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    The Electoral College should not be abolished‚ because if it is then the election process would collapse. The Electoral College was created because “normal citizens” were not deemed worth of voting because they would not know what or who they were voting for. The system is built in a way that is complicated‚ but it works‚ here is how it works: all US states and DC get one electoral vote for each of their US Senators and Representatives. The Representatives’ votes are determined by the decennial census

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    the right to vote every four years in November. The electoral votes are based on the population of a state and affect the election in the long run. The Senate of a state is granted two electoral votes towards the national election. The rest of the electoral votes are based on the popular vote in the districts of a state. The Electoral College was created by the U.S. founding fathers because they were afraid that a dictator could manipulate the votes of the people. The Electoral College is a controversial

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    Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors‚ the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President‚ and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Your state’s entitled allotment

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    The Electoral College follows a winner-take all representative system‚ which means that the voices of some citizens will not matter. The Electoral College is a system of representatives included in the U.S. Constitution‚ created by the Founding Fathers‚ to help ensure that voters selecting the president were qualified and knowledgeable. These voters were chosen‚ because they knew what they were doing‚ rather than possible unreasonable voting by the public. However‚ this system is not required anymore

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    In my opinion‚ the Electoral College should go. I have three reasons why the Electoral College should be either get rid of. My reasons are that it focuses more on smaller states than big states‚ Hamilton had other intentions for the Electoral College‚ and the Electoral College was meant to be for small states so it would be more equal. The first reason is that the Electoral College focuses on more smaller states than big states. Not only does the Electoral College pay more attention to small states

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    The electoral college is a group of people that vote based on the popular vote in their district. The people who are in the electoral college can be regular people who are picked by the state legislature. How many points a state get is based on that state’s population. The points are the number of electoral college representatives who can vote for whoever they want. When the state is won all the points go to the person who won that state. So should the electoral college stay the same‚ or changed

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    Electoral College Should Be Abolished The Electoral College system was first established in the constitution by the Founding Fathers. The creation of Electoral College is to make sure every states is a viable participant in electing the president‚ in which giving the small population states a chance. In the day of election‚ people cast their votes for their candidate and who wins it determines the electors of the state. The system was great when it was first introduced because of how people before

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    The Electoral College The upcoming presidential election is just around the corner‚ and with that comes the never ending debate over the Electoral College. Should it be abolished? Why is it beneficial? Why was it even created? These are just some questions usually associated with the Electoral College. On the contrary to what some might think the Electoral College should be in place and not abolished. Why? To understand this one must first know why the the founding fathers created it‚ what the Electoral

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    The electoral college in america should be abolished because it has major flaws‚ supports political inequality‚ and doesn’t support third party candidates. On top of the flaws that already exist in the electoral college the biggest flaws is what happens when there is a tie. In the case of a tie the decision of who gets to be president is cast in the House of Representatives. This would mean that every states essentially has one vote making “the single representative from Wyoming‚ representing 500

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    to vote for their candidate and hope they win. Sadly‚ many Americans don’t realize their influence on the election is pretty minimal. The votes go to the state‚ and whatever candidate has more votes in that state‚ wins the state. Even if the popular vote is for the opposite candidate that wins‚ hence 2016’s election. The Electoral College should be abolished‚ and be replaced in the constitution by the popular vote‚ which represents each individual’s real vote. Firstly‚ the Electoral College can

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