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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amendment process was divided up by two processes for adopting proposed amendments. The first method was "by a two-thirds vote in both chambers of congress "(Schmidt P.48). This was basically a Super Majority form of voting for proposed amendments to the Constitution. The second method was by "a national convention that is called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of state legislatures""(Schmidt P.48). This method has never been used but basically
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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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in the current elections‚ and giving those with outdated‚ or uninformed views will do nothing but hurt the elections. However‚ the manipulation of uninformed voters by the candidates is very common‚ and candidates practice advertising tactics such as attack ads to alter the view of these uninformed voters. Jeffrey Koch‚ author of “Campaign Advertisements’ Impact
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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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Is the Electoral College a Democratic Institution? Ever since the Constitutional Convention of 1787 there has been constant debate as to whether or not our system of voting‚ the Electoral College‚ is a democratic institution. After all‚ how can an electoral system that grants the power of the presidency to the candidate who did not win the popular vote claim to be truly democratic. This debate over whether or not we should dispense of the Electoral College in favor of a system based on a purely
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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 and rules that few citizens understand. The Founding Fathers originally chose the electoral college for two reasons: fear that the citizens
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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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1. The right to keep and bear arms is a constitutional right that should not be infringed upon. With firearms so easily accessible by the public and increasing world incidents‚ protection of our own armed forces must be paramount. The purpose of this position paper is advocate why concealed carry should be allowed for all members of the United States Armed Forces while on stateside military installations. 2. Department of Defense Directive 5210.56‚ introduced in 1992‚ brought major changes in effort
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terminate the Electoral College. Many sources of evidence support this decision. First‚ one should discover the time when the Electoral College came into American government and how it works. After that‚ one should understand why states have an issue with the Electoral College. Concerning the before mentioned comments‚ many will agree that the Electoral College is merely tradition and is not necessary for our modern American elections. First‚ exploration of the beginning of the Electoral College is worth
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