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This 4 page paper examines presidential elections and how people vote. Whether people are disenfranchised is discussed. The electoral college and the red/blue map are also items included. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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of disenfranchisement because people in Florida were voting on shoddy equipment. This is sociologically significant because it suggests that there is an unfair divide in the populous. People from rich
districts do not have problems with their machines. The machines are maintained at the local level, and not the federal level. One might compare this with the Brown v. Board
of Education decision where it was suggested that a "separate but equal" policy is simply not possible. Equality does not come through separation. Voting booths all over the country are
different. Perhaps uniformity, and mandating that certain criteria be implemented, is key to preventing unfortunate incidents like the 2000 race from happening again. Of course, some question the validity of
the process anyway. Presidential agencies do implement sophisticated techniques sometimes referred to as spatial positioning or gamesmanship (Pious, 2002). An example is that in 1990 Bush advisers recommended that
the president should play a "game of chicken" with Democrats (2002). It sounds somewhat ludicrous or even childish, but this is how politics are played today. People vote by sound
bites. Is the media distorting the election process? Certainly, media does play an important role in the outcome of elections. A recent problem is that during the 2000 campaign, some
stations projected the winner before polls closed in California. This means that some people on the West coast likely did not bother to vote. Unfortunately, the media can be manipulative
and does play a role in the outcome of presidential elections. Another phenomenon to be addressed goes beyond the voting process and whether or not there is an unequal
distribution of resources in society. It goes beyond the influence of media. This other issue is aligned with how people vote. There are studies to show that the black vote
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