The American presidential electoral system consists of five different stages‚ the main two being the primaries and the Electoral College. Although the Electoral College has been used since the founding fathers wrote the constitution‚ meaning there are many strengths in the system‚ the weaknesses of the system outweigh substantially the strengths. Some of these being‚ the candidate without the popular vote can be elected as president. For example in the 2000 presidential elections‚ George Bush won
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The electoral college is a group of people chosen by every state who officially elects the president and vice president of the united states. The electoral college started with the constitution of the united states‚ it cited how many electors each state is able to have. Since 1964 the has been 538 electors in each presidential election. The number of electors is equivalent to the entire membership of the united states congress‚ 435 representatives‚ 100 senators‚ and 3 electors from the district of
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The Electoral College When the Founding Fathers congregated and drafted the government of the newly-formed America‚ they wanted a system that would not produce a tyrant‚ but could also produce a strong executive that would lead and consider the people. They created a system in which power could be checked and with hope‚ incorruptible. Distributing political power into the Legislative‚ Judicial‚ and Executive branches‚ and an elaborate process to elect leaders in each‚ the American Constitution was
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defines the Electoral College as a body of electors chosen by the voters in each state to elect the President and Vice President of the United States. The founding fathers of our nation ingrained it in the Constitution as a compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and by a popular vote of adept citizens. Research will show the impact and importance the Electoral College has on the political system in the United States. The process of the Electoral College consists of
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we really don’t have a say so. We‚ in reality‚ just vote for State Electors who then hold the electoral vote to vote for the next president. This is an unjust way to do this in a “democratic” country. I do not believe the electoral college is an equitable way to elect the President of United States. Alexander Hamilton‚ one of the Founding Fathers of United States‚ had agreed with the electoral college. He says‚ “It was equally desirable‚ that the immediate election should be made by men most capable
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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 to the enemies of the United States would not be able to serve as an Elector in the Electoral College. This related
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“electors” that will represent their respective states in the body that actually elects the president and the vice president‚ the Electoral College. So what exactly is the Electoral College? It consists of 538 electors where each state has a number of electoral votes equal to its total number of representatives to Congress
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in elementary schools is a centripetal national tradition‚ and visiting a particular place every year may be a family’s tradition. No matter what we do‚ or where we go‚ there will almost always be some form of tradition around. So‚ why should we get rid of any type of tradition? Tradition can be proved to be evidently essential today based on remembering important dates and events‚ culture lasting through generations‚ and bringing families closer together. The first factor that adds to tradition’s
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Today‚ all presidential college electoral are chosen by voters. Although in the early republic‚ more than half of the states had chosen electors in their legislature body‚ this eliminated any direct involvement by the voting public in the elections. There are three categories of presidential power: Constitutional powers: which are explicitly granted by the Constitution‚ Delegated powers: these powers were granted by Congress to help the president fulfill his duties‚ and Inherent powers: inherent
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Angela White English 101 10/18/2010 Synopsis Get a Knife; Get a Dog‚ but Get Rid of Guns Molly Ivin’s view is she is not antigun she is pro knife .She supports the second amendment and believes that all children 14 and under are too young to be having guns. And having so many guns owners is destroying our security of this Free State. She believes that guns should
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