Saturday Evening Rhetorical Analysis

Political ads are a way to persuade you to vote for one political party or the other. Every 4 years, there is an election between democrats and republicans that will help decide the next president of the United States. These campaigns between the democrats and the republicans are the strategies candidates use to win your vote. During the election season, there is many speeches made by both the people who are running for president. Debates between the two sides can sway your vote to one side or the other depending on what the candidates say.

The United States Presidential election that took place in the year 2000 was between George Bush and Al Gore. The vote was very close and it ended up all coming down to Florida. Once the votes were counted and it was revealed that Bush had won, Gore wanted a recount of the votes. The matter was taken to the Florida supreme court and Gore ended up winning the case. So a manual recount was started.

Accusation (noun): a charge or claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong. In today’s time accusations are made all the time. It is very certain that something similar to what happened in The Crucible happens still today. Just look at today’s political election, accusations and allegations are thrown everywhere and at everyone. On both sides, one person is accusing another of some act that is usually never proven to be true or false. Accusations also appear in normal, everyday things such as divorces and crimes. It is assuredly possible that an event like The Crucible could take place today.

In the first article it is stated that after Trump had won the election even though he had lost the popular vote, several angry Democrats and liberals were calling for the abolition of the Electoral College. The Electoral College was designed to prevent coastal elites from large states from getting to pick the president. People were furious that Clinton didn’t win, and millions of people in California, New York, and other states wrongly believed that their support would affect the outcome. A suggestion for moving forward is keeping the Electoral College, with some minor changes, and get rid of the popular vote. With a lottery-based system, we would be going back to the way the founders had envisioned. The benefits would outweigh

The United States is a realm of democracy. We the people have the rights to choose and elect our leaders at the national, state, and local level. On the national level, our president is elected by the people of the United States. However, in a presidential election, our popular votes don’t go directly into the race. Instead, we use an indirect method to elect our president through the Electoral College. The 2016 presidential election well demonstrated the possibility that the electoral college could generate a different outcome with the one of popular votes. It also brought back the controversy about whether or not we should continue to use this method to elect our president. The Electoral College system, as an indirect election measure, has various drawbacks and should be abolished and changed to a more widely-accepted method to encourage people to cast their votes that truly represent their interests, given the fact that we have reached a point that the technology is mature enough to help us to do

The Electoral College, the system that elects our president in our people’s choice democracy. However, the thing is we do not choose our leader. The Electoral College is created in the Constitution of the United States Article II Section I and reformed in the 12 amendment. The Electoral College is a group of 538 electors who chose the president and vice president in separate votes since the passing of the 2nd amendment. There is no law stating that electoral have to choose what they want in 49 of the 50 states, the one being Massichuties who choses the natioal popular voter winner. With all these problems a question is always raised should the electoral stay with us or be abolished. The Electoral College needs to be abolished because the

This is proven through the elections of 1980 and 1992 when the popular vote (voice of the people) did not match with the Electoral College votes (Document B). This means that more of the people voted for one candidate, but that candidate did not win because another candidate received more Electoral College votes. Furthermore, the electors in the electoral college are not even required to vote with their state, which means that theoretically, we could have all of the people vote for one candidate, but if the electors don’t vote for him/her, then that candidate will not win. Even with all of the unfairness to the people, the electoral college is not fair to any candidate who does not choose to side with one of the two major parties (Document E). Seeing that all the electors have identified with one of the two major parties, most independent or other party candidate do not even stand a chance. Third of all, many third-party candidates do not receive any Electoral College votes at all, even though they do receive some votes from the people (Document B & G). This furthers the argument that anyone who does not side with one of the two major parties does not stand a fair chance in the

Watching this year’s election was shocking. Against all predictions, against every analysis, Donald Trump became the president-elect of the United States. But were those predictions really off? As the LA Times put it,” Hillary Clinton got roughly the same number of votes that President Obama received four years ago en route to his reelection, but she nonetheless lost the presidency to Donald Trump, who came in at least 2.8 million votes behind her.” This is, of course, because of the electoral college. Should we really put the decision of an archaic system over the voice of us, the people? No, we should not. The electoral college is outdated and undemocratic.

