Elections Argumentative Essays Samples For Students

Deciding not to vote is a tough decision to make given that in the modern world, voting is the sole way of realizing democracy. It is through voting that society gets leaders who represent the society’s interests to the executive. Society further gives the voted in representational power to make decisions on their behalf (read society). Challenges arise when the elected representatives leave the people who elected them to live in the city. In no time, would have been detached from the electorate to the extent that they barely know the needs of the people they purport to represent.

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The overall goal of a democratic government is to ensure that the greatest number of people within said democracy are represented - that their desires and needs are met to their satisfaction. As such, the idea of a 'majority rule' is thought to be the defining component of the concept of a democracy1. According to Follesdal, "The contractualist case for majoritarian mechanisms in general is that such mechanisms secure the relevant interests of affected parties from standard harms to an acceptable extent"2. However, does the concept of 'majority rule' really function to serve the best interests in a democratic ...

Krumping, also spelled Krumpin', is a street dance popularized in the United States that is characterized by free, expressive, exaggerated, and highly energetic movement involving the arms, head, legs, chest, and feet (Paggett 20). Krumpin’ has its roots in the central parts of southern Los Angeles (The Heart of Crump). At first, it was reserved to African American neighborhoods but has grown to other neighborhoods and countries (The Heart of Crump). The dance style started emerging in early 1990s but it was not until the early 2000s that the style achieved significant popularity. The word Krump was derived from the ...

Politics is one of the building blocks of any society in the world and no one can dispute its contributions to the health and competitive development of a society. In an ordinary context, politics can be defined a process by which people organize themselves through social relations with an aim to gain authority and is characterized by ideologies leading to collective decision-making. Politics are swayed around through philosophical influence usually controlled by a politician or politicians if they more than one. Like, politician is defined as an individual who actively participates in politics and administration and is usually engaged in bringing influence ...

Prisoners' Right to Vote in the UK and the Need for the Current law Reforms

Voting is the most common way of choosing leaders in the continents. Voting rights are the privileges given to those who have acquired the requirements to vote, for example, attaining the required age of eighteen years. However, restrictions are placed on some people as prisoners and ex-members of parliament. A case in point is observed in the UK where prisoners are denied the right to vote. This may be a major setback to the social life of those citizens behind bars, but may also act as a control measure for security reasons in the state of UK. Issuing the inmates with a ...

After establishing a plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Volkswagen needs to decide whether to take a position against or in favor of the union representatives. Taking into account the fact that Tennessee has a long tradition of being anti-union and Germany, where the company is from, has a positive experience in having unions to represent workers, the company is thought to be between a rock and a hard place. Most of the companies set up in the USA try to avoid supporting union-elections. However, given the situation, it is better for the Volkswagen Company to stay neutral in the process, allowing the union to have a union ...

Introduction

Republicanism remains America’s ideology to date. USA is a democratic country whose sovereignty is exercised through two levels of governments- the federal government and the state government (Jillson 14). The nation as endeavored to regulate the influence of money in politics and election outcome through federal provisions and state legislations. However the influence of money in voting habit cannot be actively changed unless spending by candidates and political parties is regulated. Money cannot equal a vote. With inadequate public funding, parties(s) and individual candidates who cannot access other sources of funding may not reach out the voter- reducing their ...

Introduction

Political process is the process in which few representatives of certain political parties or independent candidates are nominated to be elected by general public. The turnout in elections mean the percentage of people from the total eligible population coming out and casting their vote during elections. The number of people participating in the process of electing a candidate depends on various factors. In recent decade, a large number of people have been avoiding to participate in political process due to several reasons. These reasons may include economic, cultural, and many other aspects of life. This paper is aimed at recognizing these ...

The concepts related to homosexual marriages have been a part of a lot of criticism right from the time of its initiation. This concept continues to exist as a cause celebre, standing firm with a quite many people defying its exercise and a many others justifying it. The highly controversial topic has been continuously striving to be entitled as a legalised civil right with a many countries still not giving it the title of legally acceptable practice. But the condition has surely improved to an extent in comparison to its initial status. Gay marriages, after passing through a highly complex period of up and downs are now ...

In the federalist 70, Hamilton argues that pluralism is detrimental to union of Americans i.e. it is better for Americans to remain in one united government than to have multiple sovereign governments in the America. Hamilton claims that, the executive power is very critical in running of the government. He states that “energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of a good government” (Alexander Hamilton, March 18, 1788). For this reason, therefore, the quality of executives determines whether the government is good or not. If the executive is feeble, it shall lead to bad executions of its ...

