About - Democracy Matters Adonal Foyle, President, Founder and President, Democracy Matters; Retired NBA Player Jay Mandle, Ph.D., Treasurer, W. Bradford Wiley Professor of Economics Emeritus, Colgate University; Author, Money on My Mind Mike Burke, Author “On the Wing” column, Chesapeake Bay Journal; former senior environment and energy aide to Senator Ben Cardin Brandy Bones, Vice President, ICF, , former DM Campus Coordinator at Colgate University Daryn Cambridge, Senior Director, Learning & Digital Strategies at International Center on Nonviolent Conflict; Peace Educator in Residence at American University Adam Eichen, Equal Citizens, journalist, co-author of Daring Democracy. Bonnie Hallam, Program Coordinator at Bryn Mawr College, formerly of the Food Trust Max Stahl, Former Democracy Matters Assistant Director Burt Weltman, Retired Professor, William Patterson University Iridian Lucas-Garcia, former DM intern, Dutchess Community College Lillian Thorne, former intern, Simmons University
Word box Kids News explainer: US presidential election This year’s presidential election is one of the most watched in US election history – regardless of whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden is the winner. Here’s a guide to what will and could happen. WHEN IS THE ELECTION? The US presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. This year’s election is held on Tuesday, November 3 US time (Wednesday November 4 AEDT*). WHAT ARE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS? Mr Trump chose current Vice President Mike Pence as his running mate and Mr Biden chose Senator Kamala Harris. The Republicans use red as their colour (for instance for signs, logos, T-shirts and flags). States where voting is very close or that change between Republican and Democrat each election are called swing states. WHO CAN VOTE? Unlike in Australia, voting is not compulsory. HOW DO PEOPLE VOTE? This year, partly because of the coronavirus pandemic, a record number of Americans have voted early, many by mailing in their vote. 2.
Groupwork Is America a democracy? If so, why does it deny millions the vote? Martin Luther King Jr marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965 in protest of attempts by white legislators across the south to prevent African Americans from voting. At the time, black people outnumbered white people in Selma but comprised only 2% of the voting rolls. Over 50 years later, King’s cousin, Christine Jordan, then 92 years old, showed up at her polling station in Atlanta, Georgia, to vote in the 2018 midterm election, just as she had in elections for the previous 50 years. “It’s horrible, she held civil rights meetings in her home and they had no record of her,” Jessica Lawrence, her granddaughter, said at the time. Jordan’s troubles were not unusual. Until recently, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ensured that the federal government had oversight of changes to voting systems in those US states that had a history of voting discrimination. In an interview last year Barack Obama said, “We’re the only advanced democracy that deliberately discourages people from voting.”
Presidential debate: Trump and Biden trade insults in chaotic debate Media playback is unsupported on your device President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden have fiercely clashed in one of the most chaotic and bitter White House debates in years. Mr Trump frequently interrupted, prompting Mr Biden to tell him to "shut up" as the two fought over the pandemic, healthcare and the economy. The US president was challenged over white supremacist support and refused to condemn a specific far-right group. Opinion polls suggest Mr Biden has a steady single-digit lead over Mr Trump. But with 35 days until election day, surveys from several important states show a closer contest. Polls also suggest one in 10 Americans have yet to make up their mind how to vote. What were the key moments? Overall, the 90-minute debate in Cleveland, Ohio, was light on serious policy discussion. The tenor became clear early on as the two candidates sparred over healthcare. "Will you shut up, man?" Who are Proud Boys and antifa? In other moments: Reuters Image copyright EPA Reuters
US election 2020 dictionary - CBBC Newsround Getty Images On 3 November 2020, the US will decide who they want to be their next president. Stories about the US election are all over the news, as Donald Trump and Joe Biden campaign to win the votes of the US public. But there are a lot of complicated words and names being used. Check out Newsround's US election dictionary below to find out what they all mean. Blue state This is a state where people will generally vote for the Democratic party - that is presidential candidate Joe Biden's party. Campaign Joe Biden was Barack Obama's vice-president from 2009 to 2017 When people in the same political party go around the country and try to persuade people to vote for them, this is called campaigning. Joe Biden and Donald Trump have been campaigning for many months to persuade people around the US that they should be the next president. Capitol This is a building in Washington DC where part of the US government lives, called Congress. Reuters The US Capitol building in Washington DC Caucus Congress
