In the 2012 Presidential election, voter turn out was at 59 percent1. For the 2014 midterm election it was 36.4 percent2; voter turnout was the lowest it's been in any election cycle since World War II."3 One of the main issues, plaguing the U.S. Government, is low voter turnout. American citizens...
Roosevelt expanded and proclaimed presidential power; as well as enlarged executive authority that was established by earlier presidents in office before him. ... Rather than inflating the executive power, he limited it. ... " (pg. 22) Lincoln had established vastly broader limits for presidential power in times of national emergency. Franklin D Roosevelt in many ways expanded and asserted presidential power by augmenting executive authority established by earlier presidents. ... Giving a president so much power could lead into failure. ...
While the reforms had the desired effect of lessening the administrative power of the president it did so by making political institutions more bureaucratic. ... He claimed that according to the Constitution, the power to declare war is not in the hands of the President but in those of Congress. ... This assault on the national government was carried out to protect the power of local communities. ... Their goal was to reduce the power and influence of political organizations and instead they favored a national administrative power. ... As a possible solution to this dilemma Milkis proposes t...
Eventually all rebelling states successfully reconstructed under the presidential plan . ... Also, Republicans believed that the replacement of black males would provide a backbone for the Republican party in the South, preventing Southern Democrats from gaining power. ...
