When citizens vote and cast their ballot for the candidate that they believe will be fit for president‚ they are not voting directly for their favored candidate. Instead of a direct popular election‚ the United States has the Electoral College‚ a group of elected electors who represent a certain states votes. The Electoral College was established by the constitution to protect minority interests and reduce the possibility of a regional candidate. However‚ some believe that the advantages of a direct
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thousands of Americans live in poverty‚ hardly making it. This is mainly due to little job opportunity because of lack of qualification. A large portion of high school graduates do not even attend college mainly because they simply cannot afford it. If the United States government would pay for college‚ the vast burden of debt from student loans would be eliminated. Young adults are far more likely to attend post-secondary school if they have financial help. The 1950s and 1960s were the best
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College and Weapons Should college students and teachers have concealed weapons? A concealed weapon‚ or a concealed carry (CCW)‚ is when an instrument or device‚ used for attacking or defending in combat‚ is hidden when in public. College students that are 21 years old‚ or above‚ can legally hold a concealed weapon. In order to carry a concealed weapons‚ one must purchase a permit and be a resident of their state or country. Schools shouldn’t allow concealed weapons because weapons are too dangerous
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for their families and even themselves. So why should they be living in constant fear of being deported if they haven’t committed a crime or even possess a criminal record. Immigrants with no criminal record or serious offenses should be allowed to work
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election is held. On Election Day for Presidential election‚ voters in the US do not vote for their president‚ instead they choose group of electors‚ selected on a state by state basis who will support and cast their vote for the party’s president candidate that they support which form electoral college. This paper will explain and analyze the voting process in US‚ mainly focusing on the Electoral College. The Elector College is the process use in the
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monarchs make decisions on behalf of the people‚ Americans get to decide who runs the country and what laws should govern citizens. But even though voting is an important privilege‚ some Americans choose not to vote and the government is now trying to make voting mandatory for people to vote and I am in opposition to that. So many uneducated voters will vote‚ its considered taking our freedom away‚ and we really don’t need to worry as much about voting as about education. One objection to this argument
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Why is it important to vote? You can ’t win if you don ’t play. Election outcomes are determined by those who participate. Elected officials make important (often life and death) decisions about how our society will expend its collective resources and the restraints it will place on individual behavior. The drinking age‚ the age at which you can get a driver ’s license‚ and the amount of money your teachers receive are some of the decisions made by elected officials. In making those decisions‚ elected
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People don’t realize how important it is to vote. Many think one vote won’t hurt anything‚ but if everyone had that mentality no one would ever vote. It is very important to know who you are voting for and putting in office‚ but how do you know who you are truly voting for. Does he share the same religion as you? Is he a conservative or liberal? Or what kind of bills is he trying to pass? These are some basic questions that should be asked when looking at who’s running for office. After all the
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freedmen should be allowed to vote. The issue was how to receive the four million former slaves as citizens. If they were to be fully counted as citizens‚ some sort of representation for apportionment of seats in Congress had to be determined. Before the war‚ the population of slaves had been counted as three-fifths of a corresponding number of free whites. By having four million freedmen counted as full citizens‚ the South would gain additional seats in Congress. If blacks were denied the vote and the
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Why Is It Important To Vote? “To vote is like the payment of a debt‚ a duty never to be neglected‚ if its performance is possible”.~Rutherford B. Hayes . By voting you are expressing your voice and opinion which is very important because it makes you heard. Also‚ voting is a very important right that I respect greatly because we have the choice most people do not have. Finally ‚ voting affects everything from taxes to school. By voting you are expressing your voice and opinion. You vote
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