ELECTORAL COLLEGE : The reason why we use the electoral college in the U.S. is to decide who is going to be the next president. The presidency is not always won by popular vote. The founding fathers opted for an electoral college ‚ because they wanted the president to be chosen by those who were well informed ‚and qualified enough to have the ability to chose a president. The main argument against the electoral college is that the presidency should be won by popular vote alone. It shouldn’t be that
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Electoral College Reform The Electoral College system is the process of a president and vice-president election into office. This is a compromise established by our founding fathers in the United States Constitution. “The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years‚ and‚ together with the Vice-President chosen for the same Term‚ be elected‚ as follows: Each State shall appoint‚ in such Manner as
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The Flawed Electoral College System The Electoral College undermines the notion that every vote counts in the United States. One candidate loses; the other becomes the leader of the free world. How do we know which candidate is the victor? The Electoral College determines this. Whoever receives the most votes in a particular state wins the electoral votes for that state. The only exceptions are Maine and Nebraska. The size of the population determines the number of electoral votes for that
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was not determined the winner. There are many other corruptions in our current electoral system‚ including the underlying racist and sexist roots‚ voter inequality and other flaws that go against every true democratic principle. The only solution and the only way this country could be truly democratic is to abolish the Electoral College. The way a winner is found in most every level of professionalism (high school government elections‚ mayoral elections‚ even governor elections) is by counting the
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Is it reasonable for voters to look at personality and character traits as a basis for judging candidates for public office? Elections place voters in an important decision making process. Whether it is a local election that is only community wide or a national election that could change the country‚ citizens must find a way to decide which candidate to vote for. Even for children under the age of 18 elections bring about a good way to learn about politics and the people and problems that
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Ryan Turner Professor Farley American Government 5 November 2012 Voters Day Journal There is a lot that goes on during the year of a presidential election. There is much to know and understand about the process of voting during the election. This year’s presidential candidates are Barack Obama (democrat) and Mitt Romney (republican). Their VP’s are Joe Biden and Paul Ryan. I am about to explain the process of understanding everything there is to know about voting. I am currently registered
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dictionary 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
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What explains the decline of voter turnout in parliamentary elections over the last 40 years? Discuss with reference to at least Three West European states In the following essay I will discuss the reasons which could be responsible for the decline of the voter turnout in parliamentary elections over the last 40 years. I will reference to the following countries‚ the United Kingdom‚ Germany‚ Italy and also France and Switzerland for a better understanding of the subject. First I will give a short
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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 should not be abolished. The electoral college is a very important part of the election process. After all‚ it wasn’t established in Article II for no reason. Our very own founding fathers did not like the idea of the general population directly voting for president. They feared that presidents would always come from highly populated states. The electoral college should be kept because it creates a clear winner‚ the electors make more educated decisions‚ and the electoral college
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