Since the colonial and slave era, Racism and ethnic discrimination affects the way of life in the United States. The White Americans subjected legally certified racism towards the Native Americans, Asia Americans, African Americans, and Latin Americans. These groups were discriminated against and denied privileges and rights compared to the Whites. The law denied them access to education, land acquisition, immigration, and citizenship until the 1960s. Also, the American society looked down upon the Jews, Poles, Italians and Irish people who emigrated from Europe. The groups experienced xenophobic exclusion while in the United States. The U.S Human Rights Network ...

The two-party system in the United States arose out of an ideological debate on the nature of government and the country’s historical circumstances. While the parties were viewed as both sinister to the existent of the state by the founding fathers, the two party system was borne out of a debate pushed by Washington’s supporters including Madison and Hamilton. The parties emerged as a temporary solution to provide an ideological vehicle for voters to express their preference on whether they preferred a big government or not. The Federalist Party, led by Hamilton favoured a strong government and a close association between the government ...

First of all, in the scope of this paper, it is essential to put an emphasis on the fact that there is a set of scientific researches, dedicated to the investigation of the question of whether the difference between parliamentarism and presidentialism matters. This question is considered to be critical for the set of the issues - such as the major reasons for democratic collapse, whether democratic consolidation is more likely to be promoted by certain institutions or not and whether regime type matters for governability and policy output (Samuels and Eaton 2).
While conducting an analysis of the ...

What role does 1) institutional choices (parliamentary vs. presidential system in Eastern Europe and type of electoral system) play in post-communist democratization?
Institutional choices, such as political regime types or electoral system designs, play a significant role in post-communist democratization in Eastern Europe because they are in the position to steer these countries’ political direction. Electoral systems play a more significant role not only in the degree of democratization, but also in the extent of representation (Andreev 2003, p. 12). Similarly, the political regime type, i.e., parliamentary or presidential, of governance also significantly impacts the democratization process, in some instances ...

The main purpose of consolidation of a democracy is to ensure that the new democracy matures in a way that it cannot revert back to dictatorship without an outward shock. A government can only be considered consolidated when it moves away from problems such as concern for overthrow of the government. Unconsolidated democracies, therefore, suffer from official but intermittent elections and clientelism. The process of moving a country to become a polyarchy is consolidation. This is the point in which a country can have free and fair elections and the freedom of citizens to expression and choices on the leaders is when a country can ...

The purpose why I would campaign against the banning of the Handmaid novel is due to its themes which has major implication on the current societies worldwide. (Atwood, p7) The main themes in this novel involve Feminism, the place of the individual in society, sexuality and power, the power of language, gender conflict and moral relativism. It is due to these themes which has hierarchical condemnation that drives those at authority feel sliced and thus intrigue the Bunning of this novel. My aim is to campaign against banning of this novel since it has consideration of individuals who are ...

Identity in the United States

Identity is a major challenge in the society today, including the developed countries. Identity can be related to differences in ethnicity, skin color, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or any other markers. In Ronald Takaki’s article “The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority,” and Stanley Fish’s “When ‘Identity Politics’ Is Rational,” they discuss the identity issues in American society in relation to the aforementioned markers. While the first article compares the Asian American to other Americans in terms of economic prosperity such as income levels, Stanley Fish compares the differences in identity politics across American populations with major inclination toward ...

Introduction

Exercising the right to vote is one of the people’s privileges as citizens of the country. It is an act of including themselves to many citizens who want their individual voice be heard in the form of having their votes be counted during the election. Voting is a decision regarding people’s nomination of a person, who will represent on their behalf about a wide range of social issues. Some citizens, however, are not exercising their right to vote, which at some point, a waste of opportunity given as a registered voter of this country. In this writing, an argument about why some ...

Voting is one of the crucial citizen duties in participating in the development of a country. In many countries, including the United States, voting is optional for the citizens while in other countries voting is compulsory. Some scholars in the United States argue that voting in the state should be compulsory to bring some changes such as preventing democrats from winning all elections in the country (Vile, John 14). The introduction of compulsory voting would enhance reforms that would otherwise increase voter turnout to trigger a stiff competition.
Voter turnout has been a big challenge in the United States election because ...

