1. Explain the difference between hard and soft money:
Hard money is the money that is spent to elect candidates for the Congress and White House. Most of the candidates use most of there own money instead of it getting given to them. Soft money is funds that
are given to a party organization for the use of party building activites and recruiting voters. The big difference is that you work hard to get the hard money and the soft money is just given to you.
are given to a party organization for the use of party building activites and recruiting voters. The big difference is that you work hard to get the hard money and the soft money is just given to you.
2. What is the electoral process and is this something that you agree or disagree with and why?
The first step of the electoral process is nominating candidates to run, then you have general elections to make the final decisions. There are then many different kinds of primaries. Once election day comes everyone votes and decides who will win. I agree with this process because it is good to get the people narrowed down before the election day so there is not to many candidates to choose from.
3. What is the difference between a closed and open primary?
3. What is the difference between a closed and open primary?
In a closed primary, only the people that are declared to that certain party are allowed to vote. It is closed to the other partys voters. In an open primary, any qualified voter can cast a ballot.
4. Explain what absentee voting is and what the positives and negative may be with regards to it:
4. Explain what absentee voting is and what the positives and negative may be with regards to it:
Absentee voting is a process by which you can vote without actually going to the polling places on election day. Positives about this process are people that are going to be out of town have the opportunity to vote and it is more convinient to do this process because you dont have to go to the polls and wait in line. A negative about absentee voting is that other people can look and see who is ahead before they vote.
5. What changes to your see in the way we run elections ten years from now?
5. What changes to your see in the way we run elections ten years from now?
Ten years from now I think most polling places will go to electronic voting. I also think more people will consider absentee voting because it is more convinient then going to the polling places on the days of elections.
6. Explain your views on money and elections with regards the amount of money that is spent:
I think a lot of money is spent on the elections and sometimes its not fair. One candidate may not have as much money as the other one so therefore the other candidate will have more advertising for them. I believe it is a big part of elections though, it helps the candidates promote themselves and get the people to vote for them.
6. Explain your views on money and elections with regards the amount of money that is spent:
I think a lot of money is spent on the elections and sometimes its not fair. One candidate may not have as much money as the other one so therefore the other candidate will have more advertising for them. I believe it is a big part of elections though, it helps the candidates promote themselves and get the people to vote for them.
7. Go to cnn.com or foxnews.com and find an article dealing with the election process. Post the article in your blog and provide your viewpoints pertaining to the article.
Haiti has been waiting for the results and it has been chaos. The two presidential candidates are very close and whoever gets fifty percent of the votes will win the election. The ballot has 19 different candidates which makes it hard to chose.
I think it is not good to have that many candidates on a ballot it makes the decision very hard and the votes could go either way.
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