as many states as possible to the backing of their political party. This means that they have to win primary’s to even have a shot at winning the presidency. Once a person has the political backing‚ they continue to campaign and begin speaking at debates. In regards to the presidential‚ people vote in their state for president they would like to win. Since most voters were farmers‚ a two day voting window was needed. weekends were a problem because the majority of people attended church on Sunday
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The electoral college was created by our forefathers for a purpose‚ and the reasons that support their decision still remain. The Americans who dispute the validity of the electoral college have a fundamental misunderstanding of purpose of both electoral college and the President of the United States. The presidential election is performed by electors who vote as the public they represent vote‚ otherwise they are faithless electors‚ a punishable crime in some states. This is where the misunderstanding
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The Electoral College consists of 538 electors who ultimately select which presidential candidate will become president. The president has multiple responsibilities and requirements. Therefore‚ he/she must be elected with something effective. The Electoral College is a system that is favored by some‚ but disliked by some as well. I think the Electoral College is a great concept and no changes should be made to it. One argument in favor of the Electoral College I found most convincing was that it
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election process‚ weather the United State should maintain the Electoral College is an unbalanced question among politicians and the common people. President elect-Trump was elected by the Electoral College for president. The majority votes for Hillary Clinton was ignored. However‚ is this enough of a purpose to illuminate the Electoral College from the American tradition of the presidential election process? The Electoral College is a genius creations of our four founding fathers. It has been
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Keeping yourself in shape is important because it keeps you active‚ fresh‚ healthy‚ fit and beautiful. Unfit people are sometimes overweight‚ and being seriously overweight increases the risk of heart diseases and stroke‚ diabetes and even sometimes cancer. You should start with a general health and fitness check-up‚ which involves weight checking‚ blood pressure tests‚ sugar checking‚ heartbeat rates and cholesterol. Firstly‚ you need to consider a balanced diet in every meal. Food gives the
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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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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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past couple months leading up to and after the 2016 presidential election I have been thinking about the impact effect of the electoral college. The electoral college is made up of the number of state members in the house of representatives and the number of state members in the senate. In Kansas we have 6 electoral college votes because we have 4 house of representatives and 2 senators. The electoral college was originally designed so each state could choose representatives to cast their states vote
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American elections are decided by an Electoral College‚ which comprises of electors from 50 U.S states who cast electoral votes for both the president and the vice president
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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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