1. Who were the candidates (identify by names) for governor in your state (identify your state) during the last general election (include full date)? Identify their political party affiliation. Who won the election? A: The five candidates for the general election held on November 4, 2014, for governor in the...

Interest groups can impact election outcomes in many ways, for their interest is to affect political change per the agenda of their organization. These groups achieve their political objectives through funding and participating in campaigns, these groups lobby the government, and they educate the public. Through these three avenues, interest...

The Electoral Vote comes from what is known as the Electoral College. The Electoral College was created so that bigger states with more people would not have more of say in who becomes the American president versus states with less people. Historically, some people were not able to travel to...

The results of the German elections seemed to cut the trend of surprising political situations that had led to the rise of populist ideas. However, a closer view of the results shows that they are not so different from the shock that the election of Donald Trump and the Brexit...

Emerging at the conclusion of the so-called classical era of the Civil Rights Movement, the Voting Rights and Immigration & Nationality Acts of 1965 extended significant rights and protections to racial minorities in the United States. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 enforces the rights of suffrage guaranteed in the...