Politics NS

Partisanship and Division cause corruption and problems in our current government. These problems consist of representation, bias, and bad political habits. How can we fix these problems? and what will the fixes change? The main example of a flaw in public representation is how candidates get their money. With the wealthy having more money to spend, some choose to serve as a funder for political candidates. Many of them fund large amounts of money to political parties or specific candidates. In many cases, we don't get to see many candidates because they don't make it to the general election because of the limited funding they are given. This gives the wealthy a power in government meanwhile this power is simply inaccessible to lots of the population. With the United States having a population of 311 million, only about 144 thousand give candidates funding. With that being close to .05% of the population, it's obvious that the other .95% is not represented ("We the P...

Voting Participation in the United States In our current American society, participation in voting is significantly lower than it should be. In 2018, only about 49% of legal and eligible adults went to the ballot and voted. In 2016, only 60% of eligible adults used their right to vote. Why're people not voting? What can the government do, to get more citizens to participate in the voting process? The electoral college is a burden to the participation of many Americans. The impact that the electoral college has on the election, causes many Americans to think that their vote does not have an impact. While this strategy did a good job for the founding fathers, It's duty doesn't seem as necessary now that our country is more educated and populated. In upcoming and future elections, the popular vote of the citizens should determine who is pronounced the president of the United States. In the 2016 election, Hillary surpassed Donald Trump with about 2.9 million votes, which ma...