The electoral college is a very intricate and lengthy system the United States has in place to designate the resulting president. This is a system our founding fathers came up with when developing the country and a system that has been in place for centuries. And although this is a system people know and are accustom to‚ there is much surrounding controversy. Many people feel this is an ineffective method of selecting the president‚ while others feel that it works just fine. The Electoral College
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The process of selecting the president and vice president in the US was draft in a constitution two hundred years ago by our “founder father”‚ which has change historically over the years through the constitution amendment. Every four years‚ on the first Tuesday in November‚ the US President’s election is held. On Election Day for Presidential election‚ voters in the US do not vote for their president‚ instead they choose group of electors‚ selected on a state by state basis who will support and
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because to be president without winning the popular vote‚ we first have to understand the process which this country uses: The Electoral College. Each state has a different amount of electoral votes based on the members the state has in the House of Representatives and in the Senate. However‚ because the population of a state may change‚ so does the amount of administrators in the House of Representatives‚ this process being called reapportionment. On the other hand‚ because each state is fixed to have
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of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors‚ the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President‚ and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Your state’s entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members
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The electoral or voting system in any country or within a state is a very integral part of the country’s progress. It does not only extend to the economic or political independence‚ but it also signifies the society’s struggle in achieving self-sufficiency and freedom. There are different types of election processes such as the plurality election‚ majority election‚ place election and the at-large election. These types differ in the procedures and as such‚ have distinct features that render the strength
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The Ever Changing Electoral-College When the United States first gained its independence‚ a set of laws and regulations had to be formulated in order to keep the country running. The Founding fathers came up with these laws and regulations in a meeting now known as the constitutional convention. In this convention‚ the method for electing the president and vice president was created and it was called the Electoral College. The Electoral College is a method the United States uses to vote for the president
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Government- 4B December 28‚ 2013 Poll on Electoral College The Electoral College is a process that consists of 538 electors that which elect candidates for the office of President and Vice President of the United States. These electors are chosen by popular vote on a state-by-state basis. When voters cast their ballots for a presidential candidate‚ those votes actually count towards a group of electors who pledge to vote for a specific candidate when the Electoral College meets. The presidential and vice-presidential
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Persuasive Speech (Monroe’s Motivational Sequence) Reforming the Electoral College Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that the Electoral College is outdated and needs to be reformed. Central Idea: I will discuss the most important reasons that the Electoral College needs to be reformed‚ the promising ways to reform it‚ and the benefits of reformation. Introduction I. Imagine that you have been shot and the bullet was wedged against your spinal cord. The doctors have told
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Presidential Debate Response The final Presidential Debate took a turn for the more civil side as opposed to the previous endeavours involving cordiality and the lack thereof. Egos and insults alike softened in anticipation of reaching the audience as speech moderator‚ Chris Wallace‚ discouraged any cheering and booing in accordance to the direct consideration of all in the process of voting. Upon first pretenses‚ Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton did not shake hands and only acknowledge each other’s
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majoritarian electoral systems candidates are elected based on either a plurality or absolute majority. In a plurality system (first past the post)‚ the candidate with the most votes will win the election. For an absolute majority‚ the winning candidate must achieve more than half of the votes to win. If no one achieves this threshold of at least 51%‚ there is a runoff election between the top two candidates of round one‚ eliminating the lowest ranked candidates from the race. This process of eliminating
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