Introduction

Women used to be the weaker sex. This notion about women as the weaker gender is changing gradually as more women join the workforce and occupy jobs that used to be man’s turf. Before, women have always been assigned to complete the menial jobs as men go about their business of earning and working for the family. While there are areas that do not appreciate the new role that women now play in society, there are still some that realize the value of women and their contribution to family and society in general. Differences in cultural beliefs and ...

Canada is made up of a representative government under the constitutional monarchy. The government is democratic because the members of legislative assembly are directly elected by the people although by monarch it means that the head of the country is the queen or the king. Elizabeth II is the head of state and the official queen of Canada. The prime minister of Canada chairs the cabinet meetings and he is the head of government who represents the queen alongside the governor general. The powers enjoyed by the prime minister of Canada have made the political scientists to argue that Canada ...

The Articles of the Confederation, as the first agreement among the thirteen States since their independence from Britain, had been in effect for nearly ten years, when it became evident that a new document for dictating how the new country should be organized was necessary. James Madison had been working on a draft for a new government structure, aimed to give more power to a federal authority. This draft came to be known as the Virginia Plan because the main representatives of the coalition behind it were from Virginia. One of its main features was the proportional representation of each State of the ...

Advertising has become a large player in industrial growth and marketing. It is the medium that helps organizations sell, whether products, policies or just publicity. It is typically a form of persuasion and means of assurance for consumers to buy products being sold to the. But adverts have always been a matter of speculation (Turow, 1997). Taking up trends in advertisements especially when focused on a particular group of the society provides the shifting representations and the picture they paint to the world. Advertisements change with the changing society, but this trend is obsolete (Tsai and Shumow, 2011). With the dawn of a more ...

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The United States Army launched an effective reserve recruitment campaign in1981 with the slogan Be All That You Can Be. According to an article published by The Army History Museum Advertising Age included it as No. 18 in its list of “The Top 100 Advertising Campaigns of the 20th Century.” . It was paused abruptly when America entered into war in the Mid-East in 1991, resumed after hostilities ceased and continued until it started to lose its effectiveness. It provides a perfect opportunity to examine a situation driven rhetorical argument according to the theories extant in Lloyd F. Bitzer’s essay The ...

In this immigration reform voting, the preferred role to adopt is trustee. It follows then that, I would vote against arresting or authorizing immigrants without proper documentation to leave the country. This is because, the time provided in the bill is short and the actions to be taken are ethically and constitutionally incorrect. The action to be taken should concentrate on attempts to advocate for proper documentation for immigrants through financial payment over a more realistic time plan. Sending the immigrants out of Texas will land them into other locations of the world where they will endure hard life and ...

Children, particularly children before pre-adolescence, have been shown to be very susceptible to marketing by food companies. When children are the target of focused advertising campaigns, they can suffer a number of ill effects. Advertising and marketing unhealthy foods to children is contributing to many of the problems that America has with health and healthy eating, and is very unethical.
While many will claim that marketing to children produces a great many social ills, one aspect of marketing to children that has been extensively studied is the marketing of junk food or unhealthy food to children (Guber and Berry). When ...

A faction is a group of people of people who are in support for something or are against something (Adair, p90). It is formed due to shared beliefs by the people; mostly it is considered as a political organization. According to this federalist’s paper, a faction is believed to limit the liberty of some individuals and therefore go against the constitution (Ball, p56). The best way to deal with factions is to completely remove the causes of factions or deal with the effects. The one issue that stands out is that people should not be allowed to have similar interests as ...

One of the characteristics advocated for by center for career development with regard to the executive team in the quest of achieving the company’s strategic initiatives is an executive team’s presence. A good corporate management starts with the top leadership. The function of an executive team leans towards achieving greater collaboration and synergy of the organization’s workforce for successful teamwork.
Organization planning is the process of outlining the programs and plans of work of the organization over a given period of time for instance six months, one year or five years period. Planning entails getting a clear ...

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As president Barrack Obama’s second term of office comes to an end, several observations can be made about some of the positive and the negative effects he has had on the welfare of the American citizens as well as the country in general. Some of the achievements that Obama was able to realize include the fact that he influenced the congress to come up with better regulation on pertinent issues such as the rights of the gay people and immigrants. The topic of gun control is another contentious issue that president Obama also managed to address during his ...

