Question

1.what are the advantages or disadvantages of campaigns to Democratic systems?
2. how might voter identification laws influence who participates in elections?
3. how would political campaigns change if citizens United is overturned?

Answer 1

1. Democracy has allowed unviolent change of government. For elections, power is exchanged between parties. The voters determine who governs, as any elected government has only a short duration, and then they have to face elections again and fight against other parties to regain power again. This electoral system prevents the ruling party from controlling because the ruling party must work to keep its voters satisfied or they won't be in the next election term. Citizens thus gain a sense of power over taking part in the voting process and choosing their government.

Democracy gives people control, but it is easy for people to be manipulated by those around them, and especially the media. Indirectly, the media have a lot of influence on society, because they make citizens aware of the country's political situation, provided it is reported by the media, which may not be the reality at all. Hence, the people are not fully aware of the country's political problems, and thus make the wrong, mistaken decision when voting during elections. The authorities must also focus on working for the people, when trying to win votes during the elections

2.  These legislation creates an unnecessary barrier for already disadvantaged sub-sets of voters, particularly when voters need to be registered for registration. It can be time-consuming and frustrating to obtain identification even in states that provide free voting IDs. Would-be voters can be dissuaded by cost of compliance, established or unfounded voter fraud concerns, and vague procedures to get proper identification. Both supporters and opponents are split along political and ideological lines, and little rigorous research has explored how notification of Identification requirements to voters affects turnout and, if so, which methods of communication have the greatest impact.

3. The ruling has led to massive rises in foreign-group political spending, greatly increasing the already outsized political influence of wealthy donors, businesses and special interest groups. An election system which is heavily skewed towards wealthy donors also sustains racial bias and increases the disparity in racial wealth. Citizens United has allowed special interest groups on political spending. Super PACs are not limited by the restrictions they spend on what they can collect or spend. Super PACs are also required to disclose their contributors, but those donors may include dark money groups that make the original funding source vague.