What is Political Dysfunction and How Can the Steady Decrease in Voter Turnout Affect Our Democracy? Among Americans across the U.S., the most significant factor leading to a small percentage of voter turnout is the lack of confidence in our current political system. This sentiment stems from a variety of reasons, such as feelings of […]
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Make America Vote Again: How Sanders and Trump Have Helped to Fight Voter Apathy
Pete* has been apathetic about politics since the death of Robert Kennedy in 1968. After being an active participant in Bobby’s campaign, he has not been able to muster support for another candidate in forty years. Pete is not the only person who feels this way; voter apathy is a major problem in the United […]
Overcoming the Collective Action Problem: Can the Sanders Strategy Work?
As the weather begins to warm, America is “Feeling the Bern.” Widely dismissed as a fringe candidate at the beginning of his campaign, Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) rise to a strong contender in the 2016 presidential race points to his platform’s potential appeal with the U.S. population. The self proclaimed democratic socialist wants to “create […]
A Bunch of Spam?
The last time an email caused this much of a political storm was, well, never. It’s unlikely anyone with even the slightest modicum of interest in politics would have missed the coverage of Hilary Clinton’s newest “scandal.” From Politico to the New York Times, which first broke the story, the internet is alight with commentary […]
The Tale of Two Brazils
On October 26th, 2014, incumbent Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff won the second round of presidential elections in Brazil over her challenger, Aécio Neves, though only by a close margin with 51.64% of the vote. President Rousseff now enters her second term since 2011, but the election has left Brazil deeply divided. The contest between both […]