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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Is the Electoral College a fair and true system? The Electoral College is the system in place to pick the next president of the United States. The issue with the Electoral College people think it is not fair because majority vote wins a whole state and it cancels like the rest of the votes. Every state has at least two votes. Votes or points are calculated by the amount of representatives the state has. The least amount of votes a state can have is three like Alaska‚ North Dakota‚ South Dakota
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for a first year student in college‚ and apparently the age where minors become involved around alcohol. Meanwhile‚ it has been nearly unavoidable to prevent underage students in college the consumption of alcohol. As according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism‚ about four out five college students drink
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The Controversy behind College Athletes Since 1957‚ the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) has permitted universities to provide athletic scholarships for players they felt would benefit their teams ("Paying College Athletes"para.4). The NCAA’s revenue has significantly increased over the past couple of decades. In 2006‚ colleges that were members of the NCAA earned $4.2 billion from their basketball program and about $1 billion more than the revenue generated by all NBA teams combined
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Paying College Athletes: A Distraction from Academics Why should kids be paid for doing a professionals job? The debate on whether or not to pay college athletes is a debate that has been argued for quite some time. Due to the lack of positive results‚ and a surplus of negatives‚ this should not take place. There is no way to muster up a fair system to pay the athletes while keeping everyone happy. Also‚ paying players will distract them from their academics due to them knowing that they can make
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58% of people agree that college students should get paid for playing sports‚ what do you think? College Football Athletes should get paid for playing football for there college. The athletes are ones who are playing the sports. Paying the college athletes will teach them economic responsibility. The college is making money for the college athletes playing football. Some colleges will not be able to pay the same amount ot some students. Should college athletes get paid for playing football? The
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Govt 2305‚ 09/20/13 Argument Against Abolishing the Electoral College I must say that when starting this semester I was staunchly for the abolishment of the Electoral College‚ believing that it was inherently unfair‚ went against the best interests of the people‚ and favored the power-elite; however‚ that opinion has recently changed due to my learning more historical facts‚ which‚ in turn‚ led to the ability of making a better-informed decision. My change of opinion started when I learned
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The cost of college is ridiculous‚ students have to pay for books and take out loans for tuition‚And pay for some classes they really don’t need‚ but you must take in order to get your degree. Some students can get scholarships but there is a limited amount to give away and on top of that students must qualify to be able to get any of them. But even getting scholarships does not offset the cost of college. Now with the recession and the cost of living it is becoming even harder for student
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Standardised Testing Name: Institution: Abstract This paper explores two published books that touched on pros and cons of standardized testing in schools. Popham‚ (2001) and Sacks‚ (1999) suggest that through pros a student will have to pass certain tests to determine that he or she has acquired proficiency in various fields of study. According to the two authors‚ in cons the students who have mastery of the content‚ don’t show in the test; it mostly promotes teachers to teach tests and evaluate
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The president is elected every four years. The Electoral College works by the people voting for the candidate. The Senate has 100 senators and has 435 members of the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives are separated among population. If you live in a big state you have more representatives and if you live in a small state you have just a few representatives. The votes are counted by congress. Senate only has two senators per each state. Every state allows the citizen to vote.
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