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    The Electoral College: A Flawed System The electoral college was put in place by our founding fathers in the Constitution. The electoral college is a process that we undergo to elect our president. Every four years‚ American citizens vote for their preferred presidential candidate. Their votes‚ however‚ go to that state’s candidate electors‚ rather than straight towards the presidential election. Electors pledge to vote for the candidate and then vote for president based on the party they previously

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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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    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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    Yes the Electoral college should be taken out of the constitution.The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have transregional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. So a solid regional favorite has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states‚ for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states that he knows he will win. This is a desirable result because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president

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    The Electoral College: Is it Still Necessary? Dawn Moore SOC 315: Cross-Cultural Perspectives Mitra Rokni May 4‚ 2009 Electoral College: Is it Still Effective? Article II‚ Section 1 of the United States Constitution established the Electoral College‚ although‚ at the time‚ it was not specifically referred to as the Electoral College. That term did not appear in any federal statutory law until 1845 (Cain‚ Basciano & Cain‚ 2007). The Electoral College as we know it today‚ is

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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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    Should the Electoral College Be Abolished? Did you ever wonder if your vote goes to the candidate you vote for. The Electoral College hurts the third parties and they don’t get the same advantages as other parties have. The Electoral College isn’t fair we don’t get to vote for the president. The Electoral College should be abolished because its undemocratic‚ small states are overrepresented and it hurts third party candidates. Is the Electoral College needed? Document B shows‚ in 1980 Reagan won

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    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. The electoral college dates all the way

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    within the Electoral College and can decide the history for our country over the next four years. The Electoral College was created so that uneducated people wouldn’t put an under qualified person into the Presidential Office. “The Founding Fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.” (https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/about.html)

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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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