“The most powerful way to influence how politicians vote is by voting yourself. But Congress’s inability to pass effective legislation of any kind has led to a decrease in voting; why vote if it doesn’t matter. This means politicians are voted in by only the extremes and thus sets us in a vicious circle: voters…
Editor: This article on the 2018 Nevada elections was researched and written by Political Science students in the Fall, 2017 at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) in Professor Som Chounlamountry’s Section 4 class: Hugo Fernandez, Lillie Rellin, and Stephanie Lutfi. Nevada Elections in 2018 A seat in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional district and one for U.S….
Project Vote 2018: The Future of America is the latest partnership between brown-opossum-997463.hostingersite.com and the Political Science classes of Professor Som Chounlamountry at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). The campaign for 2018 mid-term Congressional and Senatorial elections began on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. While the Republicans were able to capture the White House, they were…
On Tuesday, lawyers defending a Wisconsin legislative map that gave Republicans many more seats in the State Assembly argued their case before the Supreme Court. Justice Anthony Kennedy grilled the attorneys, asking skeptical questions. But he didn’t have any question for the lawyers representing the Democratic voters challenging the map. Republican Justice Samuel Alito Junior…