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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number of electors representative of the population‚ but that’s not how it is being run currently; there are 12 states in the U.S. which‚ if you can get popular vote from 11 of these 12 states‚ you can still win the whole election and become the next president‚ even if you don’t get a single vote from any of the other 39 states. This is in no way fair to the American people who truly care about who takes office. Though the Electoral College was created to represent the will of the American people‚ it is
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There are very few provisions in the Constitution of the United States about the qualifications of the Electors that make up the Electoral College. “Article II‚ section I‚ clause 2 provides that no Senator or Representative or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States shall be appointed as Elector.” In the beginning‚ the 14th Amendment provided that any state officials who had engaged in an insurrection or rebellion against the United States or had given comfort and aid
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POSC 143 July 10‚ 2012 Nicholas Boushee The “Electoral College” Archaic but Worth Keeping Every four years the United States enters the frenzy of election. Presidential candidates from multiple parties get ready for a campaign across the nation to gain popular support from both the delegates and the people. The presidential candidate not only has to win the popular vote‚ but also the majority votes in the Electoral College. The Electoral College serves to elect the president and the vice president
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Electoral College The United States of America uses the Electoral College voting mechanism created by the constitution‚ in order to elect the president and vice president. The purpose of the Electoral College is to give all states an equal vote‚ no matter how small or big the state is. The system is not flawless‚ although it has many positives. Some people feel the system is a fail‚ while others feel it is efficient for the American government. The Electoral College is a system made up of 538 electors
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1. Summarize Rosler’s main claim(s) or argument(s). (20 points) Rosler argues that documentary photography is not what it used to be‚ and certainly not for the good. She says that photographers do not want to document with the goal to change‚ but rather in order to know. Rosler’s says dedication to reform was swapped by exoticism‚ tourism‚ voyeurism and more. Rosler argues it’s common to accept that documentary precedes‚ supplants‚ transcends‚ and cures substantive social activism‚ that documentary
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Abolish Stand Your Ground An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind said by famous peacemaker Mahatma Gandhi. This law has caused people to kill first instead of trying to avoid conflict. If we don’t change the logistics of this law then we won’t know which side of the law that we stand on. The law is supposed to solve problems‚ not create them. Laws should provide as much clarity as possible‚ not expand racism and discrimination. Laws should always bring about the practical results
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The Great Debate The Pros and Cons of Guns in the Classroom Throughout its history‚ the United States has had a fascination with guns. Americans have used guns in times of war‚ for protection‚ and for hunting. Americans also use guns when they are intent on killing people. When violence happens in school shootings‚ drive-by shootings‚ assassination of public officials‚ or in the workplace and shopping malls‚ Americans demand something be done. This demand fuels the debate between gun rights and
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The Electoral college is a very controversial subject that has a big impact on American history. Every four years‚ people vote for the president… Or do they? You actually vote for electors that represent your state‚ and the bigger states get more electors. Sounds perfect right? Wrong. The way the electors are distributed is not perfect‚ and three times in American history‚ the person who won the popular vote did not win the electoral vote. That happened in 1888‚ 2000‚ and 2016. Because of this‚ electoral
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’the winner takes it all’. First Past The Post means the votes of many hard working citizens are completely disregarded‚ as due to the system coming second in a constituency gets you no seats in parliament. In a nation which exclaims how democratic it is‚ how can we have such an unfair voting system? Is it fair to have a constant two party race? Is it acceptable to have a system that pushes out smaller parties? There is a clear alternative to First The Post which has been adapted into the Scottish
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