Some issues put forward by the government may be too complicated for the people to understand, which means they may have difficulty deciding on their opinion due to lack of knowledge. Referendums may encourage giving power to the people, however, making important decisions should probably be left for the elected MP’s to conclude, simply for the fact that they are experts. Another advantage of using referendums is that they stop the government from making decisions which aren’t suited, or are unpopular with the public when an issue raised has had a large population vote ‘no’. If the government change a referendum’s verdict, then the public are less likely to conform to it which means the government have no choice in which to carry out their final decision. The second disadvantage of holding more referendums is that
This is where churches are run like a business and they compete against each other, which creates lots of improvements to get new people in. In England, however, there is very little choice, its more like if you are religious and a Christian, you have very little choice but to go to The Church Of England. Another reason why membership and support in religious organisations has declined in the last 30 years is because it is very rare for a child to be brought up religious. Parents and Grandparents have their faith, but opt not to force religion onto their child, instead they would prefer to let the child choose their beliefs themselves. In todays modern day, it is very unlikely for a child to choose to be religious.
Why Leaders Should Not Follow Opinion Polls Leaders usually seek all possible advice before they arrive at their decisions. They want to use every means available for determining what the people want and what people believe about current issues. Public opinion polls can furnish one form of evidence which they can use together with evidence from other sources. A Leader would probably not rely solely on the polls for an estimate of public opinion, but he could be expected to use the public’s opinion. To what extent should leaders rely on polling results to guide them in voting on legislation?
In the United States, surveys has been the something we could rely on to predict and determine political polls. The media has the power to provide us information about what is happening throughout the election process of who is running, winning, or other important details. Most of the citizens and government officials in our state, stated that the United States does not pay much of attention about polling. Sometimes, the political polls do not accurately represent the views on population either. However, I do believe that polls are inaccurate because of certain reasons and supports that has been talked about by specific people who knows a lot about polling.
Because people that do not vote can be disadvantaged it is important to understand who is more likely to vote to better help them. According to Harder and Krosnick (2008) there are many different demographic, psychological and social factors that can cause a person to vote or not to vote. Indicating factors such as race, education, income and age are some of the standout reasons of why a person chooses to vote or not to vote. Understanding why people do not vote could be of specific interest to elected officials because they are tasked with representing the entire population. By understanding why a person chooses to participate in the electoral process it could help officials to increase voter turnout so that public policy benefits all of the population, not just a select
Party membership has decreased over recent years which correlate into less people voting. In 1980, 4.12% of electorate were party members; fallen to 0.95% in 2008. The Labour party, 1950, has more than 1 million members and in 2009 it has fallen to 166,000. The Conservative party, 1950 had 2.8 million members and in 2009 it has also fallen dramatically to only 250,000. This means there are not enough activists to engage voters, because if you are a member of a political party you will help with posters, propaganda, spreading the ideologies of your party, but with fewer members joining than in past years, there will be fewer members voting which suggests that fewer people are taking an interest in politics and participation.
British political leaders only agreed to televised debates for the first time in the General Election of 2010. * The first televised debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in 2012 attracted almost 70 million viewers. Even allowing for the difference in population, the televised debates between the British party leaders do not attract the same level of interest. * In an American presidential election, turnout is typically around 50% (although in the 2008 election it was over 60%) and, in the case of mid-term Congressional elections, turnout typically falls to around 40%. In the UK, turnout in General Elections used to be around 75% but more recently has fallen to around
But if we are a country of democracy why should someone be forced into reciting or doing something they don’t feel believe in. I think the schools should write their own pledge relating to the education side of things. Having your own voice and being heard is a big part of our culture today. I think the children who didn’t recite the Pledge were somewhat outcaste. So the kids who didn’t say it were perfectly identified as different.
Voter turnout has actually been increasing since the 1996 election, but still only 56.8% of the voting age population went out to cast their voice in the 2008 election. This is the highest percentage of people that voted since the 1968 election and 2008 marks the largest number of people that have voted in the United States history. The thing is that the 56.8% turnout in the United States is nothing compared to that of Italy, for example, where the voter turnout was 83.6% for 2006. The 56.8% turnout of voters in 2008 also means that the winner did not win by the majority of the whole population of the United States. The election could have turnout out different if everyone actually took the time to learn about the issues going on and made a educated vote, but who knows, it could have turned out the same.
I believe that it is sad that no one has taken legislative action which leads me to have a mistrust in the branches and how they function. Also how it has gotten to be 19 school shootings this year and it is the beginning of march. The media has influenced my views by having a political bias on a certain political party. In this way I only see one side of the story which gives me almost false information when it comes to discussion on politics. Not only does media impact the bias but so does public education, growing p in public schools you hear how the government is not funding enough money to education, teachers aren't getting enough money , yet we still stand for the pledge.