On the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December of a leap year, five hundred and thirty eight electors travel to their state capitol buildings to decide who is the next president of the United States of America. They take an oath, and cast the official ballots for the presidential election. The problem is that this system is not fair. So, which way of electoral college reform is the best? In this essay, some options for electoral college reform are introduced, and the best one is chosen. Before one chooses which one is the best, one must find out what is wrong about the winner-takes-all electoral college.

Without a doubt, most people know about the elections that had taken place only a couple of years ago. However, some people are unaware of what caused our current president to win. To put it simply, there is a system called the Electoral College that has been around ever since the U.S. Constitution was made, where certain people (electors) are selected in each state to vote for a candidate. However, it operates on a different scale than popular votes, where if a candidate gets the majority of electoral votes, they win the election, regardless of how many popular votes they earned. Obviously, this system has caused many conflicts within politics due to how it overrules the popular vote, essentially making it useless, and complicates presidential

The United States hinges on the statues of a democracy, right? At least that is what the founding fathers envisioned. However, the Electoral College, the United States presidential voting system, has made various notable figures and scholars question its use in modern day society. I strongly contend that the Electoral College is not a legitimate and effective vehicle for electing presidents. Although the Electoral College is a foundational aspect of the US government, it needs to be reexamined, amended, or replaced with, perhaps, a direct voting system, in spite of those that argue that a direct voting system would allow too much large power to the states (Limbaugh, 2000). Nonetheless, the Electoral College is a flawed voting system for various

The internet could be the most valuable invention that was made in the modern age. With the force of the web individuals basically can do anything. From learning how to cook to building a car. The possibility is endless. The modernization of the internet can have positive and negative effects on the world. The modernization of the web can have positive and negative consequences on the world. It is sure in light of the fact that it gives everyone the power to access any information, that they need in second. In any case, it is contrary since individuals start to get limited focus and just focus on the things they need to see as opposed to seeing the full picture.

The 2000 election between Bush and Gore adopted the nickname of the stolen election of 2000 due to the outcome that led to Bush’s win without having the popular vote. The possibility of the loser of the popular vote to potentially still win the electoral vote and overall the presidential candidacy is an issue. The framers of the constitution included the Electoral College in order to serve as a common ground between the states. However, this system is flawed in terms of the regulation of one person equal one vote. This was proven otherwise in the stolen election of 2000, in which Bush won the candidacy by the 25 Florida electoral votes. This outcome did not serve as an effective system for modern presidency. It makes American’s question whether or not their vote actually counts, in comparison to the votes of the electors they choose to represent their states. If someone who wins the popular vote of the people but not of the electoral loses how exactly does this allow the people to feel comfortable about making a difference with their own vote when the ultimate decision is not left up to them but the Electoral

The movie, The American President, depicts several reliable roles that the president performs, as well as, some of the aspects of our political system. It is a romantic comedy that takes place in the White House, during primary season. The president, Andrew Shepperd, is a widower, with a daughter, who is hoping to be reelected and pass two bills. One related to gun control and the other on fuel restrictions.

(Introduction)Lorne Michael and Dick Ebersol created Saturday Night Live , currently aired on NBC, with the intent of entertaining their audience through live skits performed by comedians. However, over the years, they have also been tackling the social and political issues which has also had role in influencing people’s views on the world today. In this essay, I will be focusing on their more on its activities and role that revolve around the political scene regarding President Donald J. Trump, his staff members in the White House, as well as his family members. Though not part of the main cast, Trump is portrayed by Alec Baldwin. As for the other people in Trump’s administration and his “inner circle”, Kate McKinnon plays Jeff Sessions and