Essays on Turnout

Tuberculosis is a serious bacterial infection that is usually spread from one individual to the other by inhalation of very small droplets originating from the sneezes or coughs of an infected person. The bacteria that causes TB is known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Kelly, Wilker, & Ambrose, 2011, p. 14). The main organ affected by the disease is the lungs (also called pulmonary tuberculosis) but it can also affect bones, the nervous system, and the glands. Each droplet of sneeze may contain between 1 to 400 bacilli each. Because the disease is airborne, the bacterium can also be transmitted to a ...

Central to the conundrum facing politicians and political scholars in the United States is the low and evidently waning voter turnout. Apparently, between 1964 and 2012, the turnout in Presidential elections declined from an estimated 69.3 percent to 56.5 percent of the total registered and eligible voters (DeSipio 2016: Module 6, Lecture 1). Now, in answer, state and national officials have issued proposals for different institutional reforms including “early voting [and] voting by mail” in some States as a means to encourage Americans to vote (Ginsberg, Lowi, Weir, Tolbert, and Spitzer 2014: 219). Evidently, the mentioned tactics create a ...

Mobilizing electoral participation in contemporary

U.S. society Policy has long since become an integral part of еру modern life. Moreover, a lot of representatives of contemporary society, accustomed to the democratic values, as a rule, consider that the interest in politics, political developments and government decisions is their civic duty. And a modern democratic government goes to meet the citizens, not concealing from them its decisions and policy directions (but not all, of course). Elections for the modern person, namely, participation in it is considered to be an important component of social life, because elections are associated with equal rights and, of course, democracy itself. ...

Voting is a representation of the democratic rights of the citizens through expressing their right to choose the leaders of their choice. In the United States of America, research shows that close to 40 percent of the total registered voters do take place in the voting exercise of the presidential candidates (Campbell 32). This value is known to increase as the midterm congressional elections are formed. I believe that voting should be made mandatory in the United States of America (Campbell 32). This is a clear strategy, which will ensure that the Americans ignoring their democratic right of voting ...

Objective of civic engagement: manifestation of democracy through the ballot

As a primary step towards my Project, I started with the topic of maximizing civic engagement related to the involvement of education and direct interaction with the electorate. The importance of the topic came from the fact that there has to be mass voting to ensure a clearer picture of the democratic choice. The electorate is a significant factor for not only deciding their governing representatives but also in shaping the public stand towards the formation of the right government. Hence, there has to be a vigilance or awareness drive for the voters of the region so that they ...

Introduction

When people live in a society, they are imparted with specific values and norms which shape their understanding of different things. One of the unique understanding that people develop is their notion of how they expect the government to work. They also develop unique belief on what they expect the political system to do for them (Roskin, et al. 106). These beliefs towards the government or the political system that individuals of a given society develop are what are referred to as the political culture of a nation. The political culture varies from one nation to another. There are ...

The New York Times article titled Why Americans Can’t Vote, published on April 16, 2016 by its editorial board, paints a bleak picture of the current state of the electoral system. The main argument focuses on recent trends in primary elections following up to disenfranchise voters from participating in November for the Presidential elections, backed by incidents such as Maricopa County polling places fiasco and the state of the technology, process and law governing the national elections. Even with the truth in its report, the article fails in its estimation of its points. In Maricopa County, the voters ...

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 ...

INTRODUCTION

There are various means that the population of any country can take to become active participants in society. In the realm of democratic government, citizens’ participation at the polls is typically considered the cornerstone of democracy. Explain what democracy entails The United States is widely known to be lagging in the rate at which its citizens participate at the polls. In comparison to most other developed countries, only 53.6% of the voting-age population in the United States participated in the 2012 elections. Indicate the examples of the developed countries. This number is skewed from representing the number of registered, ...

History of Labor in the United States

SSC200 Abstract One of the most important actions an American citizen can take to uphold their role in the social contract of American democracy is to exercise their right to vote. Yet, in the United States today, voter turnout is relatively and historically speaking very low. This paper takes a look at the effects this has on job satisfaction—specifically workplace morale, productivity, and job security—and argues that greater investment in the social contract of democracy on the part of the working classes is likely to yield positive results in each of these areas. American voters, and potential ...

In an election, the most important thing is not who wins the election but why people voted the way they did. As candidates campaign, they must fully understand the electoral behavior in order to influence their selection. This paper highlights the basic ideas and concepts that are believed to influence voting behavior. It identifies the sources of voting behavior of an individual and attempts to explain why voters vote for a given candidate. It also highlights the impacts of voter turnout in the election process. A voter may decide to choose a candidate depending on several factors. The major considerations ...

Voting on the Internet

Voting on the internet for federal, state and local elections would theoretically see an increase in the number of people turning out to vote. By introducing this new scheme, it would encourage more of the voting public to take an interest in their country’s democracy and the procedure that brings an individual to power – particularly in terms of allowing them to decide who they do or don’t wish to represent their views on the political stage.

1. What is your initial point of view?

Initially, it would seem that introducing and promoting voting on the internet is an excellent idea as it would enable more ...