Early Colleges all around the world are designed to present students with unique opportunities‚ to better themselves in succeeding in life. Early College’s purpose is for students to graduate high school not only with a high school diploma‚ but an associate’s degree. However‚ I do not believe all high schools should follow this academic program‚ by allowing all high schools to turn into an Early College. Although this program is a great opportunity for many students‚ all schools should not be ab
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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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States is a role model to other countries for giving the concept that all citizens should have equal say in the government and the way it is run. The Electoral College ruins the voting and creates an unfair system that is not equal. It destroys the fundamental part of democracy that gives everyone a fair right to vote. The Electoral College raises the question "Is the United States a Democracy?". With the Electoral College‚ it is a winner take all system which makes some voter feel that their vote is
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The electoral college has created a political divide in America. In this day and age the last thing America needs is a division among it’s people. With pressing issues like terrorism‚ immigration and equality‚ America’s people need to be united but the issue of the electoral college is one of the things preventing that. Today I will be focusing on the electoral college. One of the many problems with the electoral college is the lack of laws supporting the popular candidate which means the college
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The Electoral College is an old and outdated system.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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president of a country is probably one of the most prominent things a citizen of a country should care about. One person‚ the president‚ can simply ruin his country or make it better than it has ever been‚ all during the time of his presidency. So‚ the process of selecting a president has been put into careful consideration and the government has run the election of the presidency in an “Electoral College” form. Meaning‚ certain “electors” are appointed to give their votes for a candidate instead
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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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Sam Thompson 1/12/14 ‘The electoral college should be replaced by a national popular vote.’ Discuss. (45 marks) The Electoral College is a political institution that every 4 years is indirectly given the task of electing the president and vice-president of the United States of America into power. The idea behind the Electoral College is that it would give power to people that know politics so that they can make an informed decision on who should be president. This institution is a staple of the
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American people have the right to alter or abolish the government if it does not fit their needs. The Electoral College is flawed‚ and the American people need to replace it because this system does not fairly represent the people‚ it forces people to vote a certain way‚ and it does not always guarantee that the winner of the popular vote will win the election. These imperfections in the Electoral College make voters feel like their votes
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Should America Reject the Electoral College and Go to a Popular Vote? The American way of electing the highest office in our country is hard to explain on a good day to a fellow American‚ let alone to a non-American. The question that often follows an explanation of the Electoral College is something like: why doesn’t the United States just adopt a popular vote? Through the course of this paper I will talk about first the history of the Electoral College. Secondly‚ I will discuss the negatives
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