November 8th 2016 brought to close one of the most divisive elections in Presidential History. Most Americans see this obvious divide that exist in America at the current moment. Differences among race, gender, religion, political views, experiences, privilege, age are just the starting point to the split that has turned neighbors against each other, friends into enemies, and torn families apart. Its an understatement to say that tensions are high, and wounds are fresh. This countries divide was always going to be a ticking time bomb, and on election day 2016 we saw that bomb explode.
All Americans are feeling the aftershock of Donald Trump winning the Presidential election. Riots, protest, and facebook wars are going on at this very current
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But the most interesting thing that i was able to conclude from my day at the polls, was the overwhelming majority that had equally bad things to say about Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. This majority opinion was highlighted in one quote from one of the voters “They both are flawed candidates, and honestly they cancel out each other so i 'm really just voting on the issues”. These results point to the majority of people voted on the issues, and partisan views rather than the candidates themselves. Martin P. Wattenberg backs up this claim in his article “The Declining Relevance of Candidate Personal Attributes in Presidential Elections””The analysis in this article demonstrates that the personal attributes of the presidential candidates have become less and less relevant to the outcome of presidential elections in recent years. Substantially fewer voters are mentioning the personal characteristics of the candidates when asked what they like and dislike about them. Furthermore, rather than being an independent assessment of a candidate’s character, in the current age of polarized politics, these evaluations are more tied to partisan views than ever before, and hence less consequential.”(Wattenberg, March 2016) I think it 's important to make voters on both sides know that most people voted on issues, and …show more content…
17 voters out of twenty told me that the media was more fair to Hillary Clinton. Majority of voters were disgusted by the media, but more importantly recognized that the media was unfair to Trump. This widespread view of the media is compared to bad weather by William G. Shade, Ballard C. Campbell, and Craig R. Coenen”THE ROLE OF THE PRESS AND MEDIA IN AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ”The news media are more like the weather—an atmosphere that obstructs, restrains, or destroys without purpose, motive, intention, or plan—a power to be sure, but a random one that nothing can really control (least of all itself). What makes this election so amazing is that even know the media may of be unfair to trump in a “Hugeeee” way, it didn 't stop voters from picking him and his strong views on issues as their next president. It could be said that even know the voters were constantly hit with bad weather, it didn 't let them rain on their parade. The voters looked past the thing that we called media today and made their choice for
There was a belief in the past that elections resolved big debates in the country and could be turning points of what the public thinks about the issues. But this did not transpire in 2012 and Balz sees the future of elections to be more of the same: he expects that they will be predicated on hate of the opponent divided along demographic and party lines, not the merits of the candidates and their policies; he predicts social media and technology as a whole to grow in importance and scope; and he believes debates will become more important while becoming less and less about the issues and more about
The turmoil, upheaval, and controversy of the 2016 Trump election is a significant current event of the modern world, but this landslide election is not the first in America’s history to raise such conflicting opinions. The Revolution of 1800 was another shift in political history that impacted not only the candidates, but majority of the public. The defeat of John Adams to Vice President Thomas Jefferson led to the rise of the Democratic-Republican Party rule and the eventual demise of the Federalist Party. Often in politics, opposing views, scandals, and negative publicity plays a role in the election process, due to this, in both the 2016 election and 1800 election negative criticism from both parties was evident. The 1800 and 2016 elections
Historically, throughout every presidential election the state and atmosphere of the country shifts; whether it be towards a negative or positive direction depending on the, subjective, perception of the citizen. In the United States of America, every four years, a new presidential candidate is chosen, through such, arguably life-changing event, the epitome of what a democracy looks like is showcased and performed for the world. As historic and important the 2016 election was in America, considering a woman and celebrity ran against each other, it is evident that what is to come, within the 2020 election, will only further highlight polarizing opinions/parties of American citizens; as it did with the 2016 presidential election. For a prospective
American’s started to lose the tide of positive feelings, as a swirl of problems became a clear and present threat to their way of
The Civil War and the Gettysburg Address are two of the most major events in American history regarding slavery/racism which are constantly used as a reference to look back at how the country has developed and changed since then. The Civil War and the Gettysburg Address represent an old America with flaws, and although we have undoubtedly changed since then, many people have differing beliefs on how we have changed (either for the better or for the worse). For example, the excerpt by Robert Hicks, from Why the Civil War Still Matters, reflects on America's past attitudes in the War and the Gettysburg Address to emphasize how we have become a more accepting, united, and multiethnic country. On the other hand, the excerpt by Charles M. Blow,
I just hope that the citizens of America can move past this, and then we can focus once again on becoming the very best country we can
In today’s world, political issues are very divided. You have your right and your left, there is hardly any in between. Senators can’t work with each other, Representatives can’t work together, everyone believes that their way is the right way. Washington warned about dividing the nation into political parties. Thomas Jefferson once said, “North and South will hang together if they have you to hang on.”
The 2016 presidential election was one of the most controversial yet, and it also includes
3. U.S. Presidential Election of 2016: The Trump Campaign & Cambridge Analytica The controversially sardonic republican Donald Trump dominating the stage with immoderate statements on immigration and foreign policy, winning him a presidential election in the world’s most powerful and influential country is rather stranger than fiction. Trump’s remarkable rise from a mere political perspective to a trend, as seen in other Western countries, where outspoken outsiders have challenged and even defeated the political elite is simply unbelievable.
The presidential election of 2016 and the presidential election of 1800 were two of the most divisive and partisan elections in the history of the United States, and many of the lessons learned from the election of 1800 have carried on through the years and become relevant to the election of 2016. While the election of 2016 was widely regarded as unusual, the election of 1800 was also unusual in its time for some very similar reasons, and Edward J. Larson’s book, A Magnificent Catastrophe, describes that election in dramatic detail. Similarities between the two elections included rampant partisanship, divisions within parties, negative political attacks, and the occasional scandals, though the impacts of these were not the same for both elections.
Currently, donners use poll numbers to “help them decide whether it's worth purchasing a particular candidate,” CNN and Fox news both use poll numbers to “decide which candidates to include in the first GOP presidential debates,” and party members even use polls to “decide which candidates to back in primaries” (Grim and
The personalities and “resumes” of the candidates influenced voters, along with other factors, eventually leading to Swanwick’s
2017 was a horrific year for politics as we have been more politically divided than ever, being riddled with questions of civil liberties and various types of scandals between each of the parties. Since the greater part of the government is going to be controlled by
There’s a question that seems to make its way around every four years. Do presidential debates matter? There isn’t really a straightforward answer to that question, but studies lean towards no. There are many possible reasons to back up why presidential debates don’t impact the way Americans think about candidates; this essay will be covering three. The lack of poll shifts after a debate, media bias, and voters opinion on appearance.
Most people have heard something about the most recent election, and some may have heard more than they wanted to hear. Due to this last election,