Political News Post Week 2

  Today I chose to do my blog research on Trump's views on immigration. He believes that any undocumented immigrants should be deported immediately. This being said, republican voters and other republican leaders are having concerns that Trump is still indecisive about his policies on immigration. Recently, however, Trump has made it very clear how he feels toward immigration. He believes that they "have to go," and if they don't have a place to go, then we will "work with them," but they cannot stay in America. He also forms a focus around deporting the illegal criminal immigrants. This news story also touched on Trump's tweet and reaction to the shooting of Dwayne Wade's cousin, and uses this as an opportunity to get African-American voters on his side.

http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/trump-campaign-struggles-to-strike-right-tone-on-immigration-policy-753207875527

"Culture War"

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34611878

    These two videos, followed by a short article, in my opinion seem to determine that America is in fact in the midst of a culture war.  From women's rights to gay marriage to legalization of marijuana , everywhere we turn theres debates going on between citizens in America with different beliefs.

Political Blogs Week 1

     Today I chose to do my political research on Hilary Clintons e-mail issues. The FBI just recently discovered 15,000 of Clinton's emails, this is a problem because work related emails for or from the presidential candidates can't be private. This is to ensure no unfair advantages or so that no information gets leaked that is not suppose to be. Thousands of the 15,000 emails discovered were classified as work related, which could cause serious legal issues for Clinton in the presidential race. The FBI is now debating rather to make these emails public or keep them to themselves. Clinton has not responded very well to this issue, she has responded more with outrage, which does not help her case.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/the-fbi-just-uncovered-15000-more-clinton-emails-heres-why-thats-a-problem-for-her/2016/08/23/c693d8d6-6945-11e6-91cb-ecb5418830e9_video.html

Political News Story Week 1

     I chose to do this political blog post to follow the progress of Trump in the election. A realization between both Democrats and Republicans has effected the view on this turning in to a "stolen election." Since the election in 2010, Republicans have tried to form a system of stricter voter identification laws. Democrats seem to view this as a way to cause an obstruction to the voting process, benefitting Republicans. There is a theory that Trump is encouraging his supporters to be election day volunteers, which can be viewed as him trying to pressure the voters to side with him, known as voter intimidation. Words have recently spiraled around Trump as manipulative and fraud-like, which could be argued as true because of his latest face in the news. This raises high concerns for republicans. Figures within the political race have gotten quite offended by these accusations. For example, "It's a sad day when Donald Trump and the Republicans have to rely on scaring people out of voting to try to achieve their electoral aims," says Marc Elias.
   I am not entirely sure how to feel on this issues because I can see where both sides come from, but if Trump really is being manipulative in his ways of voting I cannot agree with that.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/22/us/politics/donald-trump-a-rigged-election-and-the-politics-of-race.html?_r=0

Political News Story Week 1

     Today I chose to do my political research on a city in Arizona who may have been "forgotten" by Obamacare. This was mostly caused by national insurers holding back and co-op plans failing. This competition decline causes the prices to go up and causes less people being able to afford it, such as those in Pinal County located in Phoenix, Arizona. This healthcare plan problem is growing within this community, as fewer and fewer citizens can afford healthcare insurance. At one time there was a nonprofit co-op plan put in place for those in this community who could not afford healthcare, but that plan quickly unraveled leaving the citizens of Pinal County to make tough and risky decisions.
   In the future this community has some serious conversations and decisions to be made regarding the issue of insurances of their citizens.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/the-county-obamacare-forgot-227251

Political News Story Week 1

     I focused on a story about the recent abortion laws in the state of Florida. Yesterday Florida decided to drop a pretty serious set of abortion laws that would prevent any state funds from going to any organizations that provided abortions. This law would have also included more serious inspections for abortion clinics. The notion has been filed to be revoked. The planned parenthood organization of Florida was very thankful to the courts for stepping in to protect health care systems. The state still has the option to repeal the notion made by the court to forgo further fights to set the abortion laws. The governor of Florida is "pro-life" so there is a chance the state will revoke the request to no longer make an attempt to pass the abortion laws, which governor Scott agrees with.
    Personally, I would have to agree with the decision to not go further in the case to pass abortion laws. Women should have the choice to have children or not since their lives could be the only ones that get effected by the birth of the child. To take away a women's right to choose rather to start a family or not is unconstitutional in my opinion.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-abortion-law-definitively-blocked-federal-judge/

Political News Story Week 1

      Today I chose to do my political news blog on the rivalry between Clinton and Trump. Trump has begun to point out Clinton's health as an issue that needs to be addressed in the race for presidency. This seems to be ironic because Trump is a year older than Clinton. The opinion is stated in the video I watched that Trump is pointing out these health concerns of Clinton's out of his own insecurity and ego. Trump has been heading in the direction of falling off the deep end ever since his convention. Trump has hit a low point in the presidential race and is trying to take some of the light off of his downfalls and turn the attention on Clinton.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/clinton-health-concerns-pushback-227159

Most and Least Religious State Summary

   While reading this article I learned that Alabama and Mississippi are the most religious states, while New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maine in New England are among the least religious states. In this analysis there were several different factors that could cause a citizen to be considered highly religious. To be considered as part of the "highly religious" citizens of a state, the person must perform two of the four observable behaviors. These behaviors include praying daily, attending religious services once a week at minimum, having a belief in God with certainty, and vocalizing that religion is important in their life.

     Political scientist are most likely interested in this data in hopes it will help them predict the political stance of the majority of each state. Religion usually seems to play a role in rather a person is Republican or Democratic, so this religion survey helps predict which states each representative needs to win over.

The Start of AP Gov.

    I have already learned a lot from our few AP Gov classes we have had. It has helped me to realize some of my own political views and think deeply on what I truly believe. It has also shown me that I can get pretty passionate when it comes to my personal beliefs. A new concept to me is that you can relate pretty much anything to politics. Before this class I viewed politics as just boring election stuff and did not ever take the time to evaluate if it was an interest of mine or not. From the few class meetings we have had I can already tell it is going to be an interesting course.