Polling data show that we Americans are pretty much dissatisfied with the effect
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Question
Polling data show that we Americans are pretty much dissatisfied with the effectiveness of all institutions of government at the local, state and federal levels today. Experts suggest that the mass appeal of a Donald Trump or Senator Bernie Sanders has a good deal to do with their desire to make politicians and government more responsive to what voters want government to do. Your assignment is to identify and discuss three ways in which our nation’s political process could be changed to become more responsive to problems at home and abroad. Provide three brief but well-developed paragraphs, one paragraph for each of the three proposed changes, (1) explaining the problem that needs to be solved and (2) how this might be accomplished (elections, federal statute, constitutional amendment, etc.) An Internet search of The Constitutional Center www.constitutioncenter.org website and other similar webpages listed there may be helpful.
Explanation / Answer
Our political system consumed by polarisation. Last year 66% of Americans said they did not think the federal government has the consent of the governed, and 86% said they felt the political system does not serve the interests of the people.
In the areas of health care, foreign policy, education, infrastructure, and beyond problems in our democracy directly affect our ability to solve problems, both at home and abroad.
More than two centuries after the adoption of the Constitution, the American political system is, in many critical aspects and depending on one’s perspective, either still a work in progress or in need of serious repair. Some points of contention date back several decades (low voter turnout) or even to the adoption of the Constitution (the Electoral College), while others have crystallized in the modern era (campaign finance regulation). No American would say the United States is a perfect democracy, or even that it administers elections as well it should. All three branches of government, every one of the 50 states, and more than 3,100 counties each play a distinct role in defining and implementing the political process in our federal system. This means not only that ours is a broadly inclusive, locally based democracy, but that many, many people and entities have collaborated in the construction of an electoral framework that has lately dismayed America’s admirers, and brought glee to critics of the United States
An internet search of constitutional center provides information of all rights of individulas, Right to information. It is necessary to visit constitutional center to understand political background.