It is clearly obvious that our country’s Constitution was founded on a distrust. It is Found on a distrust of large government, the public, and our elected legislature. With time people have come take on the philosophy of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes allowing them to trust our government because “People are Dumb butts” (Kallas). In recent years some of the citizens are starting to recognize the distrust in the people around them and the distrust of the people leading our country. Some of the
The American government is set up as a two party system. The United States uses a two party system, which means that there are two major political parties that dominate the voting in all elections (“Two-party system,” n.d.). Ultimately, the presidential candidate who receives the most votes in a state wins those electoral votes of the state. The two strongest political parties are the Democrats and Republicans. Although, the two party’s ultimate goal is to nominate a presidential candidate, they
directly selecting a particular person running for President, they determine the delegates each party's national convention will receive from their respective state. These delegates then in turn select their party's presidential These unplugged or superdelegates do not need to vote the way their constituents would prefer, making a few men or women as powerful as a whole county in a state. Also the states’ primaries and caucuses are held over about four months with about four states on average each week
the news is being presented entirely in racial, ethnic, and gender terms. Every newspaper or magazine article I read does the same thing. The Obama and Clinton campaigns accuse each other of playing the race card or the gender card. An Hispanic superdelegate warns that by replacing her Latino campaign manager with a black one, Senator Clinton risks losing his vote and the vote of other Hispanic delegates he is in the process of
This election cycle has been a wild ride, surprising many observers. This was indeed the year of the anti-establishment candidates. Both Bernie Sanders and Donald J. Trump found success in their campaigns even though they were considered political outsiders. The 2016 election drew to a close on November 8 when Republican candidate Donald J. Trump defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in a landslide victory by winning 290 electoral votes. The Republicans ended up controlling the House and
Michelle Obama, the pioneer African American first lady in American history, gave a 15-minute deliver to the Democratic national convention that drew cheers, left a few delegates transparently sobbing and accomplished more than any representative or congressman to join together and start up the gathering for November's presidential decision. It likewise added a section to the dynastic adventure of the Obamas and the Clintons, coming four years after Bill Clinton gave an unprecedented speech to help