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    for the nation. The current Westminster electoral system is First Past the Post (FPTP) which is used for general elections every 5 years (due to the new fixed-term parliaments brought in by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition.) The FPTP system is constituency based‚ each person votes for a representative for their constituency and whichever party wins the most constituencies gains governmental power. First Past the Post works on the basis of a plurality of votes‚ that is‚ that the winning party

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    Electoral College Reform The Electoral College system is the process of a president and vice-president election into office. This is a compromise established by our founding fathers in the United States Constitution. “The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years‚ and‚ together with the Vice-President chosen for the same Term‚ be elected‚ as follows: Each State shall appoint‚ in such Manner as

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    Democracy is a system of government that gives power to the people‚ whether directly or through elected representatives. The United States’s system is a democracy where the people’s votes‚ opinion‚ and action make a difference. Every four years we hold an election to select who will be our succeeding president. When our country was being developed we had a group of white‚ well-educated‚ and most part wealthy males who were known as the Framers. The Framers of the United States created a system called

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    The Electoral College is an old and outdated system. Granted it has worked for over 200 years and has elected 44 presidents in the United States‚ but it needs to be changed. At the time the founding fathers believed that this was a good system and that it would truly represent Democracy. However‚ now it actually turns people away from voting because they thing their vote doesn’t count. People become discouraged from voting because if you are a republican living in a highly democratic state‚ essentially

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    The United States Electoral College is an integral part of America’s political system. In 1787‚ the delegates of the Constitutional Convention decided on the creation of the Electoral College‚ or a system under which a body is elected with the expressed purpose of itself electing a higher body. The College was established by Article Two‚ Section One of the United States Constitution. (Lesson 2: Political Participation‚ n.d.) The Founding Fathers wished to provide the people of each state the ability

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    the presidency in an “Electoral College” form. Meaning‚ certain “electors” are appointed to give their votes for a candidate instead of actually making the popular vote of the citizens count. Some may oppose to it‚ while others want it to stay as how it is. This topic of the electoral college creates controversial discussions because there benefits and non benefits that can apply to the democratic and republican parties.

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    presidential election‚ one single vote in Kansas has more power than a single vote casted in Missouri because of the Electoral College? B. Background/Need- This is true according to the article “Electoral College” by Jost Kenneth and Greg Giroux on CQ Researcher. C. SP/CI-We will look at 3 areas: First‚ how the Electoral College works and why it should be changed. Second‚ how it should be changed and Third‚ what you can do to help change it. A. First point-First‚ How the Electoral College works; Presidential

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    The electoral college has continued to be a controversial topic for several years now. The electoral college is a process used in the presidential election. It was first proposed to Congress on December 9‚ 1803 (Twelfth Amendment). This means that the electoral college has been around for over two hundred years‚ yet some Americans still wonder if the electoral college is a fair system? A key factor in deciding if it is fair would be to understand why we have the electoral college and how it works

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    Electoral College Reform Five times in our nation’s history‚ the Electoral College has failed and elected a president that was not the majority vote from the election. The two most recent cases were the 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore and the 2016 election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. During elections‚ there is always a good turnout because people are excited to vote for the next president of the United States‚ but what they do not know is that they do not directly

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    personal needs to account for the national interest (Monroe 2016). Thus they came up with a system called the electoral college. The electoral college is an institution that elects the president and the vice president of the U.S. every four years. This system is a highly complicated institution where each state selects electors. Electors are delegates that have a well known judgement of

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