Political Blog

How does the media play a role in voting turnouts? The topic about the graph above shows where voters have seen news about the 2016 campaign. For example, 19% of the voters use Fox News as their main source. One trend can be about the type of media the voters use. Majority of the Trump voters use fast media such as radios, t.v shows and social media such as Facebook. If you take a look at Clintons voters, you can see that her voters use a wide range of media such as local newspapers. Another trend is the switch between Fox News. Fox News is the main source of information for all voters but a minority of the group in Clintons voters use Fox News as their main source. Fox News does show biases because during the 2016 campaign Trump did not believe in what CNN said. CNN only spat out what was considered false statements and lies about Donald Trump. CNN was constantly challenging Donald Trump while Fox News asked him easier questions to brighten his image to the voters.

What are political parties? Political parties are basically a group of voters that are organized to support public policies. They aim to elect official stat will carry out the party's policy. It all seems to be very bias, they basically a point someone into a position that reflects closely or on the dot to their views. These groups want as many people involved. There are two parties currently in the US - Republicans, and Democrats.  Here is a quick understanding of what each party believes in:  REPUBLICANS - Business, conservative positions on social issues, about the concern of the size of government.  DEMOCRATS - Labor and minorities, the government can solve many of the nation's problems.  Let's go on a historic run Political parties didn't develop until the 1600s. It all started in ancient Greek, the pioneers created a democracy. Two separate groups that were separated were between patricians who were noble parties and plebe...

Let's talk about your interests! No~ not what you like or what you do, I'm talking about political interest. An interest group is basically an organization where people share a common interest. This collective of people come together to protect and promote their interests. These organizations influence and work closely with the government especially Congress. These interests groups basically figure out everything, down to the nit and grit to just have the Congress pass a policy. Interest groups a fatal to influencing a collective of people. Many of these groups are sponsored by people who donate money which helps their ideas widen to citizens and influence more. Let us take a look at an interest group!   Greenpeace is a moderately liberal interest group, just take a look at its name! A bunch of activists and supporters came together in 1971 to create Greenpeace. They work hard to address threats such as global warming, the destruction of ancient forests, deterioratio...