{"id":2178,"date":"2018-03-25T23:43:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T03:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/introamgov-mcgowen\/?p=2178"},"modified":"2018-03-25T23:43:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T03:43:13","slug":"the-demonstration-of-a-prospective-voting-model-in-the-2016-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/introamgov-mcgowen\/2018\/03\/25\/the-demonstration-of-a-prospective-voting-model-in-the-2016-election\/","title":{"rendered":"The Demonstration of a Prospective Voting Model in the 2016 Election"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chapter 10: A Participatory Democracy<\/b><\/p>\n

The Demonstration of a Prospective Voting Model in the 2016 Election<\/span><\/p>\n

In the fight to determine what the government will do, each of the parties during the 2016 presidential election aimed to portray different perceptions on the issues that american voters face day-to-day. As a result, the United States two-party system exceedingly demonstrated the prospective voting model in the 2016 election. The prospective voting model is described in Chapter 10 as a theory of democratic elections in which voters decide what government will do in the near future by choosing one or another responsible party.<\/span><\/p>\n

The election results identified Trump as the next republican president of the United States because the majority believed that his party would take a clear stance on the issues and enact them as policy once in office. The majority of voters did not want a continuance of the same government operations for the next 4-8 years, which is why they casted their ballots based on the political parties\u2019 different visions. Trump supporters initially perceived that the republican party would become a responsible party when the advocated policies were implemented as the two-party system maintained unified and cohesive. However, as described below, Trump\u2019s administration has faced many problems that political parties experience as they attempt to transition from a \u201cprospective\u201d to a \u201cresponsible\u201d party.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The chart above displays results from a survey completed for ABC NEWS in November, 2017. The poll determined that just 35% of Americans approve of his job performance, which is the lowest of any president after being in office for only 9 months dating back to 1946. Along with the results demonstrated above, the poll determined 55% of the participants believe he is not enacting his major campaign promises, which happened to be up 14% since his 100-day mark in April, 2017. Since Trump gained office after a heated election, the lack of compromises with the losing party has only decreased his overall presidential approval rating and job performance. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Upholding the standards of a responsible party does not seem to be the case with the republican party since Trump gained popular control of the government in January, 2017. As demonstrated in the chart above created by an ABC NEWS survey, the level of expectations based on the concerns of the american people have only declined within the current administration\u2019s first 9 months in office. For example, the biggest shortfall identified that 66% of 18- to 29-year-olds initially expected him to do an excellent or good job handling the economy and now only 34% believe that is taking place.<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/year-surprise-election-65-percent-trumps-achieved-poll\/story?id=50907926<\/p>\n

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