The Electoral College is a system created by our founding fathers when they created the Constitution. Within this process‚ the selection of electors hold a meeting where they vote for the President and Vice President‚ as well as‚ the counting of electoral votes by Congress. Each state is entitled an allowance of electors which is based off the number of members in its Congressional delegation. The total number of electors within the Electoral College is 538 electors‚ but in turn there is only 270
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American people have the right to alter or abolish the government if it does not fit their needs. The Electoral College is flawed‚ and the American people need to replace it because this system does not fairly represent the people‚ it forces people to vote a certain way‚ and it does not always guarantee that the winner of the popular vote will win the election. These imperfections in the Electoral College make voters feel like their votes
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are the pros and cons of the Electoral College? An interesting point to this discussion is that many of the “pros” are argued by some to be disadvantages‚ and many of the “cons” are believed to be the advantages of the system by others. It could be said that the Electoral College was created for a different time in this country‚ but by some degree of fortune and foresight it is one of the staples of our government today. A definite benefit of the Electoral College has been the squelching of other
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think way too much when it comes to government policies. And when people begin to think too hard‚ then the thoughts floating around in their head make perfectly fine things turn into issues. One issue that is starting to arise is that of the Electoral College‚ which has been around since the Constitution was scripted. This may seem like a long time ago‚ and it may appear to some people that times have changed‚ so the Constitution should change with it. However‚ if something so greatly prepared has
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POL 201 Week 4 DQ 2 Habeas Corpus and the War on Terror http://homeworkmonster.com/downloads/pol-201-week-4-dq-2-habeas-corpus-war-terror/ POL 201 Week 4 DQ 2 Habeas Corpus and the War on Terror Habeas Corpus and the War on Terror. Soon after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001‚ the Bush administration developed a plan for holding and interrogating prisoners captured during the conflict. They were sent to a prison inside a U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay on land leased from the government
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Policy-making in the Federal System The U.S. government’s expansive role in public policy is caught in a swirl of conflicting cross-currents. On the one hand‚ popular expectations about government’s responsibility to solve problems often exceed the capacity of state and local authorities to respond effectively. On the other hand‚ policies developed at the national level may not sufficiently reflect the great diversity of interests across the U.S. to be effective at the local level. Moreover‚ the
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Foundations of Politics Political Science 1001 Mount Allison University Instructor: Dr. G. Martin Voice: (506) 364-2289 2013 Edition email: gmartin@mta.ca 3 credit hours 01/2013 Twitter: @GeoffRMartin Description: The purpose of this course is to provide the student with a broad introduction to the discipline of political science‚ composed of the four subfields of comparative politics‚ Canadian politics‚ global relations and political theory. In the first section of the course
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POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 Separation of Powers Checks and Balances http://homeworkmonster.com/downloads/pol-201-week-1-dq-1-separation-powers-checks-balances/ POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 Separation of Powers Checks and Balances Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances. For much of 2011 and 2012‚ public dissatisfaction with Congress rose to all time highs‚ with 70-80% expressing disapproval with how Congress does its job. Many commentators note that Americans are fed up with Washington “grid-lock” that makes
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Pol Pot insane with power Pol Pot‚ the leader of the Red Khmer‚ ruled Cambodia from 1975 until 1979 and during that time he killed 1.7 million of his brothers and sisters by starvation‚ overwork and executions (CGP). Pol Pot wanted his idea of an utopia in Cambodia and he forced his ideas on his whole country and people. When I first heard about Pol Pot in high school‚ I could not believe that anybody would do this to their own people and country and wondered why Pol Pot would do this to his people
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election system for a president and a vice president in the United States of America depends on only 538 persons who are members of the Electoral College system. Technically‚ the Electoral College members ‚ called Electors‚ have the right to choose the president and the vice president with their decisions. In spite of making their own decisions‚ the Electoral College members who are voted by people in their states use the results of popular votes in their states to make conclusions in choosing for the
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