immediately preceding the election. No literacy‚ property‚ or other substantive requirement shall be imposed on the exercise of suffrage. III. Elections An election is a decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold formal office. This is the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy fills offices in the executive and legislative branches of government‚ and could either be national or local level. Regular elections are those held regularly
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when it was the presidential race of Obama versus Romney. I was rooting for Obama‚ but I wasn’t that involved as I should have been. My family and I have always been dyed in the wool democrats. I stand with almost every political democratic position. I stayed in this position even in the later election. 2016 was a weird year. The weirdest part about it was the election. No one expected what the outcome would be. This year me and my family followed the election very closely. We watched all the debates
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speech. Through “Together we” in the tone of his voice the anaphora and the use of inclusive language‚ as he addresses the public‚ he conveys the importance of moving forward as a nation together as one body. Within the first stanza of the speech Obama states the inclusive word ‘we’ several times‚ “We gather…‚ We affirm…‚ We recall…”. Through using the word‚ ‘we’‚ and repletion he reiterates that he is one of the people and he does not want to be thought of as just the president of the United States
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“The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.” (Rock Ray). Barack Obama is the first black African-American President who was elected President of the United States. He was born to a white mother and black father in Hawaii. Barack is one of the greatest leaders who has many values through which he became the President of the United States. To be patient‚ he is an adult capable to accept problem without becoming upset. He is willing to help by listening to others
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population have a constant low turnout rate when it comes to presidential elections. In the article “Six take-aways from the Census Bureau’s voting report” by Paul Taylor and Mark Hugo Lopez they compare the turnout rate between whites‚ blacks‚ hispanic‚ and asian‚ from the years 1988 to the past elections in 2012. Until the past election whites have had the highest turnout rate‚ but since the impact Obama had on the last election according to the authors they believe it was the greatest factor in which
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German Elections 1920’s to the 1930’s The Nazi Party was not involved in the elections until 1928. In 1928 the received 2.6% of the votes but the SPD still lead the votes on 29.8%. By 1930 the Nazi party began to grow in popularity gaining 18.25% of the votes. The SPD still had majority on 24.53% of the votes but it was clear the Nazi party was beginning to threaten the top spot. In July 1932 the Nazis gained the majority of the votes for the first time on 37.27%. There was a small decrease in
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The United States of America has had a rich history of presidential elections‚ with every one interesting and important to the future of the country. Even though debates were not as evident in the early American elections‚ in the last hundred years or so‚ the addition of debates‚ more specifically televised debates‚ have shaped the way the American people choose a president. The presidential debates have been crucial in the election process as shown by the 1960 debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard
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The 2016 presidential election will take place this November and with it brings a sense of renewal for some‚ and dread for others. Elections generate lots of hype‚ particularly because having a new president in office is generally exciting due to the ‘new’ factor. The excitement varies from good to bad‚ and this pattern is pretty consistent with past elections. There are certain outliers‚ however. One of the more recent elections‚ the election of 2000‚ caused a massive controversy‚ predominantly
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Bush and Gore Election of 2000 In a Presidential election you need a total of 270 electoral votes to win the presidential election. In this specific election you had the previous vice president of Bill Clinton‚ Al Gore‚ and the son of past president‚ George W. Bush. Bush was a current governor of Texas and was the republican candidate‚ and Gore the democrat. Neither party was really favored to win in the election‚ but in the end it came to be one of the closest‚ and most argumentative presidential
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countless debates for many years. In America today‚ the condition healthcare is in has definitely caught citizens attention‚ but is not the ‘change’ most were hoping for. The Affordable Care Act (ACA)‚ formally known as Obama Care‚ signed into law on March 23‚ 2010 by President Obama himself. Its purpose is to provide affordable health insurance to all Americans but primarily to low and middle-class citizens as well as to cut health care cost. Lately the act has done the complete opposite costing citizens
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