American people have the right to alter or abolish the government if it does not fit their needs. The Electoral College is flawed‚ and the American people need to replace it because this system does not fairly represent the people‚ it forces people to vote a certain way‚ and it does not always guarantee that the winner of the popular vote will win the election. These imperfections in the Electoral College make voters feel like their votes
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Electoral College The Electoral College is the process of electing the President or Vice President. It consists of 538 electors in which are chosen to represent each state in the election. This way of electing is very different from other countries and there are quite a few people who have strong opinions on it. The number of each states electors is however many members of congress each state is entitled. This is also based on population. For example‚ Kansas only has six electors compared to
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In this essay “Adams v. Jackson: The Election of 1824”‚ author Edward G. Lengel discusses the each of the presidential candidates including Adams‚ Jackson‚ Clay‚ and Crawford‚ as well as their similarities and differences going into the election of 1824. One of the main points of discussion is the idea that this election had candidates all from the same party‚ the Democratic-Republican Party. Even though‚ all the candidates technically held the same fundamental beliefs‚ there were many factions inside
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The Electoral College‚ established by the Founding Fathers in the United States Constitution‚ acts as a compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and the election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens (“Electoral College History”). When forming the electoral college‚ delegates rejected the idea of a popular vote due to the lack of faith that the people would make a wise choice when voting for leaders. However‚ in modern times education is more readily
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Thomas Caitlyn Ryan English 1550 14 April 2010 The Electoral College: An Education in Unfair Politics To the extent this country has advanced in technology and modern conveniences‚ some laws have not changed since the early days of the establishment of our nation. One area in particular which has in more recent years caused controversy is the function of the Electoral College. The functionality and purpose of the Electoral College has become outdated and should be revamped in order to bring
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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 well known
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The United States always claims that we are living in a democracy‚ but do we really? For centuries‚ the Electoral College has been selecting our presidents rather than the voters of the United States. The Electoral College was put in place to compromise the congressional and popular votes during a presidential election. What’s the compromise when only the congressional votes count? Voters from each state elect a person to go vote for them‚ but some electors can still vote whichever way they please
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The Ever Changing Electoral-College When the United States first gained its independence‚ a set of laws and regulations had to be formulated in order to keep the country running. The Founding fathers came up with these laws and regulations in a meeting now known as the constitutional convention. In this convention‚ the method for electing the president and vice president was created and it was called the Electoral College. The Electoral College is a method the United States uses to vote for the president
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and the Electoral College (is reform needed?): DQ1 has four parts‚ and note that part 4 has two sub-parts: 1. Briefly summarize how the Electoral College works. 2. Briefly explain the pros and cons of whether to keep or abolish the Electoral College. 3. Briefly explain one proposal for changing the Electoral College process without abolishing it (i.e.‚ without having to amend the Constitution). 4. Evaluate this proposal from two perspectives: (a) the relevance of the Electoral College’s
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are the pros and cons of the Electoral College? An interesting point to this discussion is that many of the “pros” are argued by some to be disadvantages‚ and many of the “cons” are believed to be the advantages of the system by others. It could be said that the Electoral College was created for a different time in this country‚ but by some degree of fortune and foresight it is one of the staples of our government today. A definite benefit of the Electoral College has been the squelching of other
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