president. The Electoral College was imperfect then and is imperfect now. The system involves the popular vote of the American people and the votes of 538 Senators and House of Representatives. A candidate must have 270 congressional votes to win the presidential election. Many believe they are voting for the candidate they want as their president. Instead, they are really voting for the party of Senators and House of Representatives in their state. Then, the Senators and House of Representatives vote separately
the merits of presidential primaries and caucuses as a method of selecting presidential candidates. (Jan 2013) In the U.S presidential candidates are selected thought the use of presidential primaries and caucuses. A presidential primary is a state based election to choose a party’s candidate for presidency. A presidential primary shows support for a candidate among ordinary voters and chooses delegates committed to vote for that candidate at the National party convention. A presidential caucus is also
Political Parties Political parties are detrimental to society because of the unnecessary tensions between parties and they are strongly influenced by interest groups. Truly, many unnecessary tensions are sparked between political parties. Alexander Hamilton is a Federalist who believes in a strong national government and British ideology. Thomas Jefferson is a Democratic-Republican who believes in a weak national government and French ideology. Both Hamilton and Jefferson, political rivals, write
For some time now, I have been thinking about the immigrant situation and how it is being handled by GOP candidates. I was constantly worried about what Hispanics can do to help change the minds of those who still stigmatize and antagonize us. Lately, "Mexicans" (a.k.a all Hispanics for some people) have gained some protagonism in the media. Yet, the reason why they are getting this attention is, or should be, alarming. After some reading, I realized what was the problem, or at least one of the major
RESEARCH ESSAY Name : Rajab Jumaris ID Number/Class : 016201400133/IRE 4 Subject : Political Science Lecturer : Natasya Kusumawardani RCTI, Metro TV and TV-One as Tools of Campaign in INDONESIAN Presidential Election Abstract Nowadays, media is the industry or enterprise of entertainment and news production. It functions are entertain, inform and accompany people from specification programs. There are so many sectors in media itself, which are Television, Radio, Newspaper, Magazine, Journal, Book
smear campaign is an effort to damage or call into question someone’s reputation, by propounding negative propaganda (Thomas & Hersen, 2002). It can be applied to individual or groups but common targets are public officials, politicians, political candidates, activists or even ex-spouses. Nowadays, the growth of Internet and use of social media helped smear campaigns to be more powerful in damaging a public figure’s reputation. Smears often consist of ad hominem attacks in the form of unverifiable rumors
come together to advocate for their candidate to help elect them into a government position. Depending on what the candidate is running for, much thought, energy, and money are put into a successful campaign. Candidates have to grab voter’s attention and convince them why they should vote for them rather than the other candidates that are running for the same position. Campaigns have to consider fundraising, negative campaigning, presidential primary process, power structures, media strategies and messaging
shaping people’s perception about diverse issues, ranging from social, economic, and political. The new media is strategicin framing political perceptions as it was defined more recently in the United States presidential elections, in which the new media was deployed strategically by candidates to project positive image while opponents discredited same using the new media. The new media is being adopted to hold public officers accountable, which is the traditional role of the media. Researcheshave
known as agents of political socialization. Many of these groups and individuals has helped me to gain a political opinion and an inside view of how we think the political system should work or be operated. Some of these agents may have a stronger influence on my political beliefs than others, but it varies for each individual. There are 3 main important political socialization includes family, schools,
gather the information by watching the news or scrolling through their social media accounts. Nevertheless, as we have discussed before, what they have probably witnessed were either excessive negative campaigns or positive reportage related to both candidates. This kind of bad reports that kept coming from both sides, especially on a daily basis, could possibly increase their skepticism and push them to being politically disaffected, and in the end led them to not using their rights to