When voting for a President and Vice President‚ Americans are actually voting for presidential electors‚ generally known as the electoral college. It is these electors who actually vote to elect the chief executive. Each state has a specific number of electors equal to the combined total of the state’s Senate and House of Representatives delegations. There is currently a combined total of 538 electors. It is relatively easy to become an elector because “Aside from Members of Congress‚ and persons
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Procedures of American election Nominating process The modern nominating process of U.S. presidential elections currently consists of two major parts: a series of presidential primary elections and caucuses held in each state‚ and the presidential nominating conventions held by each political party. This process was never included in the United States Constitution‚ and thus evolved over time by the political parties to clear the field of candidates. The primary elections are run by state and local governments
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In presidential elections‚ the process for voting for the candidate is likely to ensure that the candidate who wins has the most support. However‚ this may not be the case with other political offices. I think that for a presidential candidate‚ the process of voting for the candidate ensures that the candidate who has the most support will win. However‚ this is not always true for other political offices like congress. The process for nominating and electing public officials does not always ensure
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Democratic socialist. Independent. All used to describe presidential candidate Bernard “Bernie” Sanders. A favorite amongst the youth‚ Bernie Sanders is catching the attention of millions of Americans‚ and is picking up momentum all throughout the United States. With his progressive ideas‚ Sanders is setting himself apart from other democratic candidates of the past. Between all this‚ Bernie Sanders is an excellent candidate for the 2016 presidential election because of his experience‚ consistency‚ policies
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of the U.S. Constitution and was established by the founding fathers as a compromise between the election of the president by Congress and election by popular vote. As we all know‚ Americans were given a serious reminder in 2000 that the president is not elected by nationwide popular vote‚ but by a majority of the electoral votes. It’s an example of indirect election as opposed to direct election by U.S. citizens‚ (i.e. the members of the U.S. House of Representatives.) Should the Electoral College
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Americans Should Be Free From Attack by Satire Racism is an issue which frequently generates a great deal of heated debate. Back in history‚ the aspect of slavery is portrayed as the way of life for African Americans. Therefore‚ during the between 1954-68 period‚ the movement of black Americans became one of the most important movement in our history. It first appeared in the United States and the main concept of this movement concerned with social equality. Nowadays‚ most people believe that the negative
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principles. According to the Webster Dictionary a democracy is “ government in which people choose their leaders by voting‚ and where they are treated equally and have equal rights.” The definition does not capture what the United States feels it’s a democracy. The United States is believe in the democratic ideology is‚ but is best known as a representative republic. In The Columbia Encyclopedia‚ Sixth Edition‚ 2001: "Traditionally a republic is distinguished from a true democracy in that the republic
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pleasure to witness one of the most historical presidential inaugurations on January 20th‚ 2009. On this date‚ America had chosen Barack Hussein Obama to become its president. Before Obama‚ there was George Walker Bush – son of former U.S. president‚ George H.W. Bush (1989-1993). Both Obama and Bush severed two historical terms despite their political differences. Serving as the 44th president of the United States‚ Barack went on to make many presidential decisions that were both praised and criticized
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Virginia Center for Politics The Electoral College and Presidential Campaigns: Working the System Purpose: This lesson may be used on its own or as a continuation of the YLI lesson The Controversial History of the Electoral College. Students are required to apply their knowledge of elections and the Electoral College system to use recent information on voter trends to examine the outcomes of the 2000 elections and predict the 2004 election using Sabato’s Crystal Ball website. Objectives:
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Yes the Electoral college should be taken out of the constitution.The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have transregional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. So a solid regional favorite has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states‚ for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states that he knows he will win. This is a desirable result because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president
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