My Opinion on the Electoral College The Electoral College is the current system America uses to elect the president. How this systems works is when you vote‚ you aren’t really voting‚ you are telling an elector where you would like your vote to go to. Once everyone has voted‚ the elector votes for a candidate based on the votes of the people. There are anywhere from three to about 55 electors per state. I believe this system should be replaced with the popular vote method. One of reasons I believe
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The Electoral College In the United States‚ we the people are guaranteed a vote in our government. Built upon the principles of freedom and democracy‚ The United States has striven to give equal representation to the people. Presidential elections are held to give people the chance to vote for who they believe will best serve the country. The electoral college is in place and adds an extra step in the presidential election process. However‚ many Americans do not understand the Electoral college. How
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Alexander Hamilton was the chief architect of the electoral college since he distrusted popular democracy. He said that the electoral college would ensure that a few men of insight and reflection would select the ablest president. Specifically‚ he wrote‚ "A small number of persons‚ selected by their fellow-citizens from the general mass would act under circumstances favorable to deliberation" (Wright 59). Hamilton believed that the electoral college system would reduce civic unrest if public participation
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American elections are decided by an Electoral College‚ which comprises of electors from 50 U.S states who cast electoral votes for both the president and the vice president
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The Electoral College: Is it Still Necessary? Dawn Moore SOC 315: Cross-Cultural Perspectives Mitra Rokni May 4‚ 2009 Electoral College: Is it Still Effective? Article II‚ Section 1 of the United States Constitution established the Electoral College‚ although‚ at the time‚ it was not specifically referred to as the Electoral College. That term did not appear in any federal statutory law until 1845 (Cain‚ Basciano & Cain‚ 2007). The Electoral College as we know it today‚ is
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current electoral system‚ including the underlying racist and sexist roots‚ voter inequality and other flaws that go against every true democratic principle. The only solution and the only way this country could be truly democratic is to abolish the Electoral College. The way a winner is found in most every level of professionalism (high school government elections‚ mayoral elections‚ even governor elections) is by counting the votes and the candidate with the most‚ wins. However‚ the Electoral College
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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 electors are selected on a state-by-state
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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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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‚ established by the founding fathers in the United States Constitution‚ is a process whereby a body of electors chosen by voters in each state cast a formal vote to elect the president and vice president. Among many other things established within the Constitution‚ the Electoral College requires extensive reform. The Constitution itself was merely a framework for the United States government and did not take into account the extent to which society would change between 1787
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