United States presidential primary

In Wayne Steger’s book, A Citizen’s Guide to Presidential Nominations: The Competition for Leadership, he identifies the important factors of the presidential nomination process, which can then be used to understand the 2016 cycle. His argument states that the crucial period of a campaign is during the invisible primary, which is the year or so preceding the delegate selection process. If party stakeholders are cohesive, (as in the Democratic Party,) the race will be predictable; if they are not, (as in the Republican Party,) the outcome is more of a tossup. The outcome and its predictability also have to do with the size of the candidate pool; more candidates lead to more uncertainty. The Democratic pool is much smaller (and much more predictable)…

Is it possible to buy a seat in the oval office? Well money is power, even in politics. Campaign spending has increased dramatically in recent elections, especially in presidential primaries and into the presidential race. American politics has shifted from worrying about their constituents to now, only worrying about what large donors and super PACs want or need. A considerable reason for this is because without a hefty amount of campaign donations, you can never make it to Washington. Campaign…

congruence. Campaigns strategize in “war rooms”, put their fundraised capital in their respective “war chests”, “mobilize” campaign members and confront their opponents in “battleground” states. The results of the 2016 U.S. presidential election were shocking to many, as the polls systematically showed Secretary Clinton as the overwhelming favorite to win the elections, as many pundits wrote off President-elect Trump as no serious threat (Cave). On election night the New York Times put the…

practically impossible to comprehend. Parents talk to their children about their childhood when movie tickets were only one dollar instead of eight. Some of the biggest culprits of this “big money” society, are the politicians who run the country. As they begin the cycle of elections, whether it’s a congressional or presidential election, they gear up for costs in the millions and billions of dollars. The money that candidates are able to spend come from many different places, but it is…

The 2016 Presidential Election Campaign in the United States was notably distinct, with a woman, a democratic socialist, and a billionaire businessman making waves within their parties. With that, social media played an important role in the transmission of information and candidates’ core messages. Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump used social media to their advantage, though very differently. This essay argues that the importance of social media in order to transmit political messages is…

Many Republican primaries have winner-take-all elections where the voice of many voters in a state will be silenced at the eventual convention. In 2016, he won 46% of the vote in Florida, but received all 99 delegates. That means 64% of votes had no effect on the delegation whatsoever. The winner-take-all system makes sense had he been running in a gubernatorial election in Florida, but since these delegates are pooled with the delegates from all other states winning a state doesn’t matter as…

preparation for the presidential election, about two years before the actual election. Before the final primary election there were four leading candidates, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz for the Republican Party and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders for the Democratic Party. These four candidates were very different than any of the candidates of previous elections. Bernie Sanders, who was running for the democratic nominee had very different views from the stereotypical democratic views. Sanders…

Unfairness and Inequality in the Presidential Selection Process” outlines the 1992 election, in order to identify the issues with the United States’ election process and to introduce solutions for those problems. The book begins by describing the accomplishments of George Bush and Bill Clinton within their respective parties before the 1992 election. It also introduces the other people who were competing with Bush and Clinton during the primaries.…

People play strong roles in history. In the last ten years, American citizens has witnessed so many things in history, from Hurricane Katrina, to numerous terrorist attacks, police brutality, and the election of the first black president of the united states. With that being said, the book “Big Girls Don’t Cry” focuses on the presidential election of 2008 and the roles that numerous women played in it. These women were left with the dilemmas of following tradition in all they did. The women in…

All human beings have a different perception of the world around them, leading to a varied desire for how the world should be shaped. Transition? In the following paper, I will argue that the speech given by President Barack Obama at the United Nations on September 20, 2016 can be analyzed from a Realist and a Confucian perspective regarding the issues of peace and power. Despite the progress achieved in society today, the world still remains full of “uncertainty and unease and strife,” with…