Write an essay that explains how the Electoral College works. How does the Electoral College shape the strategy of candidates? Why is it harder to win presidential elections post 1968? Every four years‚ on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November‚ millions of U.S. citizens go to local voting booths to elect‚ among other officials‚ the next president and vice president of their country. Their votes will be recorded and counted‚ and winners will be declared. But the results of the popular
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The electoral college should not be abolished. The electoral college is a very important part of the election process. After all‚ it wasn’t established in Article II for no reason. Our very own founding fathers did not like the idea of the general population directly voting for president. They feared that presidents would always come from highly populated states. The electoral college should be kept because it creates a clear winner‚ the electors make more educated decisions‚ and the electoral college
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The Electoral College is an integral part of the current election process of the United States. Created during the Constitutional Convention of 1787‚ the establishment of Electors was developed through debate of the Virginia Plan which proposed that Congress should elect the president. However‚ concerns of the president being controlled by Congress and fears over a small group of individuals being able to dictate who would hold office‚ presented the need to change the plan. The Committee of Eleven
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and the Electoral College (is reform needed?): DQ1 has four parts‚ and note that part 4 has two sub-parts: 1. Briefly summarize how the Electoral College works. 2. Briefly explain the pros and cons of whether to keep or abolish the Electoral College. 3. Briefly explain one proposal for changing the Electoral College process without abolishing it (i.e.‚ without having to amend the Constitution). 4. Evaluate this proposal from two perspectives: (a) the relevance of the Electoral College’s
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Every four years‚ the Electoral College enjoys a fleeting moment of fame. But the impact of the college on presidential elections is far greater and more controversial than its brief life indicates. ======================================… ======================================… HOW DOES THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WORK ? Each state has a number of electors equal to the number of its U.S. senators (2 in each state) plus the number of its U.S. representatives‚ which varies according to the state’s
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The most powerful neglection in a government has always been radical change. In the recent presidential election process‚ weather the United State should maintain the Electoral College is an unbalanced question among politicians and the common people. President elect-Trump was elected by the Electoral College for president. The majority votes for Hillary Clinton was ignored. However‚ is this enough of a purpose to illuminate the Electoral College from the American tradition of the presidential
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The Electoral College has remained a United States voting process since the founding fathers established it into the Constitution. Essentially‚ the Electoral College is the final process of choosing the President of the United States; the process involves having voters from across the country vote for their favored candidate on Election Day. The votes are then organized by state and each state gets Electorates that will represent the people’s votes; the electorates‚ that were chosen to represent
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“Voters must have faith in the electoral process for our democracy to succeed‚” said Blanche Lincoln. This statement is especially true today due to the lack of information on why we have the electoral college. On November 8th 2017‚ Donald J. Trump clinched the presidency while not gaining the vote of the majority of the country. This is the second time in the last twenty years‚ and the fifth time in our history. So why should the electoral college stay in place? The electoral college is an effective
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defines the Electoral College as a body of electors chosen by the voters in each state to elect the President and Vice President of the United States. The founding fathers of our nation ingrained it in the Constitution as a compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and by a popular vote of adept citizens. Research will show the impact and importance the Electoral College has on the political system in the United States. The process of the Electoral College consists of
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The Electoral Process The electoral process is very important in the U.S. government as any significant officials are elected by this system. The electoral process has three levels‚ the local‚ state and national election. Local elections include municipal elections‚ metropolitan elections‚ and the elections of local and district councils State elections include state legislature‚ governors‚ lieutenant governors‚ attorney general‚ secretary of state‚ supreme court members and state judiciary members
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