Should the US government force citizens to vote?

http://m.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2015/0319/Should-the-US-government-force-citizens-to-vote-video

On Wednesday, after a town hall meeting in Cleveland, Ohio Obama wanted to make voting mandatory. The Secretary of State from New Hampshire does not like this idea. Obama wants to counteract the role of money in politics. Obama said, "That would counteract money more than anything. If everybody voted, then it would completely change the political map in this country, because the people who tend not to vote are young; they're lower income; they're skewed more heavily towards immigrant groups and minority groups; and they're often the folks who are – they're scratching and climbing to get into the middle class. And they're working hard, and there’s a reason why some folks try to keep them away from the polls.  We should want to get them into the polls." New Hampshires Secretary of State believes voting is a right to be excersied by not forced.  

I agree with Nee Jampshires Secretary of State because voting is a right. Of voting become mandatory than it will become a duty. Also we will have many people complain about it because you have to pay when you register to vote. 

Poll: Clinton strong; Bush has work to do

By Eric Bradner, CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/09/politics/poll-hillary-clinton-jeb-bush-2016-election/index.html

       A new poll shows that in the 2016 presidential race, Hillary Clinton will be in a better position to win over Jeb Bush. The NBC News polls show that Hillary Clinton has 44% of registered voters liking her and 36% not liking her. Jeb Bushs numbers show that 23% of people view him possibly and 34% view him negatively. The poll involved 1,000 adults and was before Hillary Clintons scandal about her emails. Clinton is likely to address this issue later in the week but for now she has said nothing. Hillary Clinton has the highest number of Democrats pulling for her while Rubio has the highest number or Republicans and Jeb Bush is in third. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker faces only 17% percent restriction which is 9% less than Rubio and 25% less than Bush. 

       This relates to AP U.S. Government and Politics because we will be learning about what it takes to elect a president. This includes things like the electoral college and majorities. We will also learn about the differences between Democrats and Republicans and the demographics of there voters. Also we will learn a lot about the Bush an Clinton family. 

South Korean police investigate attacker's links to North Korea

By K.J. Kwon

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        On Thursday morning a man that opposed joint South Korean-U.S. military drills attacked well known American ambassador in Seoul. Kim Ki-Jong, a 55 year old man attacked Mark Lippert, with a knife. This happened just before Mr. Lippert had to give a speech. Mark Lippert had to undergo two hours of surgery getting 80 stitches to his face. He said to remain hospitalized for 3 to four days. Also if the cut was just an inch deeper the injury could have been life threatening. Kim Ki-Jong has done something like this before. In 2010 he was sent to prison for 2 years for throwing concert at a Japanese ambassador to South Korea. The South Korean President said, "This incident is not only a physical attack on the U.S. ambassador, but an attack on the South Korea-U.S. alliance and it can never be tolerated."

       I think that this just a terrible situation. A U.S. ambassador should be safe were ever they go. We will learn about these situations when we talk about the criminal system and attacks on U.S. ambassadors, and higher up executives. We will also learn about U.S. ambassadors in further classes.