Guy Mark. Her religious beliefs are Roman Catholic and her highest education was a BA in California State University, Los Angeles, 1965. She became the first Mexican-American woman elected to congress.
Connecticut is the southernmost state in the region of the United States known as New England. Connecticut is also often grouped along
“The record of the present Democratic Administration has provided us with sufficient campaign issues without the necessity of resorting to political smears.” She uses the title of the DA not only to show the changes that need to be made but who in particular need to make them. “The Democratic Administration has completely confused the American people by its daily contradictory grave warnings and optimistic assurances.” This device again, is melded with the contrast that she uses often to show contradictions. “Freedom of speech is not what it used to be in America. It has been so abused by some that it is not exercised by
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It is very clearly shown by certain controversial topics that Rosa DeLauro is a liberal or has liberal idealism. To start with DeLauro is pro-choice and believes that anybody can have an abortion for absolutely any reason.
Elizabeth Warren is a democratic senator from Massachusetts who was elected on November 6, 2012. She is known for fighting for the middle class and because of this she is skilled in the topics of bankruptcy and financial pressures that face the middle class (Biography). When she was campaigning for senate in 2012 Elizabeth proposed the question: : Do we want to be a country that thinks "I got mine, and the rest of you are on your own? Or are we a country that believes that we make investments in our future so that we can thrive and our kids can do better than we do? (Issues).” She keeps the middle class in mind when making political decisions. Warren bases her political choices on her upbringing. Her family struggled with medical bills, making her in favor of Obamacare. She grew up with pride in her country, and she wants to allow immigrants to have the chance to feel the same way about the United States.
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Gregory Meeks interest group ratings include the following: ADA (Americans for Democratic Action) (2006, Liberal) is 90%, ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) (2011-2012, Liberal) is 84%, ACU (American Conservative Union) (2010, conservative) 0%, FDR (Family Research Council) (2013, conservative) is 0%, and the CC (Christian Coalition) (2014, conservative) is 0%. We can see from political issues and from both conservative and liberal interest groups that Gregory Meeks definitely has liberal ideology.
What does the Ghost’s reply to Hamlet’s comment, “Speak. I am bound to hear” (I.v.11) imply about the Ghost’s attitude to revenge and his conception of Hamlet’s duty? What other lines in this exchange support this reading?
Becoming an Informed voter, according to Stephen Whitham (Becoming an Informed Voter, 2014), means doing research on the candidates running for office. Looking at their voting record along with their philosophy will provide a good idea of how the candidates will vote on the issues presented to them. The State of Connecticut is considered a liberal state and has consistently voted Democrats into Congress during the last 3 elections. Taking a look at their voting records and how they voted gives the voters a good idea on how their elected officials will vote in the years to come. Voter should not just listen to what a candidate says, but also look at how the candidate votes to see what they really think and believe.
The stereotype for a United States’ Senator is often the same stereotype associated with the Republican Party: wealthy, white, older male. While Senator Elizabeth Warren is not a spring chicken and is white, that is where the similarities end. The following information is from “Elizabeth Warren” (2015). Senator Warren came from a struggling middle class family, the youngest of four. Her father suffered from a heart attack and the family began to accumulate medical bills. Warren started working at the age of 13 to help pay the bills. Graduating high school at the age of 16, Warren attended George Washington University on a full ride debate scholarship, a skill she would use periodically throughout her life. Graduating the University of Houston with a speech pathology degree she became the first person in her family to graduate college. After two children, a divorce and earning her law degree Warren began to develop an interest in bankruptcy and how it particularly plagued middle class families. Thanks to this interest and a tap from Senator Harry Reid, Warren chaired the Congressional Oversight Panel in 2008. Warren and the panel investigated the financial crisis as well as the banks that contributed to the economic downfall. Three years later Warren designed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to protect consumers from signing risky loans and to watch the credit bureaus. Later that year Warren became special assistant to President Obama, she also announces her candidacy