Convention‚ many delegates believed that Americans did not have enough wisdom and knowledge to elect a president and others believed that the state legislators were unable to put aside their personal needs to account for the national interest (Monroe 2016). Thus they came up with a system called the electoral college. The electoral college is an institution that elects the president and the vice president of the U.S. every four years. This system is a highly complicated institution where each state
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tactics to get over obstacles and make their opinions heard. Since the birth of America’s two party system third party candidates have tried to run without being a Republican and Democrat‚ and none have succeeded. Some had little influence in the elections outcome and some have change the outcome. America’s two party
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The American Legislative branch‚ or Congress‚ is one of the most‚ if not the most‚ key provisions established in the Constitution of the United States. The organization‚ powers‚ and limitations of the Congress can be found throughout the first Article of the United States Constitution. Congress is made up of two bodies‚ the House of Representatives‚ composed of 435 members‚ and the Senate‚ composed of 100 members. This bicameral legislature is established under Article 1‚ Section 1 of the Constitution
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women’s fashion. Leaving‚ I imagined the mall back in the 1950’s. The bright colored outfits reminded me of today’s. Even though both the 1950’s women fashion and 2016’s women fashion are bold in style‚ there are many similarities and differences in the two year’s fashion senses and their impressions on America’s fashion industry. 1950’s and 2016’s women fashion are comparable in many ways. To begin‚ both trends used much of the same materials. In the 1950s‚ nylon had come into fashion. The lightweight
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The 2016 election was certainly a historic one filled with surprises such as Donald Trump pulling out a whimsical win. The election showed how Americans are truly fed up with the American government as we saw an immense amount of support for two candidates that wanted huge government reform these two being Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. With the rise of Bernie Sanders we saw a huge wave of support by Americans to become a more socialistic society than we already are today. While they should certainly
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The World Resource Institute’s 2002-2004 “Decisions for Earth” lists Togo as a partially free nation with relatively scarce civil liberties (5 out of 7‚ 7 being least free) and 2.5% of their gross domestic product going towards military spending. Social stratification of wealth information is not available. The Togolese Republic scored a 46.66 out of 100‚ ranking them 117th on the 2015 social progress index. This illustrates that there is still substantial room for improvement in basic human needs
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The Independence of California As California separated from the United States in 2016‚ becoming an independent country‚ it faced the greatest question: How liberal should California be? Presented with this major dilemma‚ local governments called in some of the state’s most influential citizens for advice. Luckily‚ I happened to be one of these individuals and also found myself posed with a great dilemma. California has continued to excel in improving the quality of life‚ by focusing on its social
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On August 16‚ 2016 I went to go see one of the Presidential candidates and now President elect Donald Trump speak in West Bend‚ Wisconsin. Along with the President elect‚ our Governor Scott Walker spoke before him as well as former mayor of New York to warm up the crowd before Mr. Trump came on stage. Before Mr. Trump finally came on stage I‚ as well as the friend I was accompanied by took in the lights‚ stage‚ music‚ crowd‚ and everything else that came with the atmosphere of the evening. The only
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Parties have a bit more power than they’re given credit for in amount of power they have over presidential nominations‚ but it’s still a limited amount of power over the nominating process. For one‚ the national party is able to state how many delegates are able to be sent from each state to the party’s national convention‚ but states themselves‚ not the party’s‚ choose their delegates. Also‚ states were able to at one point control caucuses as well until they were outlawed that state parties were
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is important to know about how the government operates for many reasons. You may want to run for one of the positions in office‚ or you may just be curious of how the country you live in runs. Aside from this section‚ you will also learn about the election process. It is important to be an informed citizen of Canada because this is your new home! The great thing of being a democratic country (a country where the government gives the citizens many rights‚ like voting) is that you can choose what
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