and weakness of the Electoral College (15 marks) The Electoral College is an old and complicated system set up by the Founding Fathers to elect the Executive branch. It was created in order to put a layer in the system of electing president as they did not fully trust democracy. As a result‚ the outcome of the president election is not determined by simply adding the national vote of each of the candidates. Each state is allocated a number of ECVs‚ one for each senator and one for each congressman
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Enterprises 17 (CGTMSE) 13. Simplified Common Loan Applications 18 2 MSE KIT CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA 14. MSME Initiative by Bank 18 15. Our expectations 19 16. New Development 20 17. Goal Post for current financial year 21 18. Incentive Scheme 21 MSMEs – UNIQUE FEATURES MSME sector employs about 60.00 million persons spread over 26.1 million enterprises. In terms of value‚ the sector accounts for about 45% of the manufacturing output
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Westminster is the location of the Houses of Parliament‚ where the majority of political decisions (other than those for devolved states) are made for the nation. The current Westminster electoral system is First Past the Post (FPTP) which is used for general elections every 5 years (due to the new fixed-term parliaments brought in by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition.) The FPTP system is constituency based‚ each person votes for a representative for their constituency and whichever party
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unequal divisions of property.” C) urban and rural divisions.” D) aristocracy.” E) the British army.” 3) Beginning in 1781‚ the U.S. was governed under the A) Articles of Confederation B) British Constitution C) Mayflower Compact D) current U.S. Constitution E) Basic Law of 1781 5) Among the factors that contributed to economic turmoil under the Articles of Confederation was the A) power shift from middle-class farmers to wealthy landowners. B) state legislatures that favored
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medium term. Indian healthcare expenditure is still among the lowest globally and there are significant challenges both in terms of accessibility of health care services and quality of patient care. In terms of revenue and employment‚ healthcare is one of the largest service sector industries. During 1990‚ Indian healthcare grew at the rate of 16%. The total value of the sector is more than $34 billion. This translates $34 per capita and roughly 6% GDP. It is expected to grow to $170 billion by 2017
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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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Voter ID During the last election several controversial issues‚ were being voted on. One of the topics that many people had strong opinions about was voter ID. The majority of people polled felt that Voter ID should be required in all elections. They firmly believed that if voter ID was mandatory it would increase voter confidence in the outcome of elections‚ reduce voter fraud‚ and facilitate use of updated‚ efficient 21st century election systems. Poll after poll shows the majority of Minnesotans
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The Electoral college system is in need of reform for the following three reasons. First‚ it creates the potential of having faithless electors. During an election electors may pledge their vote one way that corresponds with the party‚ and then cast their vote in the opposite way. Second‚ it gives the candidate an opportunity to win the election without receiving the popular vote. The candidate may have received the popular vote by gaining more states‚ but looses states that have a large amount of
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observers explain the decrease in democracy and popular participation in government during the decade? During the 1920s‚ it was observed that there was a decrease in American citizens’ possession of democratic thought‚ which promoted a “…radical‚ self-directed citizen” (Foner 769)‚ and popular participation in the government. Walter Lippmann‚ author of Public Opinion and The Phantom Public explained that the decrease in democracy was due to the fact that “…the American voter was ill-informed and
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The Electoral College is an old and outdated system. Granted it has worked for over 200 years and has elected 44 presidents in the United States‚ but it needs to be changed. At the time the founding fathers believed that this was a good system and that it would truly represent Democracy. However‚ now it actually turns people away from voting because they thing their vote doesn’t count. People become discouraged from voting because if you are a republican living in a highly democratic state‚ essentially
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