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Democracy and Politics This topic is relevant in this era especially after the recent two major world occurrences that were spearheaded by politics and elections, the first being Brexit and the other being election of an outsider as the president of the United States. Though the majority of a Britons voted for Brexit, there were still a considerable number of citizens that were against the move, and thus their voice was ignored. This is because the decision was made after a very primitive one round referendum which was based on a simple majority. This means that the fate of the entire European continent was changed by one swing which is not sensible at all owing to the fact that most of the voters were poorly informed and disenchanted and their choice was mostly politically motivated. On the other hand, most of the US citizens voted for Hillary Clinton, but she lost due to the electoral college votes which mean that majority of the voters feel cheated and the may feel like the elections limit democracy rather than promoting it. This topic is relevant to this course since it is about Politics and Democracy which is a core area of study in this course. Literature Review According to most surveys, elections are held to bring democracy whereby every individual is given an equal right to choose their leaders through the ballot. In other cases, elections are also held to pass different policies like constitutional reforms. In the referendum in the United Kingdom, the general public participated in an election so as to choose whether they were to remain in the European Union or not. What started as a boardroom debate had been put to the vote before which politicians went round
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