by Anna Thorner | Apr 12, 2024 | Uncategorized, William Jewell College
The United States of America is often regarded as one of the oldest modern democracies. The U.S. constitution is well known as a forefront in “the democratic experiment” and throughout history the U.S. has centered itself in global politics as a protector of freedom...
by Armin Amina | Dec 1, 2020 | University of Georgia
In the last 20 years, the United States has seen an increasing rise in the lack of trust in election results. Public trust in elections began to erode with the Supreme Court’s decision in Gore v. Bush when the state of Florida misconducts lead to a heavily...
by Taya Fontenette | Nov 25, 2020 | Northeastern University
On June 16, 2015, the landscape of American politics and democratic norms would drastically change when former reality TV star, and soon to be 45th President, Donald Trump formally announced his run for the presidency. In the speech, he called for the renegotiation of...
by Gabriel Morales | Nov 18, 2020 | University of Chicago
For the seventh time out of the last eight presidential elections, the Democratic Party has once again managed to win the popular vote but, despite these repeated victories, they have only won five of those eight elections, losing one to the popular vote and electoral...
by Antonina Orlanova | Oct 28, 2020 | Georgia State University
It has long been established that the two-party system is here to stay. A historical precedent, starting with the federalist debate, set the long reigning two-party system. With no shortage of corporate money pouring into both parties, and the winner takes all system...
