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Voter Turnout: The Ins & Outs In the 2012 Presidential election between Democrat, Barack Obama and Republican, Mitt Romney, only 54.87% of the voting age population in the United States followed through with their civic duty (Peters). More recently, the 2016 election had more than...
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Many scholars and political scientists have long studied and attempted to understand voter turnout in the United States, the reason why it is on an overall decline, as well as the psychological factors as to why people vote. The decline in voter turnout is often...
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“Every election is determined by those who show up,” Canada is a country with nearly twenty-six million eligible electors according to Elections Canada, however, only sixty-eight percent of these citizens showed up to the polls on election day in twenty-fifteen. This number is an upgrade...
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Voting is one of the most positive aspects of democracy, for which minorities have fought years and years before us, that is now neglected as the last election showed, when only a bit over half of the population exercised their rights. This paper will be...
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Voting is the fundamental right of every adult citizen in a democracy. Independently of sex, race, class, or occupation, every US citizen gets the opportunity to choose who represents them. However, universal suffrage was not always there; american women, for instance, had to fight for...
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Since elections are at the heart of modern democracy, polling companies are interested in predicting the results to determine the future political climate. The polls are not flawless, no matter how well they are conducted, there will always be uncertainty. This essay about election will...