1. Explain the difference between hard and soft money:Hard money is money that is contributed directly to the candidate running for office while soft money is money that is contributed to the party to spend on their party activities.
2. What is the electoral process and is this something that you agree or disagree with and why?The electoral process is the process in which one person from one party is chosen to run for office. I agree with having more than one candidate running for office that a primary election is held so only one person continues but nobody is left out of the running.
3. What is the difference between a closed and open primary?
A closed primary is a primary in which a person votes for the party in which he or she is registered as. An open primary is a primary in which a person can vote for either party in which they choose.
4. Explain what absentee voting is and what the positives and negative may be with regards to it:Absentee voting is voting that takes place before election day because a person will be out of town or if they are ill they have a chance to vote. The positive effect of absentee voting is that people can vote when they want which will allow more people to vote. A negative effect is that a person's vote may get lost or stolen in the mail.
5. What changes do you see in the way we run elections ten years from now?Elections will have the same concept because it has for years but the advertisement might change due to increase in technology. Also there probably will be online voting by then since it is already getting mentioned.
6. Explain your views on money and elections with regards the amount of money that is spent:Although I understand that people want to get there name out there so people will vote for them, I think that it is amazing how much money we are spending on elections when there are starving people in America and other places in the world.
7. Go to cnn.com or foxnews.com and find an article dealing with the election process. Post the article in your blog and provide your viewpoints pertaining to the article.
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