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Sequence) Reforming the Electoral College Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that the Electoral College is outdated and needs to be reformed.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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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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Coalitions can be avoided by adopting a majoritarian or alternative voting system. In 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
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The electoral systems existing in the UK today are currently under scrutiny with a call for reform for the First Past The Post (FPTP) with the recent AV referendum‚ in which people voted NO against a reform to the current system. However‚ in this political climate where people accuse the FPTP system of bias‚ being wasteful and being disproportional‚ the system for electing Members of the European Parliament‚ the Closed List System (CLS) has also been under question. In this essay I will explore the
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Electoral College is a type of configuration process electors’ choice. It’s a meeting of the electors that they carried out the selection of the president and vice president. This process also includes the calculation by the electoral council. The founding father of the Electoral College was established within the Constitution as a compromise between election of the president by election in accordance with the popular vote in a parliamentary vote‚ as well as qualification of citizens. The establishments
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accepted into college either because of their academic skills or for their talent skills. These students earn their way into college‚ so why should other students get their entrance into college “handed” to them? That is very unfair to those who fight hard every day to earn their way. In article one NYT: Free College it discusses that in fact‚ President Obama’s plan for students to go to Community College for free. Although they discuss the pros of this plan they do not seem to point out the cons‚ such
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College research is often the most tedious step when considering colleges. Many juniors who approach college application season have an inkling of where to go‚ but beyond a broad outline of the college and its name‚ students tend to not research colleges thoroughly. The decision is difficult‚ especially for a career in business‚ without proper research and scrutiny of the pros and cons of each college‚ considering how much of the job market is dedicated to health services and STEM. Colleges with
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College or "Secondary Education" is often catergorized as an essential aspect of life’s development. Throughout high school we are equipped with the skills neccessary to determine our life’s goals and choice of career. Once all tests are taken and classes passed‚ it all boils down to our choice of college; That is‚ if we choose to attend. Many factors contribute to the overall decision of what educational institution a student wishes to attend. Furthermore‚ one of the first and most difficult decisions
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presidential campaign that’s been going on we have more than often heard the question Should community college be free? President Obama came fourth with the idea of making community college free and as we have seen some people including presidential candidates like Bernie Sander support this‚ however not everyone agrees that this is a good idea. The hope that President Obama has with making community college free is that more people will be encouraged to go out and get their degree. As we often see more
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far one of the most sought out professions in all of America‚ and every year since the early 1900’s these professional sports leagues hold drafts to incorporate college athletes into their leagues. These drafts are glorified and looked upon all year and serve as a quintessential stepping-stone to the pros. And in the last thirty years college sports has become the prime example of athletes fulfilling their dreams to play professional sports particularly in football and basketball. In an ideal situation
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