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    majority of the survey being nominal with question variation the range of the answers could be Strong Democrat all the way to Strong Republican, A question that leads the research is, “How much exposure to media did the individual experience before voting and did that affect the way that individual voted?” Because at the end of the questioning that is the real answer to the question we’re asking. There is a noticeable differentiation in most of the questions asking how strong or weak an affiliation

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    It has been 52 years since the 1965 Voting Rights Act was put into action, less than a lifetime, and yet it has been easy for the American population to look away from policy changes and ramifications within the Act. Many people today, believe that everyone has the ability to vote if they are a citizen 18 or over, but this has not been the case ever, even in today’s “modern” society. Still, there is a difference between voter restriction laws before 1965, and policies in 2017. It seems as America

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    States uses plurality voting for a traditional election method for presidential candidates. Plurality voting is when each voter submits a ballot with one candidates name. The candidate that wins a plurality of votes wins. Sounds simple enough. The idea is reasonable when there are just two candidates, obviously it’s one or the other, but when you start to introduce several candidates, it’s get a bit more complicated. However, when it comes to the electoral, plurality voting can have several disadvantages

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    During this Presidential election season, voters will try to ensure that their votes have the most impact in the election. The U.S. Constitution declares that an Electoral College will elect the President of the United States, and that the various states will determine how those Electoral College votes will be allocated. Unlike other countries, The Unites States has a process that we go through when we are electing presidents.¬ If a person wants to be President, they announce themselves before the

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    In the United States, the bastion of democracy, all is not right with its voting system. Election after election voters are left dissatisfied. Voters feel like they are stuck choosing between the lesser of two evils, instead of who they want to govern. This is not because of some giant collusion between the rich or the illuminati to put who they want in power. It is the result of our voting methods that create a two-party system. Elections in America are marked by polarization, gerrymandering, unfair

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    why we should lower the voting age to 16. The author is pro lowering the voting age. The author gives a little background as to why he is writing this article.The author uses reason such as “Studies of cold cognition have shown that the skills necessary to make informed decisions are firmly in place by 16.” The article lastly ends it with “Let’s give those young people more than just their voices to make a change.” The author is clearly for this new idea of lowering the voting age to 16. Laurence Steinberg

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    Iris Recognition Based Voting System 1G.Sathiyabama,2 Nithiya.J, 3B.Sankareswari@Saranya, 4M.Saravana Lakshmi, 5G.Abinaya 1,2 Faculties 3 saranyaei08@gmail.com,4saravanalakshmi93@gmail.com,5abinaya1068@gmail.com Jeppiaar Engineering College,

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    Voting is a key aspect involved in the function of a democracy in a country, a democracy being a system chosen by the population it governs. Usually the voting population would choose to elect someone as their representative, such as a political party. The victory of the vote usually depends on the majority vote of those participating. In most countries, those under the age of eighteen do not get to vote based on the laws that stand within that population. Suffrage is another word for the ‘right

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    ballots throughout the 1996 presidential election. Slighter proportions are habitually recounted for congressional votes and less Americans inconveniency to vote for their residential representatives. American contribution in political events besides voting, surpasses that of modern-day democracies. Other Americans account the preparedness to partake in civic developments or interact with their representatives directly than European residents. The American egalitarianism empowers its citizens to unite

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    Lets describe what Voting Rights Act of 1965 is; in the “The American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition”, it says that by word for word that its a law passed at the time of the civil rights movement. It eliminated various devices, such as literacy tests, that had traditionally been used to restrict voting by black people. It authorized the enrollment of voters by federal registrars in states where fewer than fifty percent of the eligible voters were registered or voted

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