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America’s True Democratic Process
Midterm elections are right around the corner, just less than five months away now, and the American people are going to head out to the polls and triumphantly elect new members of the US House of Representatives and a significant portion of the United States Senate. Voters will decide based on a wide range of issues which candidate best suits their needs and which candidate will best represent them in Congress. Overall, a large portion of the nation will vote, and we’ll get to see the miracle of democracy in action.
Ha, sike. Funny, isn’t it?
On election day 2014 about 62 million voters, or around 36% of the electorate, will decide who will make the nation’s laws for the next two years, or six for some senators (or 36 for some Kentucky Senators). Overall if the 2014 elections look anything like the 2010 elections (let’s truly hope they don’t), the youth vote will be several percent smaller, turnout will be significantly lower, and the average American won’t vote. Going into the full-swing election season opinion polls show 66% of Americans or more want new members of Congress, 68% see Republicans as out of touch, 73% are in favor of a minimum wage increase, 59% think money should be distributed more evenly, and Democrats lead on Health Care, Energy, the Environment, Minimum Wage, Immigration, and tie on the economy by most polls.
Yet, on November 4th, 2014, it’s increasingly likely that not only will we most certainly elect a Republican speaker of the House, but also a Republican senate majority leader. How exactly does this happen?
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