American Democracy Flaws

Our democracy as we know it today is based on the idea that people are

informed on what is going on in the world of politics. However this is not the case. The

majority of citizens do not do enough research that is required in our representative

democracy. The American public as a whole is failing to study the facts on their

candidates. When elections come about the majority will not make an educated vote.

Undoubtedly, the American democracy is failing its theoretical purpose; rather it is

allowing its people and media to perpetuate its flaws.

Our American public is not up to par with the politics. For our democracy to come

together as our founding fathers intended to our public needs to get informed. For the

citizens of our

nation to understand what is going on they look to media. But that is

another problem on its own. The media in this day in age is generally skewed to one

side or another. The news is typically biased to one party. Generally the news will not

give the story to both sides making hard for voters to understand both candidates.

The

news will influence in the wrong way. They should be giving voters the truth instead of

biased answers.

Essay #2

Our American democracy relies on our citizens to vote and the people in our

nation do not vote as much as they should be. Some people in this country are to lazy

to vote. They are either to busy with work or just don’t care. Some people believe their

votes do not count. This is false everyone’s vote counts. People should always vote

because they need to uphold the values of democracy.

The voters that do make it to the polls however are influenced mostly by the

media. The media portrays certain candidates and show the people how they want them

to see candidates.

! ! Also majority of voters usually stand on the edge of what their party

believes. They tend to vote with what is best for their own interests. The majority of the

voters are not on the extreme side instead they are closer to the moderates in the

middle.

The ones who vote are the ones who are pushing their polices. The voters are

working with our indirect democracy system to get the policy’s they want. Basically,

the

ones who are voting are getting the officials they want in government who in turn are

passing the policies for the ones who voted them into office. So if someone wants a

policy passed they should vote for an official who will stand for that policy.

Essay #4

Running to actually become President is difficult. To run for President a candidate

must first be nominated by their party. The parties generally start by holding conventions

for the delegates.

Delegates are then selected by the state primary election to

determine who will run for president for that party. To win the primary delegates have to

go on the extreme side of their party; usually by either going very liberal or going very

conservative. A majority of delegates votes are needed to then select the party’s

nominee for president.

Now that the presidential candidates have been selected they now must start

playing for the general election. The candidates need to get back to the middle where all

the moderate centrists are because this is where the majority of voters are. They must

stride away from their extreme liberal or conservative ways to get back to the people.

Also the candidates need to start playing the states. They need to try and get the

states with the most electoral college votes. They also need to know which states to

spend the most time and effort on; particularly states they know they can win and aren’t

going to automatically lose. For example a democrat will generally never get a southern

state in todays age so they should focus on the states they know they could win or

overturn.

Peoples votes in each state go towards electors for the Electoral College

votes.

Which ever candidate gets the most votes in a state then that states electors go toward

that candidate. Each state has the same amount of electors as it has senators and

representatives. So a state with a larger population has more representative that state

will have more electors. The electors each have one electoral vote in the Electoral

College. The Electoral College consist of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes

is what is takes to become President.