Political Impact of the Electoral College On Election Day in 2000‚ candidate Al Gore was ahead of his rival George. W. Bush in the popular vote‚ while Bush led in electoral votes. In the final moments of the election‚ a recount of Florida votes worked in Bush’s favor‚ and he ultimately won the election. Although George Bush lost the popular vote‚ the electoral vote allowed him to win. This election is a prime example of the effectiveness and priority of the Electoral College‚ though many people question
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The Electoral College The 2016 election has brought a lot of attention to the electoral college after Hilary Clinton lost the election even though she had two million more votes than her opponent. The effects of the electoral college can make or break you in an election. So‚ should the electoral college stay or go? I believe that it should go. With the electoral college giving more votes to some states than others‚ campaigning usually is hit harder in the states with more votes. Because the popular
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or against the electoral college The 2000 United States (U.S.) presidential election concluded with Vice President Al Gore winning half a million more popular votes than George W. Bush (50‚992‚335 to 50‚455‚156) yet losing the White House in the Electoral College by only five votes (271 to 266). It once again raised questions about the validity of the Electoral College as the same scenario has occurred in the 1824‚ 1876‚ and 1888 presidential elections. This essay will discuss two problems of the
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Recording‚ Analysing And Using HR Information Activity One Two Reasons Why The Organisation Need To Collect Data There are several reasons why organisations need to collect data such as; Legal Obligations‚ so that if there was ever a complaint put to a tribunal HR would have all the relevant date to back up their story and be able to provide evidence in the form of that data. Monitoring data is also a very important factor‚ as it allows HR to keep an eye on the running of the business
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president has been fairly consistent throughout the past 50 years and one thing that has not changed since our constitution was written is the use of an electoral college to elect the president. By using an Electoral College voters do not directly vote for their next president‚ instead they submit a vote that is then tallied by the electors and whichever party has the most votes at the end gets all of the Electoral College votes from that state. The use of an Electoral College has been the topic
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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 print on the elections and more importantly on the very close elections. It has done it’s job the over 200 plus years and throughout fifty presidential elections. So the electoral college is promising
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Ida Campbell The Electoral College: Good or Bad? The United States Electoral College is the group that is responsible for electing the President and the Vice President every four years. Contrary to popular belief‚ the United States is not a “true” democracy in the rawest sense of the word in part because of our electoral college. The mechanics of the United States Electoral College is fairly simple. Each state is assigned a certain number of electors. The number is derived from the total
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process has been the source of continuing controversy for over two hundred years. There have been more attempts to change the twelfth amendment than any other provision in the Constitution. Ironically‚ in the debates preceding the ratification of the Constitution‚ the method of presidential selection was not very controversial. Alexander Hamilton wrote‚ "The mode of appointment of the chief magistrate of the United States is almost the only part of the system‚ of any consequence which has escaped
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The Electoral College system is arguably biased to small states and ignorant to the overall popular vote of the American citizens. The Electoral College system that is used in America in order to elect presidents is unjust because it ignores larger states that should have more electoral votes and gives states with small populations more electoral votes. This is because the popular vote is not distributed according to population in specific states. However‚ this also gives smaller states a chance
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Yes the Electoral college should be taken out of the constitution.The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have transregional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. So a solid regional favorite has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states‚ for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states that he knows he will win. This is a desirable result because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president
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