Elections Test

In the state of our nation today, I believe that the elections of our leaders aren’t entirely democratic because in this day it is very difficult to fund an election as an average man. Elections today are all about exposure and without proper funding that exposure can be very difficult to attain. Hard money can be defined as money that is given directly to a candidate, and soft money is money that is given to the party. Hard money is regulated so that candidates cannot directly receive too much funding, while soft money is money that is given to the political party as a whole to avoid these regulations. Media bias refers to the bias that is put into the stories that various sources of news by the people that write the stories. They will often write things in a way so that their viewpoint is the only one that is seen by the viewer, and because of this the viewer is incapable of seeing both sides. Political Action Committees play an important role in elections because they fund the political parties which then fund the propaganda and things of the election. Voter turnout refers to the amount of eligible voters that decide end up casting their ballots in an election. This can very much affect the outcome of an election based on which voter loses more votes due to a weak voter turnout. Although the parties are funded by other people, for the average man, getting the exposure needed to attain this funding can be extremely difficult especially in comparison to a wealthy man that can spend money to get his name and ideas out to the people. The average man truly can get to Washington if he has the determination in getting his name out, but it is still much more difficult to get your name out without great wealth, and that is why I believe it is not truly democratic. These people do have the possibility of gaining political power, but their opportunities aren’t equal to that of people with wealth, ant true democracy is about equality.