Electoral College is a process of presidential nominations. A body of people representing the states of the United States‚ who casts votes for the election of the president and vice president. Also‚ can be seen as an election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of eligible citizens. “In the Article II of the U.S. Constitution Electoral College was seen as a compromise for the presidential election process because politicians believed that a purely
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The Electoral College is made of 538 electors. The Founding Fathers made this process‚ so they could balance the votes. It was balanced by the popular vote from citizens‚ and the Congress. There are specific numbers of electors based on the number of members of its congressional delegation. There is one special rule and it is the twenty-third amendment. It tells us that the District of Columbia gets to be treated like a state‚ so it is easier for the Electoral College. When a candidate is running
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The electoral college‚ the body that chooses the president. The electoral college is the group of people chosen to represent what the citizens want. After the people vote it is up to the electoral college to cast their vote. Their votes are also called electoral votes. The electoral college is a fair way to vote but it should be changed in certain places. The way the population is divides to get each electoral vote might not be the best way to go about dividing things up but this works. As seen
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of the Electoral College? B. Background/Need- This is true according to the article “Electoral College” by Jost Kenneth and Greg Giroux on CQ Researcher. C. SP/CI-We will look at 3 areas: First‚ how the Electoral College works and why it should be changed. Second‚ how it should be changed and Third‚ what you can do to help change it. A. First point-First‚ How the Electoral College works; Presidential electors are selected on a state-by-state basis‚ as determined by the laws of each state. Generally
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“Framers wanted to ensure domestic tranquilly and prevent future rebellions‚ but they also wanted to give certain powers to the national government and reserved the ret for the state creating the establish systems of federalism” (Magleby David.B. & Light‚ 2009‚ p. 21) This was important to them because they were not the most trusting form of people. The framers were suspicious of people‚ especially of those having political power‚ so they separated and distributed the powers of the newly created
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Today‚ all presidential college electoral are chosen by voters. Although in the early republic‚ more than half of the states had chosen electors in their legislature body‚ this eliminated any direct involvement by the voting public in the elections. There are three categories of presidential power: Constitutional powers: which are explicitly granted by the Constitution‚ Delegated powers: these powers were granted by Congress to help the president fulfill his duties‚ and Inherent powers: inherent
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The United States election is a pivotal aspect of exercising the freedoms the Constitution grants. The Electoral College is the primary process by which the United States presidents are elected. This process seems counterintuitive‚ as the leaders are not chosen directly by the citizens. As a result‚ there can be various discrepancies when comparing the popular vote of the people with the result that the Electoral College produces. Therefore‚ the Electoral College should be reformed based on the premise
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pick the President of United States on Election day. The truth is‚ we really don’t have a say so. We‚ in reality‚ just vote for State Electors who then hold the electoral vote to vote for the next president. This is an unjust way to do this in a “democratic” country. I do not believe the electoral college is an equitable way to elect the President of United States. Alexander Hamilton‚ one of the Founding Fathers of United States‚ had agreed with the electoral college. He says‚ “It was equally desirable
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The Electoral College is a system created by our founding fathers when they created the Constitution. Within this process‚ the selection of electors hold a meeting where they vote for the President and Vice President‚ as well as‚ the counting of electoral votes by Congress. Each state is entitled an allowance of electors which is based off the number of members in its Congressional delegation. The total number of electors within the Electoral College is 538 electors‚ but in turn there is only 270
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The Flawed Electoral College System The Electoral College undermines the notion that every vote counts in the United States. One candidate loses; the other becomes the leader of the free world. How do we know which candidate is the victor? The Electoral College determines this. Whoever receives the most votes in a particular state wins the electoral votes for that state. The only exceptions are Maine and Nebraska. The size of the population determines the number of electoral votes for that
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