Democracy in the U.S.

Paper Summary:

In this article, the writer maintains that voting is essential to democracy, as it represents the expression of the will of the people through a majority voting process whose results all participating citizens implicitly agree to abide by. The writer looks at the history of voting in the US and discusses that the original basis for voting had religious undertones, whereby Christian values were intended to be integrated and manifested in this new government and new nation that was being formed in the new frontier that was The New World. The writer then looks at changes in the purpose of voting as the motives for voting have changed and America has evolved. Finally, the writer looks at technology as it relates to the voting process.

Outline:
Introduction: Democracy
Proposal of Government
Historical Perspective
How the Purpose has Changed Over Time
Current Events
Sources

From the Paper:

"Constitutionality represented a new form of power. We call this power Democracy, and in its ideal form it lays in the hands of the citizens. That is why voting is so essential to Democracy, as it represents the expression of the will of the people through a majority voting process whose results all participating citizens implicitly agree to abide by. The new relationship of the people to govern defined by voting evolved into a civil process in which more and more citizens were recognized and incorporated into the process, as those citizens excluded questioned the Constitutionality of its practice."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Abramowitz, Alan and Stone, Walter. "The Bush effect: polarization, turnout, and activism in the 2004 presidential election.(George W. Bush)." Presidential Studies Quarterly 36.2 (June 2006): p141(14).
• "History of Voting." 2007: http://www.flaglerelections.com/kids/history.htm
• IDEA (International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance). "Turnout in the World." 2007: http://www.idea.int/vt/survey/voter_turnout_pop2.cfm
• "Mayflower Compact." November 11, 1620: http://www.usiap.org/Legacy/Documents/MayflowerCompact.html
• Nourse, VF. "Toward a New Constitutional Anatomy." Stanford Law Review 56.4 (Feb 2004): p835(66).

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