Voting Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

Personal Responsibility Assignment

In the modern world, there exist registrations and well voting rights that every voter is familiar. Every voter is entitled to a single vote in an election system. A person is entitled to this voting right only if they have a sound mind and can make an informed decision on their own (Bexar Election Department 1). However, in of case incapacitation one can appoint a proxy to vote on his or her behalf. In this case, it is evident that there is a violation of the laws of a voting. Firstly, Margaret Martin has no permission whatsoever from Holly Martins to vote or act ...

Voter turnout is a statistical figure used to determine in the actual participation of citizens in selecting new leaders. Higher voter turnout in any general election would mean that most citizens have rightfully exercised their civilian responsibility. Lower voter turnout would indicate the lack of political participation, or obstruction of civil rights. Of all first-world countries, United States posted one of the lowest voter turnouts at 40% compared to other countries such as Belgium (93%) and Australia (81%) (Friedman, 2012). Supporting data from the American Presidency Project consisted voter turnout rates for every presidential election, and the United States has ...

Lysander Spooner was an American philosopher and anarchist who was an ardent supporter of labor movements in his hey days during 19th century. Born in state of Massachusetts in the early years of the 19th century, Spooner a lawyer was against the set legislation that have been instituted by man in a bid to harmonize the daily life of citizens. Spooner questions the authority of the constitution to bid all the citizens both the presently alive and the future generation to obediently follow its doctrines and practices. According to Spooner, there is no way the future generation should be obligated to ...

Reflection on Bogle (2007)’s Democracy in Corporate America
Reflection on Bogle (2007)’s Democracy in Corporate America
Bogle (2007) reflects on the nature of democracy in corporate America. By making a reference from the James Madison’s statement, since C.E.Os and other senior company executives are not angels, they are supposed to be subjected to adequate checks to make sure that they improve both the price of the corporate share and the corporate long term value. He notes that since there have been no influential checks from the stockowners, managers and directors have been left with excessive ...

Racialization refers to act of categorization of people through put more emphasis or weight on their race. This term is usually used to refer to act through which a racial character or context on a certain subject is imposed. In addition, people may refer to it as categorize or differentiate according to the race as well as experiencing of perceiving in racial terms Therefore, racialization is seen as the use of legal system to fully confer privilege upon the natives (Whites) as well as discriminating all people of color. In the year 1848, Mexico and United Sates entered in a treaty to ...

The Voting Rights Act 1965 in the United States was enacted at the time, in a bid to stem the high level of state disenfranchisement at the ballot mostly on the basis of race. It also was enacted following a struggle by civil rights activists and demonstrations that were marked by violence and deaths. The law was meant to cure the discriminatory restrictions that were present at the time especially against the Blacks, Asians and the Hispanics. The law was subsequently followed with amendments of which the latest was in the year 2006. The 2006 amendment sought to validate the position ...

In a country with several religious factions, it is necessary to incorporate all of them; a system for organizing this government is proposed. The institutions will be based on a constitutional democracy system with three levels of government including legislative branch, executive branch, and judicial branch. The executive branch will comprise of the president, vice president and cabinet. The president will be commander-in-chief, head of state and government with the responsibility of preserving and protecting the constitution (Johnstone & Eagles, 2008). The judicial branch would dedicate the high court to exclusively handle cases related to the constitution while the Supreme Court would handle ...

The United States elections provide a good indicator of future trends of parties that participate in it. The future trends are observed from the electorate behavior and the voter acceptance of a particular party. The trends realized from one general election to the other have been pegged on the voter trends that have been seen in the various groups of people in the country; these include the different racial and ethnic groups that are existent within the voter population. Gender, religious inclination as well as class also play fundamental roles in such analyses. This paper discusses the compares the exit poll ...

Classroom:

Federalist 57 James Madison

Federalist 57 is an article that was authored by James Madison. In this magazine, James came up with various arguments regarding the constitution. From the list of the federal papers, this article was ranked 57th. The federal papers are articles that consist of arguments of people who wanted citizens to be involved in the adoption of the constitution1. The movement by people who supported federalism took active part mostly in the late 1780s. The people who took active part in this were the state men and other public figures in the United States of America.
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In an election, the most important thing is not who wins the election but why people voted the way they did. As candidates campaign, they must fully understand the electoral behavior in order to influence their selection. This paper highlights the basic ideas and concepts that are believed to influence voting behavior. It identifies the sources of voting behavior of an individual and attempts to explain why voters vote for a given candidate. It also highlights the impacts of voter turnout in the election process.
A voter may decide to choose a candidate depending on several factors. The major considerations ...

