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    Electoral college is a process that is set up by our founding fathers in the constitution; it is a “compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens” (U.S Electoral College). Electoral college is an example of indirect democracy; therefore‚ we do not choose our president directly. Thus‚ electoral college is not democratic. Electoral college is a group of people appointed by each state‚ who formally elect the

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    The president is elected every four years. The Electoral College works by the people voting for the candidate. The Senate has 100 senators and has 435 members of the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives are separated among population. If you live in a big state you have more representatives and if you live in a small state you have just a few representatives. The votes are counted by congress. Senate only has two senators per each state. Every state allows the citizen to vote.

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    decide the next president‚ but most do not realize just how little their vote means. In fact‚ the president is not elected by the people‚ but instead by 538 members of the electoral college. The electoral college should be replaced by a popular vote system because it will allow all votes to be equal‚ cause candidates to focus on more than just swing states‚ and result in a rightful winner that creates a more united country. The electoral college is a complicated system with a multitude of loopholes

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    Analyse the strengths and weakness of the Electoral College (15 marks) The Electoral College is an old and complicated system set up by the Founding Fathers to elect the Executive branch. It was created in order to put a layer in the system of electing president as they did not fully trust democracy. As a result‚ the outcome of the president election is not determined by simply adding the national vote of each of the candidates. Each state is allocated a number of ECVs‚ one for each senator and

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    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 system

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    coincide with the electoral vote. The fact that Trump won the election even after losing the popular vote by over one million votes‚ brought an already ongoing debate to the forefront: To keep the electoral college or not? Some critics believe that it creates an emphasis on largely populated states and others argue that low-populated states are given greater‚ unfair representation. Regardless‚ both arguments share a common thread: an inequitable representation. The electoral college should be abolished

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    Govt 2305‚ 09/20/13 Argument Against Abolishing the Electoral College I must say that when starting this semester I was staunchly for the abolishment of the Electoral College‚ believing that it was inherently unfair‚ went against the best interests of the people‚ and favored the power-elite; however‚ that opinion has recently changed due to my learning more historical facts‚ which‚ in turn‚ led to the ability of making a better-informed decision. My change of opinion started when I learned

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    The electoral college should not be abolished. The electoral college is a very important part of the election process. After all‚ it wasn’t established in Article II for no reason. Our very own founding fathers did not like the idea of the general population directly voting for president. They feared that presidents would always come from highly populated states. The electoral college should be kept because it creates a clear winner‚ the electors make more educated decisions‚ and the electoral college

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    Is the Electoral College a fair and true system? The Electoral College is the system in place to pick the next president of the United States. The issue with the Electoral College people think it is not fair because majority vote wins a whole state and it cancels like the rest of the votes. Every state has at least two votes. Votes or points are calculated by the amount of representatives the state has. The least amount of votes a state can have is three like Alaska‚ North Dakota‚ South Dakota

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    Electoral Process: Does Majority Actually Rule? Imagine an election won by the loser; an election where the person that received less votes than their opponent won. Barbara Boxer said: Voting is the cornerstone of democracy. We have had men and women through the decades die for the right to vote. Many generations of Americans of every gender‚ race‚ religion‚ and ideology have marched and struggled and died to secure this fundamental freedom. Yet we have a system where the winner can lose (qtd. in

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