When Andrew Jackson was elected president in 1828, he claimed to represent the “common man”. Jackson’s belief was that power should reside with the working man, and the idea of spreading power to all men through majority rule became known as “Jacksonian Democracy”. Large numbers of farmers and working men voted for him. He was famous for being the hero of the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812 which also helped him win the presidency. Jackson believed in limited government but with a strong president.

Not sure if it’s within 12 months, but you could talk about the spreading of alt-right hate speech and whether that is covered by the right of freedom of speech? or, cover how during the midterm elections in some states many native american populations were declined to vote because they didn’t have the proper id, despite being citizens? also, the death of that journalist last month, who spoke freely and reported about the saudi government and how corrupted it is and was killed because of that (lack of free press/speech). just some ideas for this prompt, i hope at least one of them : )