Why are all politicians such hypocrites?
Why does EVERYONE keep asking "GENERALIZED" questions about what ALL, and EVERYONE does? I just can't believe the SWEEEEEEEEEEEPING generalizations you have made here! Not ALL politicians are hypocrites. I know some very down-to-earth, UNhypocritial, tell-it-like-it-is, mince-no-words politicians. Please stop making such generalizations.... it's quite unbecoming. Have a right-wing day.
Can you run for president without a political party?
I don't know? Ask Sarah Palin. Actually, you can run for any office without any party affiliation. Such persons are called Independents. The catch is that most election officials require some evidence of creditability to be put on a ballot, usually a petition signed by a minimum number of supporters. Of course, in Palin’s case you not only do not need a party, you don’t need a brain.
Can the world function without politics?
To me, it’s like asking the world to function without people having different opinions. So the answer is, not a world I want to live in.As others have pointed out though, politics is mainly about the process of allocating finite resources. This leads people to hope for a utopian solution of either fair distribution or unlimited resources to negate the need to argue about the apportionment.Even if utopia was not a pipe dream, I think my definition would then kick in. Politics reflects opinions and power struggles. It’s part of the human condition.At least, until the Borg show up :)
Can you run for President without a political party?
Yes, anyone who is eligible according to the Constitution (35 or older, natural-born US citizen, resident for 14+ years) can run for President. Political parties have nothing to do with it. In fact, there is no provision whatsoever for any political parties in the Constitution. They were a later innovation of U.S. politics.Ross Perot ran for President in 1992 with no party affiliation and received almost 20 million votes.. He formed a party (the Reform Party) and ran again in 1996 as its candidate, but he was an independent in ‘92, when he had the most success.John Anderson ran a credible campaign as an independent in 1980. Anderson was a “Rockefeller Republican” who had no chance to beat out Ronald Reagan for the nomination, but thought he could siphon off voters disaffected with incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter, and polled as high as 13 percent in an independent run before his Election Day total dropped to about 7 percent. This is a common phenomenon faced by all third party/independent candidates—their polling support usually gets halved on Election Day, as voters respond to scare tactics from the two major parties about “wasting your vote” and whatnot. Perot largely avoided this, but made mistakes in his own campaign that precluded him from having a chance to win.It is much easier to carry on a realistic campaign with the support of a major party. Perot, a multi-billionaire, was able to self-fund a serious campaign, but few candidates can. Even Trump was unable to do so when he announced his candidacy with the Reform Party in 2000, and soon pulled out of the race. One of the reasons he tried again in 2016 was that he saw a realistic chance of winning the nomination as a Republican, which gained him access to that party’s resources.The only person to actually win the Presidency with no party affiliation was George Washington, whose views leaned toward the Federalist Party of Alexander Hamilton, but who was against established political parties and never stood as the candidate of one.
What do you think about American politics?
As an American citizen I can accept our Founding Fathers and early leaders really believe our form of government will be the best for us. But I feel it is a fragile system; every time I watch the news or read articles on the internet I feel we have lost our seriousness to run this country the best way we can. This is what I think of our political system today. I feel U.S. democracy is looking like a game show scam. Do you agree or disagree? What do you think?
Does the public deserve the politicians it elects?
this is 4 a debate . so the topic is "the public deserves the politicians it elects" . & we need to oppose this caption. So wanna find out facts to support as to say that the public does not deserve the poticians it eleccts. If possible pls help
Do you think America would do better without political parties?
No, not necessarily. I mean despite the fact that political parties allow for divison, and Abraham Lincoln said "A house divided against itself cannot stand". I mean, I just think we should have better political parties; ones that adhere to the constitution. Then we wouldn't have much of the problems that we do today. Yeah, and I get what you mean by "the issues". The issues change a lot, and with the issues, the attitudes of those representing the party change. Therefore, one says that the "Party" itself has changed, but that's only if you view it that way. The Republican Party for example, always stood for low taxes and non-interventionism, and now look at the conflict in the middle east, and the illegal income tax.
How do U.S. political parties decide on which candidate will run for president?
Since only two parties matter they use two different methods.Republicans use a straight popularity vote. They have primaries and caucuses which all end in a convention where delegates from each state vote for the winner. In general the delegates vote as their respective primary or caucus voted. However, delegates don't have to vote threat their popularity vote went. If there is no clear winner, then revotes happen in the convention where candidates try to convince delegates to support them, which is when you see candidates drop out and votes change. For the most part Republicans follow the popular vote. Although, during the convention even a new candidate could be introduced and win.Democratic party methods are similar. However, Democrats have what are known as super delegates. These are Democratic party elites, about 600 of them and they can override the voting of normal delegates and of course popularity can be overridden. The super delegates allow the Democratic party elites to effectively appoint a winner or at least ensure someone tolerable to the elites wins. Take Obama, the elites wanted Obama in, so they made sure he was in. Bill Clinton was unknown until the convention. With no clear leader, the back room deals with super delegates meant they could appoint him.The Democratic party leadership has significantly more control over who wins in their party. There are some interesting states with primaries. California is new to the open primary. This means a person can vote in any primary, you do not have to because party member. So what has happened so far is Democratic party members will in fact vote in the Republican primary as a means to sabotage the Republicans by voting for the worst Republican in the hopes of making it easier for the favored democrat to win in the general election. California also uses now a 3rd world country style system where the top two candidates are two who received the most votes. This means it is possible California could have no Republican candidate for the general election. Unlikely but possible.
Why are politicians not demanding we drill our own oil?
Because the liberals, for some crazy reason, want us to be dependent on foreign unstable governments. As oil has skyrocketed this week, natural gas has actually gone down in price this week as we do not have to import natural gas! imagine if we used our own resources that we have, until we have perfected alternatives resource, and built nuclear power plants. But why do the intelligent thing?
Why can’t a poor man or woman run for political office?
Of course they can, but if you’re poor, you’re probably spending all your energy trying to keep body and soul together, which makes extremely difficult — not impossible — to make the political connections necessary to attain the level of popular and financial support you need to be a successful candidate.This is just one of the structural issues confronting the poor in America — and frankly, one of the lesser ones. I’d say health and education rank well above it.