Strengths and Weaknesses of the U.S. Constitution
Probably the greatest strength of the U.S. Constitution was the part that was added by popular demand, the first Ten Amendments or the Bill of Rights. It would not have been ratified if there had not been pressure from below to guarantee the basic human rights of the people, including freedom of speech, freedom of religion, trial by jury, freedom of the press, the right to counsel, protections against unreasonable search and seizure, the right to petition, protest and demonstrate against the government. These were what the American Revolution was really ...

In 2007, America woke up to a revelation, by the Pew Research center, on the most admired journalist; At number four, was Jon Stewart tied with Brian Williams, Tom Brokaw (NBC), Dan Rather (CBS) and Anderson Cooper (CNN). The question that got the attraction of many Americans was who is Jon Stewart a journalist or a comedian, as most of his shows are comic? What is it that he does that is different from, traditional mainstream, press? A close analysis of the show indicates that Jon Stewart has a significant impact on dialogue with Americans but the contents of the show cannot be ...

The Voting Age

The paper will address the variables of including teens in the electoral decisions by lowering the voting age from 18 to 16. The paper will address whether the individual feels positive, effect on the sense of responsibility, character, and societal expectations of teens. My stand on this issue is that 16 year olds should be allowed to vote since they are responsible enough to make wise decisions.

They are five rules that govern elections in Chicago. The first rule is one should be a United States citizen. The person should at least 18 years old on the election date is ...

Introduction

The Electoral College was originated during the end of 18th century with the aim of giving due importance to the educated ones while considering that the average farmer did not knew much about the government and politics. Education is a necessity of a democratic government to be elected fairly for which the population is required to be educated. However a major population of US was not educated in late 18th century. So the Electoral College was established as the electoral process of US and this system is under debate by many expert analysts currently. The election process in US starts with the ...

The End of the Two-Party Political System

The two party political system in the United States started during the 19th century, and the major parties are the Republicans and the Democrats. United States since its foundation has tried to give a representation of democracy. However, a two party system appear to give a contrary expectation about democracy. The end of a two party system and the introduction of a Multi-party system in the United States is a subject that creates a great debate. The proponents of the two party system argue that this political system is more stable and predictable compared to a multi-party political system. The founding fathers of the United States of ...

Synopsis: This is a five page APA citation style argumentative essay on the 2012 Presidential election in the United States. There are two sources cited. Social Learning Theory by Albert Bandura will be applied in order to assess the behavioral, cognitive and psychological effects on the media viewing public of the intense discourses between President Obama and Republican Presidential Candidate Governor Mitt Romney. The potential implications of the environment on social learning will be explored.

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The presidential election process of 2012 was a memorable event. This was the election event which had the greatest media attention in American history. This essay ...

Reilly Dowd, an online reporter for ABC news website, poses a rhetorical “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?’’ in his article “ Young African Americans Support President Obama, but Turnout Not a Guarantee.” He further suggests the existence of a divide among young African American voters in the 2012 elections. From various sources as regards the 2008 presidential elections, President Obama won a staggering majority of the African American vote and a significant proportion of the vote from the young population under 30. It is a shared worry that much of the enthusiasm that helped bring the African Americans in droves ...

Introduction

Women in early 19th century were divided into two groups, leisure-class suffragists and the working-class strikers who appeared in the streets, picketing and marching to create new avenue for women. They were either demonstrating for the voting and economic rights through public visibility which developed a significant cultural and political impact (Visual sources 490).
Women fought for their voting rights through occupying public spaces, conducting strikes through demonstrations, suffrage parading, picketing to the white house and silent vigils and hunger strikes. In general appearance contributed a significant assist in gaining their public rights. They public appearances could bring to mind ...

According to The Work of Leadership by Heifetz & Laurie (2), it is very essential for leaders to find ways of mobilizing organization to acquire new actions that will enable it to flourish in the changing business world. Without this change any organization will stumble. Indeed some organizations have realized this need and have taken up the challenge; however the ability of the executives to give leadership instead of authoritative control has been realized to be very hard.
Therefore for these organizations to compete favorably the leadership must incorporate all employees in the problem solving business. Usually the solutions ...

Introduction

Political equality, as an ideal concept and as a practical recourse in politics or governance, is one of the cornerstones of democracy. This paper will explore the self evident and abstracted concept of political equality in the light of its practice in a democratic political system. It will be argued that political equality is an ideal and normative political concept which is not absolutely being realized.
Hence, this argument shall be centered on the definition of political equality in terms of political participation. The paper shall define political equality in terms of how the constituents are able to represent their ...

