The process causes some confusion because the popular vote does not decide the winner of the election. However‚ the popular vote does decide who the Electors are and who the Electoral votes go to‚ known as the unit rule. This is true in all but two states; Nebraska and Maine divide their votes along congressional districts (Deatrick). Each state is guaranteed two Electoral votes for the number of senators and an additional amount of votes for the number of representatives for that state. Each
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Unexpected events By Shanique Singh Tough Days I opened my eyes and the glare from the window shimmered into my room. I groaned and pulled the covers over my head. ‘Must have left them open last night.’ Inwardly cursing‚ I got out of bed and made my way into my bathroom. I leaned against the vanity and looked at myself in the mirror. I REALLY didn’t want to go to school today. Being the new kid sucked. Mom just HAD to
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i thank You God by e.e.cummings In ‘i thank You God’ cummings expresses his spiritual rebirth with the renewal of how he sees the world‚ as if for the first time. The first instance of his playing with punctuation and grammar appears in the title and first line. He lowercases "i" and capitalises "You" to show the difference between the speaker’s view of himself and God‚ placing God above the speaker. The line draws from Cummings’ perception of God in his later years of life‚ when he believed that
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Americans and Voting There is value in having and exercising the right to vote. Americans today have developed a mindset that their vote does not make a difference‚ and that voicing out their opinions is a waste of time. This is not the case‚ however‚ as the rights that Americans are neglecting are the same rights that our ancestors have fought for during the enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment. The laws that affect the average individuals‚ the influences of various platformed parties‚ and the
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many privileges of being a citizen in the United States is having the right to vote. We are able to show our concerns and beliefs when we vote for a political candidate. Whether you’re voting for the president of a club at school‚ or a town official‚ your vote is your voice. We live in a democracy which allows for us to have this right. Sometimes we can take it for granted and it may seem that it’s not that important to vote. However‚ it can be one of the most important things in your life. Voting
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Hillary Clinton. If I were able to vote in this presidential election‚ I would choose to give my vote to Secretary Clinton for many different reasons. While it seems that many people have chosen to vote for Hillary because they see her as the "lesser of two evils‚" I would choose to vote for her regardless of who the alternative was. I could go on for pages and pages about why I could not bring myself to vote for Donald Trump‚ but it would be unnecessary to go into each and every instance in which
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Women Attaining the Right to Vote Throughout history‚ women were degraded on society’s hierarchy. Beginning in 1893‚ women began fighting for their rights in society (“Start of the Suffragette”). New Zealand was the first country that granted women the vote. They believed that women had the potential to be a part of society. However‚ men in England did not believe in that ideology. The idea of women having the rights to vote‚ was unnatural‚ disturbing‚ and out of the ordinary (Hicks 12‚ 13) In
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Event Marketing Introduction An event may be defined as something happening or repeated occurrence or social gathering with a purpose. Event marketing may be described as ‘the marketing discipline focused on face to face interaction via live events‚ trade shows and corporate meeting among other events. Event marketing is concerned with designing and developing a live theme based activity (eg: - sporting event‚ Musical festival) to promote a social cause‚ a product or an organization Event
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Should Felons Be Allowed To Vote? The disenfranchisement of a person is a heavy topic that you only hear about every four years during the Presidential Election. Why though? The reason: everyone has an opinion on the issue‚ but only few are willing to say anything about it. Some are afraid of the racial issue our country sees‚ and some are afraid to sway against their preferred political party. The Constitution of the United States of America‚ amendment 14‚ section 2‚ clearly states “…citizens
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president. Denying them the right to vote denies them a voice in our democracy. Most people around me believe that the voting age should also be lowered‚ and each of them care more about politics than most of the adults we know. If teenagers were able to vote‚ then there wouldn’t be a controversial topic on making not voting illegal. Yes‚ there is talk about making voting a law‚ and those who don’t shall be punished. The reason is because so little American adults vote nowadays‚ and the government wanted
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