Australian Federal Election Analysis

In the era of post truth politics, voters are seriously misinformed, and will severely impede the accountability of governments. Supposedly, voters cast their vote based on facts and figures. For instance, GDP and unemployment can keep the voters informed about the economic performance of their country, but in post truth politics, a politician can just say the data is manipulated by their opponents (even if it is not), claiming that there is economic growth when there is actually a stagnation or vice versa. In such case, the voters are unable to monitor the government and the government will eventually hold little or no accountability because they can just tell a lie to shift the

Prisoner goes to High Court to win right to vote Kenneth Nguyen April 25, 2007 Should prisoners be allowed to vote? Age readers decide. A prisoner is bringing a High Court case that could secure a historic right to vote for 20,000 of Australia 's prisoners.

House representatives from 30 to 32, which meant redrawing the maps. At that time, each party controlled one chamber of the state legislature and became deadlocked on the redrawn districts. A Federal court stepped in and provide one which gave the Democrats a 17 to 15 advantage. Republicans gained control of both the House and Senate in 2002, and House Majority Leader Tom Delay beginning negotiating redistricting to better reflect the Texas voters, which were primarily Republicans, in the U.S. House of Representatives. (14) Before finally approving the redistricting plan, Democratic legislators twice fled the state to prevent a quorum in the House.

The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. In order to be president, candidate must receive 270 electoral votes. In the event no candidate wins the majority vote, the House of Representatives chooses the President and the Senate chooses the Vice President. Each state’s electoral votes are counted in a joint session of Congress and electors. Members of the House and Senate meet in the House chamber to conduct the official tally of electoral votes.

The Electoral College is made up of 538 electors who vote to decide the President and Vice-President of the United States. When voters go to the polls, they will choose which candidate receives their state's electors. The candidate who receives a majority of electoral votes (270) wins. The number 538 is the total of the nation's 435 Representatives, 100 Senators, and three electors given to the District of Columbia.

In late September, Willkie began to speed up the race, largely by saying that if FDR won a third term, "you may expect that we will be at war." Roosevelt said Americans would not fight in "any foreign war." Over the last month, the campaign turned into outrageous mud-slinging. On election day, FDR won 55 percent of the popular vote and the electoral votes of

Davis also not acting as an ethical leader, and leadership was dysfunctional as he was self serving and greedy (Pierce & Newstrom, 2011) by misappropriating funds, taking kickbacks, and raising state taxes. I would have supported the recall, and elected to have a leader that was transparent and demonstrated leadership traits such as ability, knowledge, and drive, and perhaps someone with expert power in order to repair some of the damage done (Pierce & Newstrom, 2011). I would have also adopted the attitude of a transformational leader, encouraging other state officials to work

Introduction In today’s political world, there is a large part of the population who votes in elections marred with electoral fraud and malpractice. These people suffer the consequences of having non-representative governments where the government does not reflect the votes and will of the people. One would think a country devoid of fraud during the electoral process would remove previously cheating and poorly performing incumbents, resulting in better functioning governments, which is untrue. Removing electoral fraud from an election does not guarantee that the previously fraudulent or poor performing incumbents will be removed from office.

B. The Senate consists of 100 members that are divided equally among the 50 states; each state no matter what is the population gets 2 members. Each senator serves for a six year term, and each two years almost one third of the senate stands for election. Republicans also control the senate with 54 seats out of

In the presidential election a candidate must receive a majority of Electoral College votes, a very difficult task for a party that is up against two of the most historically rooted and powerful parties in America. Although the third parties may be influential, their impact is very limited because “they rarely receive enough support to capture a state’s Electoral College votes” since “support is concentrated” (Hernnson, 3). This acts as a domino effect; if they cannot elect candidates to represent their party then they lose any type of recognition and political influence, let alone a place for their name on a voting ballot. Getting on the voting ballot itself can be an obstacle for third parties. The two major parties have a great advantage; they don’t have to worry about making it on the ballot in the first place because of their large following.

The two longest Prime Minister so far of the Liberals, were Sir Robert Menzies and John Howard, Menzies’ first span of three years, then the second time for an amazing 17 years, and Howard’s spectacular 11 years. The current Prime Minister is Tony Abbot who has

The entire lack of vision contributed to poor attitudes in America in the 1970’s. Nixon seemed concerned only about himself, therefore the results Watergate a major blow to political leadership not only in the United States but also around the world. Fords pardon of Nixon only reaffirms that nepotism is rampant in US politics. Therefore the perception of hopelessness becomes a reality. Carters “Malaise Speech” did not help the American public.

The Panic of 1819, spread worry amongst some that the national bank was a precarious system, and it would lead to the end of the national bank after the charter expired during Andrew Jackson’s administration. Despite this failure on Monroe’s part by allowing the situation to get out of hand, his two terms in office are more memorable due to his accomplishments as

RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS CAT THE BRINGING THEM HOME REPORT WAS A SIGNIFICANT EVENT FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES. The ‘Bringing Them Home Report’ was a significant event for the civil rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as what they experienced between 1910 to 1970 was something no human being should have to go through, The Stolen Generations suffered a great deal of traumatic experiences. On 11 of May 1995 change, had to take place as this wasn’t a lifestyle a human being should live, the inquiry period began for The Bringing Them Home Report.

The writers of the Federalist Papers were supporters of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. Number 78 is Hamilton’s opinion on how the Judiciary Branch should be chosen and what type of character a judge should be and the relationships between the different courts. Hamilton’s view that the Judiciary Branch be independent, impartial and keep the liberty of the nation, would in fact get true Justices for the people. Hamilton stated that this branch of government is the “least dangerous.” The reason he stated this is because the judicial branch will be there to place judgement and interpretation of the laws created by our legislative branch.