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Chapter 3 starts off by addressing the growth of the executive power over the years. In the 1800's there were many problems to face, like the "population growth, and Industrial Revolution; the growing amount of legislation that favored private interest; and a mounting load of state indeptness"(51). Which is why the executive branch begin to accumulate more power during that time. But focusing on our present time today, their are some side affects to many old Constitutions. According to Ann O'M. Bowman many states that have very old constitutions seem to have trouble understanding them. This is do to the old language that is no longer spoken, and the misunderstanding of some words. The constitutions need to be translated into modern language for people to understand. Also these constitutions are made for people living at the time that the constitution was publish not now. This problems we have no are not the problems that citizens had back than. Apart from the constitu...

For this weeks chapter we are reading about Politics, Parties, and Campaigns. This chapter speaks deeply about the 2 important political groups which are Republican and Democratic. The two are described in Page 94, " The Republicans typically have been considered the party of the big business, the Democrats the party of the workers." I don't know how I feel about this description in the book, although it may be very true. The book states that, "Republicans tend to be more conservative, favoring   a limited role of government; Democrats tend to be more liberal, preferring a more activist government". These two groups work very hard during campaigns to try to get a representative to run for the presidency. Once elections are made one of two people are chosen to be the Presidents. On Figure 5.1 you can see the over the years the Republican Party has more older people who vote for them. Which is why this makes sense, the Republicans have more older people on their s...

For starters I would like recognize the fact that over the years the interest in politics has increased. I feel like back in time not many people cared about the presidency or elections. Or in some cases people were not allowed to vote. In the past, " restrictions based on property ownership and wealth, woman, blacks, and native americans were denied the right to vote" (72); only white male were allowed to vote. But, over time with the help of the increase in technology we are more aware of what is happening around us, that now we are interested in the world we are living in. Apart from technology, social media, and influencers such as celebrities and artist they have put their voice to use and expressed how they politically feel into their songs, talent, and more. This has taken a big influence in peoples political decision, but in overall people are more concern about voting, and issues in society today. Now and days, when their is a poll, everyone is encouraged to vote and...

Question: Why is there tension between the state and the local levels of government? In what ways is this tension healthy for our political system overall? The reason for why tension exists between the state and local government is because of the revenue sharing idea. Revenue Sharing gives states and localities greater flexibility in program spending and decision making. This new remedy allows states and locals to make decisions for themselves, and what they believe is best for their state or cities. Only citizens who are living in a city know about the problems they have to face daily. A local level of government are more involved in specific issues because they are dealing with a smaller population. As for the state, they work with broader,  bigger issues. Their problems may be the same yet still different. For example, same sex marriage at local city like San Fransisco choses to stand for LGBT rights. Same sex marriage is encouraged all over SF. You can see the same sex marri...