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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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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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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years presidential election. There is no doubt that it is controversial‚ but in the end either Trump or Clinton will be moving into the Oval Office in the start of next year. Experience is something that I feel is strongly important and crucial to have when running for president. It has been said in Donald Trump’s campaign that “he’s a smart businessman and successful dealmaker”. Hillary Clinton on the other hand is a “self-assured lawyer‚ a powerful political wife or a tenacious presidential candidate
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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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As 2016 is a presidential election year‚ many people routinely are exposed to the major party candidates. This election season is historic‚ because never have the two major party candidates been so disliked. Unfortunately‚ most Americans will not understand that they can vote for someone other than a Democrat or Republican. The Libertarian Party is the third largest and fastest growing political party in the United States. Due to the disdain of the major parties by large number of the electorate
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