One of the predominant elements in literature written since 1940, particularly in the Europe and the United States, is the absurd. The world events of the first half of the century – not one but two worldwide conflicts, one of which featured the use of biological weapons, and the other of which ended with nuclear holocaust; a global economic depression; a worldwide influenza epidemic; and the takeover of much of eastern Europe by the Soviet machine, mirrored by the corporate appropriation of the West, made all of life seem ridiculous and pointless. The plays of Samuel Beckett, the novels of George Orwell ...

After every four years, the American people are always treated to a rare but unavoidable spectacle. It is rare in the sense that it is always gruesome where one has to debate in their mind on a series of hard choices to make. This is the 2012 United States general elections. Having remained with less than a year to that defining moment, various presidential candidates are gearing up their safety belts ready to tackle one man- the incumbent president Obama. Obama, who is running as the Democrat front-runner, has an uphill task against the Republican hopefuls who are trying all possible ways ...

Options for an Organization

Even as the 2012 elections draw near, president Obama has been struggling to convince Congress to rally behind him and ensure that the Americans Jobs Act is adopted. All this is for the sake of reconstructing the US economy that has been performing poorly. The sole objective of the Act is to put more Americans back to jobs thus ensuring more money in the pockets of the working population. For the interest of the above Act and the plea from the president to both the Democrats and the Republicans, this paper seeks to find out the genuineness of the ...

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 ...

The landmark ruling that sought to define the place of freedom of speech in the political landscape of The United States of America could spell the greatest danger to the democratic process in this great nation. This ruling is no doubt a blow to the increasing influence of corporate entities in the general elections. In the United v Federal Elections Board, which case’s ruling was delivered on the 21st of January, 2010, it was held that electioneering broadcasting was illegal if done within 60 days of the general elections, or 30 days in the case of primary elections. Although ...

Q. 1. Why did a former president of the liberal party in 2003 call the new party financing reforms as dumb as a bag of hammers?

To begin with, Stephen LeDrew, the president of the Liberal party, used the expression “dumb as a bag of hammers” to criticize and portray the new party financing reforms as being actually stupid, foolish, unthinkable, idiotic, imbecilic and absurd. These new party financing reforms were introduced by the Prime Minister, Jean Chretien, in the Common’s House on 11th February, 2003. The legislation was actually aimed at reducing the financial influence of money in the political ...

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 ...

The Texas Constitution was written in the 1870s and despite all of its amendments, the constitution is still used today and this shows that the document has been able to survive and adapt over time (Sandoval, 2011). However, there are many reasons as to why the Texan Constitution needs to be reformed as soon as possible as it can no longer survive in the twenty-first century due to its complexions. Therefore, this essay will argue that the Texas Constitution needs to be rewritten based on the following reasons: it is a long constitution that is out-dated and in need of ...

Introduction

The military follows a coercive model of leadership, and the leaders literally blackmail the subordinates into performing their jobs and responsibilities (Reid, 2016, Chapter 1). In case of Crimson Tide’s Storyline, the events were taking place deep into the sea when the captain and his first officer had a disagreement over a controversial strategic missile strike that according to junior officer did not receive support from the office of democratic leadership of the America. The captain and first officer were compelled to apply participative leadership due to challenging circumstances whereas, in the initial stages of the movie the formal leading role ...

Advertisement is playing as an inseparable part of media, and the impact of this has been such that, that many times people are more interested in advertisement rather than any other things main purpose of media. These promotion campaigns have been dominating the mind of people, and it has been affecting the people directly as well as indirectly by hitting in their subconscious.

The promotion has now become an inseparable part of society, its root deeply under rooted in the society no matter which nation the society belongs to. The impact in the society is in many ways ...

Executive Action Plan for Immigration Reform

The immigration laws in the United States are in need of an update. This country is originally made up of immigrants, and immigrants today contribute to our economy. Citizens of the United States have varying views on immigration and the laws that should or should not be upheld. Being an immigrant myself, I feel that immigration is of a large to concern to myself and my family. I would not have been able to come here, receive an education and start a family if the immigration laws were stricter. The Republican Party is upset at President Barack Obama for pushing for a ...

What began as simple sharing of Facebook statuses and Twitter updates have given way to public Snapchats and Instagram stories in which we broadcast every little detail of our lives for everyone to see, including our current and future bosses. While this type of technology has the capacity to foster a greater sense of community and can aid in globalization and sharing of cultures, it also facilitates negative behavior that can paint a less than flattering picture of a job candidate. This paper aims to discuss the positive and negative ways social media can be used to influence job ...