French Political Vocabulary for the US Elections | French à la folie La Politique aux États-Unis… en version française Tout d’abord, je m’explique. In this article, I’m focusing on US political affairs and how American political jargon is expressed in French. But why this unconventional approach, why not France, and why the US? Widening Our Scope First, it’s an issue of applicability. Motivation Makes a Difference Second, there’s a motivational and strategic reason. An American Twist As for the US, I selected American politics because 1) much of the terminology has applications elsewhere, including France; 2) it gets the most news coverage globally, so it’s less mysterious and an easier entry point; and 3) the French and other francophones often have a lot to say about it. So, as unconventional as it is, my goal here is to contribute something new, different, and useful—but still entirely complementary to the traditional, francocentric approach to vocabulary. Le vocabulaire Key: Masculine / Feminine Find a section: Les Idées – The Ideas Les Lieux – The Places
US election 2020: How do you become US president? Image copyright Getty Images People in the US state of Iowa are about to start the process of finding a Democratic candidate to take on President Trump in the 2020 US presidential race. This small agricultural state in the US Midwest is the first one to cast votes and will be followed by the other 49 and the US territories. The winner that emerges will do battle for the White House in the presidential election in November. So, how do you get the world's most powerful job? Who gets to stand? A president must be at least 35 years old, a "natural born US citizen" and a US resident for at least 14 years, according to the US Constitution - the country's founding charter. Most candidates have a background in politics and have held an elected position, like senator, governor, vice-president, or member of Congress. But they also occasionally come from the military, like former Army General Dwight Eisenhower, or the business world like Donald Trump, a former real estate developer and reality TV star.
Liste des présidents des États-Unis Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Les tableaux ci-dessous présentent une liste des présidents des États-Unis d’Amérique depuis l'Indépendance, du plus ancien au plus récent, ainsi qu'une frise chronologique les présentant d'après leur étiquette politique, du plus récent au plus ancien. En outre, Grover Cleveland est le seul président à avoir été élu pour deux mandats non consécutifs. Il est donc à la fois le 22e et le 24e président. Ainsi, on écrit souvent que Barack Obama est le 44e président, mais il n'y a que 42 personnes qui ont porté ce titre avant lui. Un seul président a accédé à la présidence sans avoir été élu : succédant à Richard M. Neuf présidents américains n'ont pas terminé leur mandat et ont donc été remplacés par leur vice-président. À ce jour, il reste quatre anciens présidents des États-Unis encore vivants : Jimmy Carter, George H. Barack Obama est le premier président afro-américain de l'histoire des États-Unis, enfin, John F.
US election 2020: Why it can be hard to vote in the US A fierce battle over who should vote and how has sparked hundreds of lawsuits and prompted accusations of voter suppression. So what are the barriers to voting and why do they exist? Images of the long queues of early voters were both celebrated as a sign of enthusiasm and criticised as evidence of a creaking electoral system. Queues, restrictive voting laws and limited access to polling stations all keep people from participating in the democratic process, says Andrea Hailey, the CEO of Vote.org, a non-partisan non-profit that aims to use technology to help people register to vote. Some of those obstacles have been amplified by the pandemic, which has led to a nationwide shortage of poll workers and fewer in-person polling stations. "People are having to jump through an extra series of hoops just to participate," Ms Hailey warned. In response to the obvious risks in getting large numbers of people to polling stations this year, many states eased up on voting restrictions. 10-hour waits
Here's how Joe Biden plans to change Social Security if elected president The coronavirus pandemic could have a big impact on Social Security’s financial prospects. And that means the future of the program could be a bigger issue in the 2020 presidential election. This year alone, about 65 million Americans will receive more than $1 trillion in benefits through Social Security retirement, disability and survivor benefits. But the funds used to pay those benefits will likely become depleted sooner than previously anticipated due to the effects Covid-19 has had on the U.S. economy. Just how quickly those funds could run out is still to be determined. More from Personal Finance:What’s ahead for your taxes if Biden wins the election7 states approved to offer extra $300 weekly unemployment benefitsHow to get a college tuition refund if things go south this semester But the depletion of the funds has accelerated since then, with other projections indicating the program’s funds could run out as soon as 2032 or 2028. Biden and Sen. Biden and Sen.