Over the course of history since the America revolution the united states has adopted a system of voting called FTTP (Or first past the post). it is a winner takes all system with the primary goal of winning the most electoral votes. In the United States the system generalizes politics into two major parties Republican and democratic. if the united states were to adopt a proportional representation system it would benefit the country by giving a more accurate representation of voter demographic‚
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Peaceland outlines the conventional structural flaws in the present blueprint of international peacebuilding. The community populated by expatriates is one with its own “time‚ space and economics.” The occupants are inducted from organizations across the globe with distinctive philosophies and ideologies. Accordingly‚ they are not homogeneous. They form transnational affiliations who have more in common with each other than with host nations. Very seldom are the expatriates’ habits questioned or
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The current ‘First Past the Post (FPTP)’ system within Canada has many benefits‚ as it allows the government to pass bills with ease‚ if they have a majority government (majority of seats); however‚ a majority of Canadian citizens each election are disappointed with the result‚ and/or feel like their vote did not matter. The reason behind all the concern within Canada post election is that the seats needed to make a majority‚ can be acquired without having a majority of the populace within the riding
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“Across the country‚ about 9.6 million families spend over half of their income on housing” (Vestal). Numbers like this wouldn’t be so large if these issues were paid more attention to. These families are just trying to have a home‚ and a roof over their heads to keep them sheltered. They shouldn’t have to go completely broke because of this. If there were more opportunities for these families to have more affordable housing there wouldn’t be so many people struggling to make ends meet. Even
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Tap Water Pros and Cons Pros | Cons | Monitored and regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). | Some water is carried in lead pipes from utility companies to homes‚ which means lead can leach from pipes into the water. | Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SWDA)of 1996 have made drinking water safer. | The EPA allows tap water to have 10 parts per billion (ppb) of arsenic in it‚ although scientists now know there is no safe level of arsenic. | Numerous tests are conducted
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loss of privacy. Clearly‚ there are numerous pros and cons to government surveillance‚ but one must distinguish their priorities‚ whether they feel government
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Joseph Ebacher Professor Folayan English 100 5 May‚ 2010 Immigration: Is It Good? The United States catalogues one birth every seven seconds and one death every thirteen seconds‚ as reported in the latest national population appraisals. Furthermore‚ net international migration allegedly adds one person every thirty-one seconds. The end result is a total population increase of one person every eleven seconds. In one year’s time‚ this adds up to approximately 2.8 million people. About sixty percent
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What does that even mean? Pluto is still in Neptunes “neighborhood” and Jupiter has two groups of asteroids in its own. Earth hasn’t even cleared it’s neighborhood! So again‚ what’s wrong with Pluto? The IAU wanted to find a way to make the solar system simpler and so they needed a way to cut off anything that could possibly be a planet that went on past Neptune‚ however‚ this resulted in an unclear definition and confusion on why our beloved planet was taken away. “I don’t expect the IAU to reverse
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1. In what ways did the Gary Indiana school system illustrate how schools were transformed and how was that transformation publicly justified during the progressive era? In 1918 Gray Indiana was an industrial city with 50‚000 people however Gray’s school system illustrated a major transformation of public schooling. For example‚ major social‚ pollical and industrial marked the beginning of the progressive era. For instance‚ the propose of the school was no longer solely to provide knowledge but to
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Ever since the 1960s‚ there has been an influx of high-income populations moving into urban areas from the suburbs. This phenomenon was coined ‘gentrification’ by sociologist Ruth Glass in 1964 to describe “the movement of upscale (mostly white) setters into rundown (mostly minority) neighborhoods” (Hampson). Proposition 555 has stated that in order to increase government funding and provide citizens a better life with a cleaner environment and safer community‚ the process of gentrification would
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