Over the past twenty-five years, African Americans have made significant progress in the civil rights. Several laws to abolish the slavery of African Americans, to enforce housing law, Equality law and voting rights have been established and the African Americans have benefitted from these. The onset of 1960s has witnessed the enforcement of these laws though they have been established long back. African Americans have come a long way from 1800s when they were treated unequally. Due to these laws, the living and social standard of African Americans have also increased and there are several families which are educated and ...

3 May 2011
The main difference between the derived demand and dollar voting is the fact that in case of derived demand high or low demand for one commodity or service leads to increased or decreased demand for another commodity which is not substitute of the first one but is connected with it, e.g., if the demand for metal grows, metal businesses will tend to expand and buy new equipment, which increases the demand for foundry equipment. Dollar voting is somewhat different, for in this case the demand for the commodity defines whether it will still be produced ...

Book Review

For the purposes of the analysis, the author of the paper dwells on the consideration of the book prepared by Martin Wattenberg. The main thesis of the boom concerns the issue that contemporary society create be environment where the youth have no intention to participate in the election process as the voters. In the beginning of the book, the author - Martin Wattenberg (herein after referred as Wattenberg) lists the factors that served the important role in the formation of the low voting involvement in the election campaigns of the youth within several last decades. In addition, the analysis ...

The main purpose of this article or video is: (State as accurately as possible the author’s purpose for the article or video)
The core purpose of this article was to highlight and condemn the move by the U.S. Federal government to enforce the African American voting rights during the nation's Reconstruction period after the end of the U.S. Civil War. It addresses the then-U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes' views the verdicts of the various federal courts in the US on this matter as well as the disenfranchisement of voters (Lou 315).
The key question that the author is ...

One of the promise Obama said would be on his agenda if re-elected was a “comprehensive” immigration reform bill that would both provide a pathway to citizens and also be fair to those who opted to try legal means to enter the US and are waiting in line to enter the United States. This month, the Senate kept good on this political promise by formally beginning debates on the matter. A bipartisan “Gang of 8” have come up with a plan, which creates a “13-year path to citizenship for most of America’s 11 million undocumented immigrants.” (CNN.com).
The bill contains four ...

Question 1

Political ideologies are the windows through which people view and believe the government should be run and public policies implemented. I believe in a combination of both the liberal and conservative ideologies. This is because the beliefs of both ideologies vary depending on the issue at hand. As far as gay marriages are concerned, I believe the conservative ideology is more logical. This is because conservatives believe in preservation o the traditional marriage. This means they appreciate the negative effects that gay marriages will have on the balance that exists in society due to the traditional home setting. Liberals believe ...

Being Male Has Privileges

Since the beginnings of human civilization, tens of thousands of years ago, most human societies have been patriarchal in nature: that is to say, male mebers of society have held most of the power and the privileges, and women have been treated like second-class citizens with fewer rights and much less power. Historically it could be argued that there is a logical reason for this: only women can become pregnant and in the past this put even more pressure on women, because the risks of death in childbirth were enormously high and, because of the lack of effective contraceptive methods ( ...

Introduction

President Obama enacted the Affordable Care Act as a United States Federal statute in 2010. Together with the amendment to the reconciliation bill, it promised to expand health insurance to all citizens at a reasonable cost. PPACA defines the health care as neither the right nor privilege of people but it states that citizens, however, do have a right to “affordable” healthcare, which it tries to achieve through a partnership between the market and the government. The ACA is a result of an evolution of government-funded plans such as Medicare and Medicaid as well as statutes such as HIPAA, ...

The convention at Seneca Falls New York was the initial convention for women’s rights. It took place in 1848 between July 19-20. The convention’s purpose was to speak about the civil, religious and social rights of women. By 1850 there was the initiation of a series of National Women’s Rights Conventions that met in Worcester, Massachusetts. These events would continue until the Civil War began in 1861.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and local Quaker women organized the event. They had planned the event to take place during the time that the female orator Lucretia Mott was going ...

1. Legitimacy
a. What is legitimacy? What role does it serve in governance? Illustrate your response with examples.
In politics and governance, legitimacy is a term that is attributed to a regime, administration or institution that possesses widespread acceptability, support and trust from the public at large (Hague and Harrop 2013). It is this attribute that usually gives a political entity the right to govern and the right to exact obedience from its subjects. Legitimacy, particularly political legitimacy, is said to result from consent, beneficial consequences, and public reason and public approval. The consent theory as related to political ...

(a) A hierarchical structure and organization by functional specialty as enunciated by Weber’s principles of modern bureaucracy are two important facets of a government organization because they both serve as control tools in the efficient delivery of basic services to the public. Hierarchy represents the classic command-and-control relationship that is a defining feature in many organizational settings, including governments. A hierarchical structure permits those in the higher rung of the hierarchy to review the conduct of activities by those in the lower rung. It serves as a control tool that assures democratic accountability or to put it bluntly, ...

