position towards the electoral college along with the pros and cons leading to my choice. I will explain why the people should want to keep it along with why some don’t want to trust it. I will also explain what will happen if it goes away because we know what it does. The Electoral College always has it’s finger prints on the elections and more importantly on the very close elections. Both parties Republican and Democrat candidate feel at times as if they win the popular vote they win the election
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president in the United States of America depends on only 538 persons who are members of the Electoral College system. Technically‚ the Electoral College members ‚ called Electors‚ have the right to choose the president and the vice president with their decisions. In spite of making their own decisions‚ the Electoral College members who are voted by people in their states use the results of popular votes in their states to make conclusions in choosing for the president and the vice president. Moreover
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The idea of the Electoral College was first introduced at the 1787 constitutional convention. Some delegates argued that the president should be selected by the legislature‚ however that might create a conflict of interest with the president trying to please the legislature and not actually being independent. Other delegates favored a direct election‚ where the popular vote would decide the president. The argument was that more populous states would have more control over the less populous states
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the Electoral College With the recent election‚ a controversy has come up about the eliminating the Electoral College. The Electoral College is made up of a group of electors where they vote for the President and the Vice President based on the states popular vote for the candidate. There are 538 Electoral College votes and in order to win the election‚ a candidate must have a majority of 270 votes to become the President. When Americans cast their vote‚ they are actually casting votes for the
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affirmative to why women in Australia should be given the rights to vote for many obvious reasons. My reasons being; firstly‚ we should all be treated equally with justice or else Australia would not be considered as an egalitarian society. Secondly‚ other countries have benefited their society by passing women’s suffrage. Lastly‚ women are just as hard-working as men and deserve as much as men do. To start off‚ I without a doubt believe that women should be able to vote as Australia or we would not
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the popular vote in 2000‚ Bush nevertheless became president. Even though President Bush lost the popular vote in 2000‚ he was still able to win the election because he still had the majority. There are 538 total votes in the Electoral College and a presidential candidate must win a majority of the electoral votes to be elected‚ exactly 270. In 2000 there were a total of 538 electoral votes available with 270 needed to win the election between George Bush and Al Gore. Bush won 271 electoral votes
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election‚ one single vote in Kansas has more power than a single vote casted in Missouri because of the Electoral College? B. Background/Need- This is true according to the article “Electoral College” by Jost Kenneth and Greg Giroux on CQ Researcher. C. SP/CI-We will look at 3 areas: First‚ how the Electoral College works and why it should be changed. Second‚ how it should be changed and Third‚ what you can do to help change it. A. First point-First‚ How the Electoral College works; Presidential
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Should the Electoral College Be Abolished? Did you ever wonder if your vote goes to the candidate you vote for. The Electoral College hurts the third parties and they don’t get the same advantages as other parties have. The Electoral College isn’t fair we don’t get to vote for the president. The Electoral College should be abolished because its undemocratic‚ small states are overrepresented and it hurts third party candidates. Is the Electoral College needed? Document B shows‚ in 1980 Reagan won
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The United States should absolutely terminate the Electoral College. Many sources of evidence support this decision. First‚ one should discover the time when the Electoral College came into American government and how it works. After that‚ one should understand why states have an issue with the Electoral College. Concerning the before mentioned comments‚ many will agree that the Electoral College is merely tradition and is not necessary for our modern American elections. First‚ exploration of
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Over the years the Electoral College has been proven to be outdated. People wonder constantly if their vote counts anymore or‚ if this method is affective any longer. There are three main reasons why the Electoral College is outdated and should be abolished. The presidential candidates only pay attention to the states with the most Electoral votes‚ we also have a larger and more educated population then when this was originally set up‚ lastly it does not seem as if your vote really counts since
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