1. Citizenship- the state of being vested with the rights‚ privileges‚ and duties of a citizen 2. Civil Rights- rights that all citizens of a society are supposed to have 3. Voting Rights- the right of a common stock shareholder to vote 4. Women’s Rights- socioeconomic‚ political‚ and legal rights for women equal to those of men 5. Democratic Political Party- one major political party‚ the descendant of the Democratic-Republican Party‚ an early-nineteenth-century political organization led by
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lead in our pencil by Phillip Adams Phillip Adam’s opinionative article informs the readers of “The Weekend Australian” about the upcoming Australian elections in September‚ 2013‚ pleading for them to have a somewhat positive outlook on compulsory voting. He also uses many different techniques in the article in order to make it convincing and effective. In the first sentence he uses an analogy “What have the Romans ever done for us?...” to refer to the accomplishments of politics rather than focusing
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viewed facts and opinions from both sides of the argument‚ for example the system of counting votes through the means of puncturing chad through a perforated scantron-like card is highly flawed in many instances.“Due to the way a name is put on the voting plack‚ citizens may inadvertently vote for the wrong candidate and possibly lead to the puncturing of more than one chad.[1]” “Another flaw would be the simple fact that a citizen may not have pushed hard enough on a pin to remove a chad completely
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appointment of a private company’s CEO by a board of directors. A benefit to this appointment style is that the process becomes more streamlined‚ less costly‚ and allows the selectors to have a much higher content knowledge of their candidates than the voting public may have in a United States election. The downside to appointment is the board of directors can be extremely partial to certain candidates for personal gain and an appointment vote can be swayed fairly easily. This could lead to a selection
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Three Paradoxes of Democracy 1. Consent vs. effectiveness 2. Conflict vs. Consensus 3. Representation vs. Governability What’s effective may not be what is popular -economic policies are a good example hyperinflation and other painful unpopular reforms -even in established democracies you are thinking about getting elected not long term policies Examples: Free trade job loss Terrorism loss of personal liberties Deficit spending people like low taxes but also like government
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ELECTORAL REFORMS: IN INDIA INTRODUCTION “The health of a democracy depends on the choice of representatives and leaders‚ which in turn is directly linked to the way political parties function and elections are conducted”. The government of India is quasi-judicial; theofficials are elected at the federal‚ state and local levels. The head of the Government‚ Prime Minister is indirectly elected by the people of the country‚ through the General Election where the leader of the party winning in majority
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democratic elections. Mugabe became president in 1980 and has from then on become a dictator. In 2008 it seemed as though his rival leader Morgan Tsvangirai would win the election but Mugabe sent his army to cause violence and intimidation to stop people voting for Tsvangirai and then rigged the results so that he would remain in power. The situation in Zimbabwe has continued to grow worse with thousands fleeing to neighbouring countries. Without democracy and free elections‚ the people of Zimbabwe will
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representatives for the council of five hundred citizens. The number of representatives chosen from each deme was proportional to its population. The Golden Age Athenian democracy and our modern democracy had many similarities. Like our modern voting districts‚ the Athenian countryside was divided into units. In both these systems citizens had to be registered to vote on laws and public policies. Also‚ like our current democracy‚ in Athens you had to be 18-years-old to vote. Like us‚ Athenian
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that they are great in politics. In 2000 the public voters were interviewed for why the voted for Bill Clinton. A woman answered the question with‚ “Because he was handsome.” This is pure evidence for why the public should not take full advantage of voting. The public should vote and abolish the Electoral College because the public should
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The Flawed Electoral College System The Electoral College undermines the notion that every vote counts in the United States. One candidate loses; the other becomes the leader of the free world. How do we know which candidate is the victor? The Electoral College determines this. Whoever receives the most votes in a particular state wins the electoral votes for that state. The only exceptions are Maine and Nebraska. The size of the population determines the number of electoral votes for that
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