Discuss the factors that influence the voting behaviours of members of congress First and foremost, almost all members of congress are members of a political party (either the Republicans or the Democrats) and so naturally we could expect that their party membership could come in to play to influence their voting choices. Traditionally there has always been a significant variety of opinion and ideology within each party, meaning that party membership alone was no guarantee of any particular voting behaviour. While today some variety does remain, it is widely accepted that the parties have become more ideologically separate from one another and internally homogenous. In 1953 party unity votes in congress were at 52.1% in the House and 51.7% in the senate. By 1982 it had fallen to 36.4% and 43.4%, however since then it has risen dramatically to 72.8% and 59.8% in 2012.
There are many reasons for the changes in divorce rates since the 1969 such as the legal changes, the changing role and position of women, also how the expectations for marriage is different. It is shown that from 1969 until 1972, divorce rates had doubled from around 50,000 divorces in the UK. It had more than tripled to 170,000 in 2000. Despite this, divorce rates dropped in 1993 from 180,000 to 157,000 in 2001. We know that in the past divorce was very hard to get as it was only legal for the men to file a divorce and was socially unacceptable.
And so, while people may view the president and presidency from various media angles and generate their own opinions, the overall sentiment of the media towards the president has a way of swaying such opinions, as we can never clearly and objectively see what’s going on for ourselves. The major problem with finding objective news and information, from which one can formulate an opinion, is that most every media source is biased in some way. This forces one to take from diverse news stations, newspapers, internet blogs, etc. in order to forge a balanced opinion. Therein is the confusion of how much to believe from each source and how to piece it all together.
Analyse the principal characteristics of Britain's contemporary political culture In Britain today, the contemporary political culture is vast. There are many different, complicated reasons why people vote they way they do, there are four main theories for why we do this: the party identification theory, the sociological theory, the rational choice theory and the dominant ideology theory. Partisanship is the idea that most voters have stable and long term feelings for one of the major parties. A partisan alignment is the long term allegiance of voters to a political party, which is part of the party identification theory, it means that there will be many devote followers to certain parties, however partisan de alignment is the breakdown of this devotedness since the 1970's as evidenced by the fact that in 1964 43% of the voters were very strong supporters and by 2005 only 13% were. Partisan de-alignment is when an individual chooses a brand new party to align with There was a strong link between class and voting behaviour.
Walter serves as merely one out of numerous individuals who view material possessions as the sole and authoritative factor in determining one’s success. According to a 2012 study from the San Francisco Federal Reserve, those who make less than $10,000 per year are 50 percent more likely to commit suicide than those making over $60,000 per year (Fairchild). However, there are still the millions of middle and lower class individuals all around the world who, though lacking in material gain, consider themselves to be successful. Their reasoning for this belief vary – family, loved ones, happiness, an enjoyable job, perhaps even the simplicity of their lifestyle – but their belief in having achieved success remains constant, even despite their
The crime rate for robberies in Albany in 2010 was 105.1 per 100,000 people. In Abilene the crime rate for robberies in 2010 was 72.7 per 100,000 people. In both metropolitan areas the crime of robbery did go down from the previous year. In Albany, GA the crime rate per 100,000 people was 152.0 in 2009, which could be considered a big drop in one year. In Abilene, TX the crime rate per 100,000 people was 91.5 in 2009.
Illegal immigrants are the least-educated group, with nearly 75 percent having at most a high school education. Overall, 55 percent of the foreign-born population has no education past high school, compared to 42 percent of natives. The median immigrant worker has an income of $30,000 per year, trailing native workers by about 18 percent. At $22,500 per year, illegal aliens make even less than their legal counterparts. Though U.S.-born children of legal immigrants are no more likely to be in poverty than those in native households, the children of illegal aliens and foreign-born children of legal immigrants
It is not only in America that the young do not exercise their democratic rights. In 2010 just 44% of people aged 18 to 24 voted in Britain’s general election, compared with 65% of people of all ages. In not a single European country do the young turn out more than older people. Historically, youth turnout has never been particularly high anywhere, but over the past few decades things have got worse. One explanation favoured by older people is that the young are simply lazy.
For example, in 1946, only 37% of petitions came from woman – barely half todays figure. The most common reason for a woman to be granted a divorce is the unreasonable behaviour of her husband. Some couples are more likely than others to divorce, those couples whose marriages are at greatest risk include those who marry young, have children before they marry or cohabit before marriage, and those where one or both partners have been married before. Divorce was very difficult to obtain in 19th-century Britain, especially for woman. Gradually, changes in the law had made divorce easier.
Statistics show teen pregnancy is lower in other countries because they receive more education and have less access to Family planning services, Birth control methods and public assistance. Teen girls who become pregnant, about thirty-five percent have an abortion, rather than bear a child. In this day in age it is much easier to get an abortion, without anyone finding out. Young women under the age of eight-teen can take matters into their own hands. You may be wondering, How minor girls; can get an abortion without parental consent, When they are not even old enough to vote?