Essays on Electorates

Chapter 1

Culture War? The book, Culture War?: The Myth of a Polarized America sought to demystify the notion that America is a polarized country, divided into half by two different ideological factions. In the first Chapter of this book, Fiorina et al laid the foundation of the culture war narrative by referring to pronouncements by Pat Buchanan that there was a culture war for the soul of America as well as Pew Research’s observation that the red States could only get redder while the blue States were getting bluer. To counter this position, the authors indicate that such a ...

Affiliated Institution

The purpose of this essay is to discuss the features of the American electoral system features; how does it allow stability and change to occur simultaneously? How does it allow the participation for most of the citizens and it may also serve to filter the citizens` input? First of all, the fifteenth amendment to the United States Constitution states clearly that the right to vote is not to be “denied or abridged on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude” (US constitution, 1870). The term servitude may be a little vague, yet it was initially used to ...

A political party is a grouping of individuals who come together to compete in elections and hold authority in the government. Often, political parties agree on specific policies and programs that are intended to enhancing the collective common good of their supporters. Despite the fact that there are many international commonalities in the organization of political parties, there are a lot of differences concerning the ideological cores. In modern democracies, the political parties are elected by the citizens to form a government. Many nations in the world have various party systems. For instance, China has a one-party system while ...

Introduction

The citizens of all the democratic countries are entitled to vote. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all the people have the right to participate in the governments of their nations either directly or through their elected representatives. Voting provides the citizens with a medium of expression. It gives the voters the chance to express their opinions about the governments, take part in the vital issues affecting their countries, and hold the elected representatives accountable. It is worth noting that high voter turnout is desirable in every democratic country. As a matter of fact, a high voter ...