There are so many fascinating aspects to how the United States government functions. From how our votes are counted, to the entire election process, the ways which our government functions are incredibly intriguing. Of the many facets of how our government works that is most intriguing is how a bill become a law. This has fascinated me since I first heard the lyrics “I'm just a bill. Yes I am only a bill. And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill.” From School House Rock (Bohn, 2013). A bill becoming law is most intriguing because of the process which ...

The 2012 U.S. Presidential Debates
A month or so before the actual election, a series of presidential debates were established to help people decide on whom to vote between Republican nominee, Governor Mitt Romney, and Democrat nominee, President Barack Obama. With the polls neck-and-neck and many of the registered American voters still undecided, the Republican Party and Mitt Romney brought their A-game to the table and eventually, and without any doubt, won the first debate. The astounding results left many critics and Americans wondering what impact this will have on Election Day.
It was then found out later ...

Difference between Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branch of Government

The legislature, Executive and Judicial branches are the three main branches of the United States government. Legislative branch of the government is composed of two main houses, which are referred as the house of congress, they are: The House of Representatives and the Senate. All the parties in both the Senate as well as the House of representative are elected leaders. The most significant role played by the Legislative Branch that is, both the Senate and the House of Representatives is to formulate or make laws; these laws are discussed and voted. Moreover, the Legislative Branch is responsible for ...

Abortion rates and Education

The world has seen an increase in literacy level in the recent past. In the same light, the rates of illegal and lawful abortions are increasing day by day. It is, therefore, right to state that education levels do not decrease the rates of abortions procured around the world.
Abortion decisions are mostly informed by situations rather than knowledge of the consequences. USA has one of the largest learned and informed populations, but this has not prevented them from legalizing and increasing abortion rates. Sexual reproduction classes in schools and colleges have born less impact in reducing abortion ...

The United States is often referred to as a “democracy,” but this is not a strictly true statement. In reality, the United States is a democratic republic that operates under federalist principles; though these two ideas may seem to be the same, in reality they are quite different. In a democracy, every individual has a vote on every issue, but in a democratic republic, individuals vote on representatives who then vote on the issues in their stead (Sutton 18). Because America is a compilation of states that make up one unified government, it can be referred to as a federalist nation (“Separation of Powers and Checks and ...

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Introduction
Objective of discussion
The aim of this essay is to critically review the reliability of the legal registration and protection system as it relates to protection of innovation ideas. The essay will specifically discuss about national and international protection system. Innovation as per Thumm (2013) is basically developing a new idea and putting it into practice. May (2013) states that it is crucial to restrict and protect innovations so as to develop a unique new value to customers. Innovations are protected by the legal registration and protection system. However, a number of innovations have failed to receive a ...

Critique

The article titled: “Nursing and healthcare students’ experiences and use of e-learning in higher education” is critiqued using the structural framework and guideline suggested by Rebecca (Becky) Ingham in the paper titled, “A nurse’s guide to the critical reading of research”. Reading and critically analyzing research papers will help in improving and validating once knowledge on the topic. (Moule, Ward, and Lockyer, 2010; Broomfield, 2016)
The title of the paper is simple and comprehensive. It suggests that the paper is on e-learning experience of students of in higher educational institutes (HEI). The topic can attract readers who are ...

Civil Liberties and Social Responsibility

In 2002, as reported by The New York Times, the Bush administration approved a presidential bill giving the National Security Agency (NSA) the power to track, listen to, and intercept without a warrant the local and international communications (e.g. emails, phone calls) of a vast number of American citizens. Sooner or later, the scheme expanded to involve a certain extent of 'internal controls' (ACLU, 2015, para 2), yet there was no mention of mandating warrants specified under the foreign intelligence surveillance laws. This surveillance program has penetrated and invaded almost all of the communications technologies and networks that the ...

Justice is the quality of being just or fair. Additionally, can be defined as the exercise of administrative law; the act of determining and assigning rewards or punishments. Moreover, justice is significant in determining how governance in a country can be judged. On the contrary, injustice can be termed as the quality of being unfair and biased especially in governance by the use of unjust laws which promote favoritism and inequality in resource distribution.

Conscience, the sense of right and wrong, in most cases is used as a guide in obeying just rules and disobeying unjust rules. Martin (1), who was ...

What is TPA?

Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) refers to the process which has been made available by the Congress to the President of United States in order to enable legislation for the purpose of approving and implementing specific trade agreements on an international level under the legislative procedures for a limited time. This authority has been granted to the President for more than three decades which states that he has the authority to vote on the trade agreements without making any amendments. In other words, TPA plays a role in providing a balance by clearly identifying how constitutional authority is exercised by the Congress while ...