Governor Wilson ran full-page ads in the major California newspapers, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, to launch his anti-immigrant based re-election campaign. The ads were in the form of a letter to President Clinton, demanding that he halt illegal immigration to the State of California as well as reimburse the state for the cost of federally mandated health, education, welfare services, and the incarceration of undocumented immigrants. Remarkably, Governor Wilson was able to narrow the complex political and economic conditions besieging California. It proved to be a politically astute move. In doing so, Wilson obfuscated the ...

Democracy can be described as a government for the people and by the people. It is a government where the people have the supreme power, and they can exercise it either directly or indirectly. A good way of applying democracy is through free and fair elections.
Democratic satisfaction is the degree to which the citizens of a particular country trust the kind of democratic leadership presented to them. In the world as a whole, democracy has taken different turns depending on the region. Latin America has also felt the Democratic wave and democratic transition has been witnessed in many ...

The Effectiveness of SWOT, PEST and Five Forces Analysis to Improve Business Strategy

The Effectiveness of SWOT, PEST and Five Forces Analysis to Improve Business Strategy
Businesses use a variety of measures to consider their effectiveness in and relationship to the market. These provide an avenue for determining what is working, what needs improved on, and what threatens a business’s longevity from both inside and outside forces (Hass et al., 2008). Three of the most commonly used approaches are the SWOT analysis, the PESTLE analysis, and consideration of Porter’s Five Forces. Each if these models focuses on a different element, or set of elements which are considered crucial to the ...

Introduction

When the Founding Fathers set up our form of government, relatively little thought was given to the judicial branch. From early on, the Framers considered the courts to possess the least amount of authority in a democratic republican society. In The Federalist papers, Alexander Hamilton noted that the legislative power was by far the most predominant, whereas the judicial branch was by far the weakest of the three branches of government (Paulsen, 1994, p. 229). Today, however, the judicial branch has grown increasingly influential in shaping policy on a national level. Given the tremendous policy-making authority the Supreme Court ...

Table of Contents

Introduction
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Man and Woman, Woman and Woman or Man and Man
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Procreation or Not
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Optimum Environment for Children
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Gay Relationships are Moral or Immoral
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Federal Law
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President Obama
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Politicians and Media Figures
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Conclusion
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Work Cited
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Gay Marriage
Introduction
Gay marriage is also known as same sex marriage. Gay marriage is the union between two people with the same biological gender identity or same sex. This marriage ...

Obesity

We have all heard about the growing epidemic of obesity from our parents, teachers, and even our government. According to a recent study, about a quarter of two to five year olds and one-third of children are overweight or obese in the U.S. (Ogden et al., 2014). There is a wide array of factors which play a role in children becoming overweight or obese. Genetics, along with behavioral, social, cultural, environmental influences, can create an environment conducive for obesity. Environmental factors include great amount of exposure to advertising that encourages food consumption and promotes unhealthy foods, technological advances or increase in media use, ...

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After the American Civil War of 1861 to1865, Americans were faced with the issue of reviving themselves from the changes brought about by the war. This is especially so with regard to the Southern and Northern states that had formed the opposing sides in the battle. Finding basis on the issue of slavery, the North had been anti-slavery while the South had been pro-slavery. These different opinions later erupted to full-blown war that tore America into half and in turn saw previous patriotic citizens kill each other. With regard to the ...

Abstract

Gun control is one of the most important political issues of our time. It has been shown time and time again from unbiased studies that the correlation between gun ownership per capita causes homicide rates by guns to increase. The issue is muddled though because of the powerful gun lobby and a media that lacks in its journalistic coverage on the issue. These factors combine to bring The United States to it’s current political stalemate on the issue.
Since the tragic events of Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012, the issue of gun control has resurfaced ...

Many people agree that the most severe crimes deserve the most severe punishment. A great deal of people views the death penalty as a just and the most appropriate measure in this case. But do you know how many executions were carried out since 1978? Only thirteen. And these thirteen deaths cost about $4 billion taken from the pocket of California taxpayers (Alarcon and Mitchell 541). Impressive numbers, aren’t they? These figures speak for themselves. The death penalty system turned out to be ineffective and has to be replaced with more productive measures. The Proposition 34 is a ...