The President Games!
Is this fair that there are only 2 candidates in the election? Why didn't anyone run for the election except them? Why haven't any females run for president? Are they scared to become a candidate? Find out the main idea here.
There have never been more than two candidates in the election. Why?
In politics, a two-party system is a system that involves two major parties that have citizens vote for them. There will be two votes, the main vote and then the vote where the candidates try to win states' votes. However, the main vote doesn't actually matter that much. Whoever gets the most entire states to vote for them will become the president of the USA.
Sometimes, there is actually a third party. But this is quite unlikely. Usually, the citizens vote for two parties who will vote for two major parties and then those two parties will try to win states' votes. Do you think this is fair or not?
There has never been a female president. Why is this?
The last time there was an election, it was against Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. If she was voted, Hillary would be the first ever female president. But unfortunately, Trump won even though she got more votes, Trump won the state vote. But there has never EVER been another female candidate or president in America. Is this fair? Comment down below.
Thanks for reading,
valuable_vegetable and empathetic_brain :)
Comments (91)
18 Sep 2020
There should be a female president
Can you explain why?
I agree it is unfair that their hasn’t been a female president
18 Sep 2020
First off i just want to say well done and no i don't think that it is fair that there are only 2 candidates because we have never had a woman as president and recently a woman has tried to become president and Donald Trump said no so i feel like it unfair not just to woman but to everyone
Donald Trump ran against Hillary Clinton so it's not technically true that he said "no". This article from the BBC provides some good background on America and female presidential candidates - it was published just after it was realised there would be no female candidate this year: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51772584
Thank you tom now I understand
Well I agree with Tom Donald Trump never said no but I feel like being gender specific is wrong but I feel like Trump will be a better president than Hillary.
19 Sep 2020
Thanks for starting up this discussion! I found out lots of great info and feel as if I have learned something today. I believe that women should be able to be elected because woman should make a stand and they are always understated. This is a great post! Keep up the good work!
Thank you!
23 Sep 2020
why hasn't there been a female president yet?
A good question, versatile_wallaby. In the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton was one of the presidential candidates but she lost to Donald Trump. Maybe you could do some research to find out more about this?
Hi Katie I think I know why this is . It is because in America they vote in an electoral law which means that even if you get more votes if you have won over the states with the most electoral votes you will still win
I think that Donald trump got more election votes than Hillary Clinton
He got more electoral college votes, yes, but Hillary Clinton won the "popular vote"
Exactly.
Idk why there hasn’t there been a female president
There has never been a female president simply because they have never won the election. Some females, however, have been a candidate in elections before, but they have never won mainly because of the electoral votes. Hillary Clinton, for example, won the 'popular vote', but Donald Trump won the electoral vote so he became president.
Yes I do think there should be a female president because then it will be more far and more people will respect America for letting a girl be the president of America.
But it depends in and out of America as well as what they heard. Don’t you think so?
23 Sep 2020
No, I don't think it is fair that there has never been a female president. According to Barack Obama, former US president," women aren't perfect, but are "indisputably better" than men." He also said "most of the problems in the world came from old people, mostly men, holding onto positions of power " I agree with him because from what I've heard women mostly do a better job of running countries than men. Take Donald Trump for example, in his speeches he can be sexist and racist and power hungry. He also got rid of things to tackle climate control, in favour of money and power.
In the coronavirus pandemic, when comparing countries of a similar size, the countries ran by women have less deaths. For example Germany, led by Angela Merkel, have had c. 8,000 deaths, whereas the UK, ran by Boris Johnson have had over 41,000 deaths. This theory is also true with smaller countries like New Zealand (ran by Jacinda Ardern) and Ireland (ran by Michael D Higgins) , as New Zealand have under 25 deaths compared to Ireland c. 1.8k deaths.
It seems that from recent comparisons that female leaders run their countries in a more coordinated and collaborative way. In conclusion females can reduce deaths in pandemics and are less power hungry than men so my opininon still stays that females make better leaders than males.
Hi magnificent_thought! It looks like you have done a lot of research there. Could you share your sources? Be careful when comparing countries directly and assuming that differences are because of leadership. There are a lot of factors that mean countries are in very different situations.
Hi Katie,
These are the sources:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50805822
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/18/female-led-countries-handled-coronavirus-better-study-jacinda-ardern-angela-merkel#:~:text=Since%20only%2019%20of%20the,led%20Britain%2C%20Ireland%20and%20Pakistan.
I agree about your comment on assuming differences are because of leadership but in this case that was the angle of The Guardian article I sourced "Female-led countries handled coronavirus better, study suggests"
Thank you for your post
Magnificent Thought
What you wrote is pretty true! Thank you for researching! Yes I agree with you with the strong opinion about women.
Thank you , I am very happy you agree
Your welcome!
23 Sep 2020
I do not think it is fair that there have been no women presidents. As women deserve the same amount of power as men and it is not like women do some thing wrong so they deserve a chance. Also is there a reason women are not president like in my opinion it would be fantastic to see a women as president. Since no one has voted for a women president before maybe people are scared to heave someone new and are scared that she wont do a good job but how can you tell if it has never even happened. As well as that in my opinion there should be more black presidents. Barack Obama was an amazing president and fought for what is right so if we get another black president I am sure they would be just as strong. So there should be more women and black presidents as it would be a big change and possibly for the better.
Thank you for reading,
hardworking_apple
This is a good comment! This got me thinking how does gender matter when we are all human?
I do agree I do not think gender should matter I just think that women deserve a right to be president as they have not been one. I do not mind if it is a man I just think women also deserve chance to be president.
Thanks for agreeing!