In your opinion, how does the principle of separation between church and state compare in theory and in practice in the United States? Provide specific examples.
The Establishment Clause was aimed at prohibiting state sponsored religion leading to the doctrine of separation of church and state. Thomas Jefferson referred for the first time this separation as “wall of separation between Church and State.” This principle is a unique American vision. As far as the interpretation and meaning of Establishment clause is concerned, there are three major theories.
According to the strict separation theory, the religion and state should ...

Final Project Part II

Cultural Awareness
CRIM 103
The film “Windtalkers” directed by John Woo came out on big screens in 2002. The movie was name after brave marines of Navajo origin that served as code talkers during the war. Navajo language is so difficult and so rare that American army chose is it as a coding language for their operations. It played a crucial role of the US army's success in Japan.
The movie starts with a departure scene, in which future Navajo soldiers say goodbyes to their friends and families. In this scene we meet the protagonists Ben Yahzee and Charlie ...

I Have a Dream
The speech started with the emancipation of the slaves in United States that Abraham Lincoln issued to them. Martin Luther King, Jr. said that although the blacks were freed from slavery, they are still not free. King complains that men were given a check and a promise of freedom. Nevertheless, for Blacks whether men or women the check came back with insufficient funds. King stood firm to fight for their freedom along with his many supporters, as they demanded things that would bring change without procrastination from the oppressor and with a sense of urgency. Therefore, they wanted ...

Summary

Since the Republican Administration came into power, there have been a lot of issues that have faced the ordinary citizens, and they are doing little about it. They have tried to separate the people into different regions and American groups. From threatening farmers to drive up the food prices to the working mothers being the cause of their families falling apart and telling the American labour, they are ruining the free enterprise. They have tried to pit each group against each other, and they assume all the citizens concerns. The leadership is doing everything opposite of what they say on ...

ABSTRACT

The people of Scotland will be deciding the future of the country to remain part of the Britain in a referendum on 18 September 2014. There is growing debate on the future of the business in the resulting environment after the referendum. Also, there is debate about the business environment in UK, as a result, when UK votes to separate from the EU with or without Scotland. In the context of Boots, this report is aimed to assess the impact of the either results on the marketing strategy of the Boots.

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IMPACT ON BUSINESS CONDITIONS IN YES AND ...

This report was elaborated to evaluate the incentives for private sector growth and business opportunities in Colombia. The country has been chosen not only because is one of the best positioned economies in the region, but also has lots of underdeveloped areas where a solid international company could have a great impact on the communities located there. Nonetheless, given that Colombia is still on its way to full economic development, this report will evaluate demographic, cultural, political and institutional factors to determine the main elements that could constrain business growth in order to help the company make informed decisions to maximize ...

Woman suffrage is a movement that was established to give females the right to vote as well as vie for an electoral position. This became of significance when it was recognized that women also had a right to determine and shape the destiny of their societies. Culture has for a long time sidelined women in issues of governance as they are considered weak and incapable. After a series of events and even movements that were led by women. It was realised that women had similar capacities as their male counterparts only that they were denied the opportunity. Culture has always given women the ...

Since U.S. was established as a nation, its citizens have been reluctant to give the government too much power. Many a time, they have expressed massive suspicion of the politicians. However, the Americans have often turned to the government for help during times of need, over the course of American history. They have also strongly given the government unwavering support in times of war. The government’s power started expanding in 1933 in order to meet the crises that were created by crash of the stock exchange market in 1929. Congress passed legislation which brought American government into the businesses of ...

Choose a local or national newspaper from one of the following websites.

Front pages may be accessed online at: http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/ or Canadian articles can be accessed at: http://www.canada.com/national/index.html

Copy two articles that you think contain value judgments or show the types of bias outlined in the Media/Political Bias article. Paste them here, into this document. Highlight the word(s) and/or sentence(s) that they believe introduce a bias into each story, and answer the following questions for each one:
1. Why do you think the words convey a value judgment?

2. Are these words or phrases found in a news story, a column, ...

The Civil Rights Act was signed by US President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. This law was a prominent landmark in the American history because it proclaimed the end of the racial segregation in schools and working places. Since that day black men are considered citizens of the United States, as equal as any others. Unfortunately, it took much more time for ordinary people to understand this equality and to start treating the black with the same respect as representatives of other nations. People were used to the idea that they see former slaves in front of them and nothing ...

Characters

1. The Superheroes

a. Fundamental Truth: he is the head of the Superhero Alliance and chairs the meetings. He represents the belief that morals are defined by an individual’s ability to recognise right from wrong.

b. Inner Meaning: she represents the hidden meaning in things – she is always looking to find valuable, moral lessons from her adventures.

c. The Imprinter: he is a strong, upstanding hero who represents the ability to stand by your morals and make the right decision without changing who you are for anybody. He recognises that morals are something that should be stuck to, no matter ...