“Voters must have faith in the electoral process for our democracy to succeed‚” said Blanche Lincoln. This statement is especially true today due to the lack of information on why we have the electoral college. On November 8th 2017‚ Donald J. Trump clinched the presidency while not gaining the vote of the majority of the country. This is the second time in the last twenty years‚ and the fifth time in our history. So why should the electoral college stay in place? The electoral college is an effective
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defines the Electoral College as a body of electors chosen by the voters in each state to elect the President and Vice President of the United States. The founding fathers of our nation ingrained it in the Constitution as a compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and by a popular vote of adept citizens. Research will show the impact and importance the Electoral College has on the political system in the United States. The process of the Electoral College consists of
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president of the united states. The nation’s most protected person. The electoral college has the power to vote one of two candidates the president. The electoral college has overpowered the popular vote of the people in many cases. The electoral college should not be abolished for the main reason that the people who have the position to cast one of the votes know what’s best for our country. In the essay you’re about to read‚ the essay is going to be biased on why the electoral college should not be abolished
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The Electoral Process The electoral process is very important in the U.S. government as any significant officials are elected by this system. The electoral process has three levels‚ the local‚ state and national election. Local elections include municipal elections‚ metropolitan elections‚ and the elections of local and district councils State elections include state legislature‚ governors‚ lieutenant governors‚ attorney general‚ secretary of state‚ supreme court members and state judiciary members
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presidential election. This is due to an antiquated system called the electoral college. The electoral college (EC) was founded in 1787. The founding fathers set up the system so that the president is chosen indirectly. This was done so that "popular passion‚" wouldn ’t factor in as much. Basically they didn ’t want presidential campaigns to become purely advertisement campaigns. (third party times) But there are a few serious flaws in the electoral college that need to be dealt with. For example‚ the
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The Electoral System Elections: a device for filling an office through choices made by a designated body of people: the electorate; "very heart of the political process" A. Material Element: externalities involved in the organization and use of things (speeches‚ campaigns‚ the act of going to the election booth‚ writing the name of the candidate in the ballot) B. Discursive Element: how the material elements "fit into an existing wider pattern of meaning‚ symbols and understandings" (material
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There are many different moments that define someone’s life. The most significant moment might happen when you are 2 years old‚ or maybe when you are 70. I personally think this moment has yet to surface in my life. With that being said‚ the most salient moment in my life so far would have to be when I decided to sign up for the football team. One day I was relaxing at home after school when I heard about the weight training program the high school offered for football players. My friend encouraged
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constituency deciding who that person should be. The winner of each constituency seat is the one who gets the most votes. In the United Kingdom’s “first past the post” system‚ the winner is not required to receive a minimum proportion of votes cast to win. Once the election is over‚ the leader of the party with a majority of Commons seats automatically becomes Prime Minister and forms a government. Britain’s “first past the post” electoral system inevitably favours the two main national parties‚ Labour
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The Electoral college system is in need of reform for the following three reasons. First‚ it creates the potential of having faithless electors. During an election electors may pledge their vote one way that corresponds with the party‚ and then cast their vote in the opposite way. Second‚ it gives the candidate an opportunity to win the election without receiving the popular vote. The candidate may have received the popular vote by gaining more states‚ but looses states that have a large amount of
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I will state my position towards the electoral college along with the pros and cons leading to my choice. I will explain why the people should want to keep it along with why some don’t want to trust it. I will also explain what will happen if it goes away because we know what it does. The Electoral College always has it’s print on the elections and more importantly on the very close elections. It has done it’s job the over 200 plus years and throughout fifty presidential elections. So the electoral
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