You are so right
23 Sep 2020
Hi empathetic_brian valuable_vegetable
I would like to say a well done 👍 and no it is not fair because I think that there should be a female president Because just because they have to stay at him and look after there families but some female Powell will not have children and it is not fare on the female girls if I was older enough I would stand up for all the old women and female girl. We are all human and we should have the right to try to be president.
Thanks for reading
That's an interesting comment, strong_quince. So do you think all women with children have to "stay at home and look after their families"? Is there an alternative to this?
Hi Katie I am so happy that you committed on my commitment.
No I think that everyone have the right to vote and also that any type of gender or if you have children or not
I agree and thank you for commenting can I ask you a question We are all humans that is true but but does uniqueness matter in this case?
No we are all different so it will not mater about what colour skin you are we are all human
I think you read the question wrong but the opinion I would agree.
Why do you say that
Uniqueness does matter. What would you do if everyone was the same?
We will never be the same because we will all have something different in us
Exactly. Everyone likes different things.Everyone looks different. Everyone has different opinions and personalities. Everyone is unique. Tell me if you agree or disagree?
25 Sep 2020
Actually empathetic_brain and vegetable_vegetable one female did run for president against trump but trump won the election.
Yes and that is Hillary. Isn’t it? We kind of forgotten to mention her but thanks for noticing!
29 Sep 2020
No I find this unfair because Hillary Clinton got more votes than trump .😤
Yes but if you apparently count the state votes no.
29 Sep 2020
I think there should be a female president!
I agree but do you have anything to support your opinion?
29 Sep 2020
but it is not fair because trump got less then Hillary but it is fair because of the election vote in the states but it is not fair the majority of the people wanted hillary
Hmmmmm yes but I wonder how come presidents are never pure hearted like children?
30 Sep 2020
why are there not ant woman presidents???
30 Sep 2020
did Hillary get more votes then Trump?
Yes, she received nearly 3 million more votes but lost the electoral college vote.
Okay,this is really good information
Yes but u need electoral so Donald won
So did Trump tell the people to vote for or did he just get the votes ,becuse I think he told the people to vote for him
No I think he got a bit lucky
No I don't think so, everything has a reason and a right time.
30 Sep 2020
Why hasn’t been a female president
30 Sep 2020
I think there should be a female candidate. Because women can do everything a male can, so I think it’s not very fair.
30 Sep 2020
I think there should be a female president too because there’s never been one!
30 Sep 2020
Yes, pheonominal_trumpet, I agreee!!!!!!
30 Sep 2020
I hope Biden wins
Can you explain why you are hoping for Biden to win, phenomenal_trumpet?
30 Sep 2020
Hopefully Biden wins, as Trump wants to shut out Mexico from America/USA and trump isn’t letting Muslims into America from Mexico and Biden wants to get rid of this wall and is letting everyone into America and he is also giving a LOT of money 💸 to educators.
Just a quick fact check, skillful sea - Trump is not trying to stop "letting Muslims into America from Mexico". Could you research why he is building a wall?
But do educators teach because they enjoy it or for the money?
30 Sep 2020
Trump is building a wall so that Muslims from Mexico can’t come in the USA any more why is trump judging people by there religions?
I think you might be a little confused here, phenomenal_trumpet - that is not why he has been asking for a wall. Could you do some research about why Donald Trump wants to build a wall between the US and Mexico?
30 Sep 2020
Because donald trump nots gonna help the environment and he’s building a wall for no reason
30 Sep 2020
Okay!
30 Sep 2020
Because he wants to separate the country from Mexico and the USA
02 Oct 2020
The American election is no game it is serious
Yea, it’s no game, the future of America depends on this vote. I agree excited_banana!🙂🙃
Yes as well as the rest of the world because no one knows what kind of deals and wars are in the future.
02 Oct 2020
Thanks happy to help
02 Oct 2020
Thanks happy to help
03 Oct 2020
There should be more female presidents. There have been many men who have had control. Hilary was a good example to have risks.
I do agree. In my opinion there should be more female presidents because they take risks and can be more wise with decisions.
Is this always in this case?
06 Oct 2020
I rest my case!
What do you mean?
I didn't mean to send that for approval
Oh!Ok.
22 Oct 2020
It is unfair that no woman has ever got elected here are my reasons. First of all if a woman gets chosen she might think of something that didn't even cross a mans mind such as the sexism problems. Another reason is that we don't know how a woman might handle things since we have never elected one. My third and final reason is that we should decide a president because of their action and not their gender and it is shocking how out of 45 elections only 1 has tried to tackle this big challenge. Do you have different views?
You made some really great reasons!
26 Oct 2020
But wouldn't women think different ly to men? Do you think it's a good thing?
What do you mean by "think differently", empathetic_brain?
I mean maybe women might have different ideas from men for the country like maybe a male candidate might want to prepare for war while a woman candidate wants to stock up on food in times of trouble. So these little changes could mean a lot to how the country is ruled. Women and men also judge and care for different things and what they want to invest into - everyone's ideas are different- this could have a lot of impact on the country and what they are wanting and going for.
An interesting point - do you think you have made any assumptions about what the leaders would do? Or are your examples based on evidence?
When I said "women can think differently" I meant that as with men, women can also be creative and incisive and can come up with effective strategies that will revolutionise the traditional ways the economy and different domains of life are run. They can achieve that if we elect them to senior roles(like president).
Oh thanks!
30 Oct 2020
I think its unfair but I suppose men have always wrongly been deemed more important than women and this is reflected in the traditional values of America.but women have done such incredible things even when people have been sexist .Wich is very unfair just because there a different gender doesn't mean they can't do great things its even proved that women have better eyesight than men. So it's very unfair.
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