Op-Ed: Why We Should Keep the Electoral College The electoral college is the current system in which the united state chooses the president and vice president. The electoral college system was created in 1787 by the framers‚ and hasn’t changed over the years. The current problem with the electoral college system is that the loser of the popular vote can still win the presidency by winning the electoral college votes. This has happened 3 times in the last 56 elections. The most recently being the
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In the United States today‚ we use the Electoral College to decide who is going to be the next president. The presidency is not necessarily won by popular vote. The founding fathers opted for the Electoral College‚ because they were afraid of the masses. They wanted the president to be chosen by those who are qualified‚ well informed‚ and have the ability to chose a president more efficiently then the so called "mob." Although I believe the Electoral College needs many changes‚ it is necessary in
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The Electoral College Before the tense and puzzling presidential election in 2000‚ many people thought the Electoral College was a place of education. Most people now know that it is not a place‚ but a process of how the President of the United States of America is elected. The Presidential Election of 2000 helped inform Americans that our President is not elected by the popular vote‚ but through the process of the Electoral College (Ballaro). The Electoral College has existed since the beginning
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the case of the Electoral College apparently the majority doesn’t count. The Electoral College was established in Article II of the Constitution and amended by the 12th Amendment in 1804. Each state gets a number of electors equal to its number of members in the U.S. House of Representatives plus one for each of its two U.S. Senators creating a total of 538 electoral votes. A majority winner must receive 270 votes to be elected. With a few minor exceptions‚ the Electoral College gives all of the
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2) What is the Electoral College? What are the consequences of electing the president of the United States using the Electoral College? Should we abolish or retain the Electoral College? Why? The Electoral College Emily Ballou Contrary to popular belief‚ America’s presidents are not elected by direct democratic vote of the people. Rather‚ the United States Constitution says that they are elected by the Electoral College. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors from the various states forming
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The topic of my paper is whether we should keep the Olympics or should not keep the Olympics.I think that we should keep the Olympics. I believe we should keep the Olympics because it is a fantastic way for the best athletes in the world to show what they can do. Also‚ it is a good way to keep athletes healthy. People are saying we should not keep the Olympics because the Olympics do not have all the sports. Yes they do not have all sports‚ but the Olympics keep growing so they could add the sports
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issues. One issue that is starting to arise is that of the Electoral College‚ which has been around since the Constitution was scripted. This may seem like a long time ago‚ and it may appear to some people that times have changed‚ so the Constitution should change with it. However‚ if something so greatly prepared has worked for such a long period of time with a superior outcome‚ what would the point of changing it be? People in general should not come to conclusions‚ unless they can tell you what it
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Combined with a little bit of science and a little bit of personal experience‚ I would like to tell you why we should keep smiling. I totally believe that a true smile is the best way to keep you in a good mood. A smile is probably one of the simplest of cures for anything in this world such as broken confidence‚ broken dreams‚ and even a broken heart. I have almost lost count of how many times I have looked into the mirror and just smiled at myself‚ and how it has worked to get me out of a
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We should keep cars‚ they have been here for so many years. Cars have done a lot of great things to this world. As it states in paragraph 3 Cars let people free‚ people don’t have to live in the city where your job is‚ cars also helped the growth off suburbs. Cars have grown to be so much now you have 100 types of cars to pick from way let all that hard work on cars go to waste? Cars do have some things wrong like the population‚ but nothing is perfect but cars come close! When I’m in my car I
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The Electoral college is a very controversial subject that has a big impact on American history. Every four years‚ people vote for the president… Or do they? You actually vote for electors that represent your state‚ and the bigger states get more electors. Sounds perfect right? Wrong. The way the electors are distributed is not perfect‚ and three times in American history‚ the person who won the popular vote did not win the electoral vote. That happened in 1888‚ 2000‚ and 2016. Because of this‚ electoral
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