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 and durable
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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 it
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far one of the most sought out professions in all of America‚ and every year since the early 1900’s these professional sports leagues hold drafts to incorporate college athletes into their leagues. These drafts are glorified and looked upon all year and serve as a quintessential stepping-stone to the pros. And in the last thirty years college sports has become the prime example of athletes fulfilling their dreams to play professional sports particularly in football and basketball. In an ideal situation
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The National College Athlete association is very huge and well known across many of our earth’s countries. There are some of the most known sports in this “league”. The most popular and well known sports would be football and basketball and lesser of baseball and lacrosse. The big key for the NCAA and its funding would be football and basketball. They are huge keys in the popularity and TV shows and such. There’s a question to be had and that is how much are they really making? Who is making them
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men and women through the decades die for the right to vote. Many generations of Americans of every gender‚ race‚ religion‚ and ideology have marched and struggled and died to secure this fundamental freedom. Yet we have a system where the winner can lose (qtd. in “Pros and Cons of the Electoral College System” 25). This specific scenario has occurred multiple times in the most significant election in the United States. In fact‚ in the history of presidential elections‚ the loser of the popular vote
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Alcohol Issues on College Campuses “Binge Drinking on College Campuses.” Center for Science in the Public for Science‚ Center for Science in the Public Interest. Web. 21Mar. 2012. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) discusses that students enrolled in college are more likely to consume alcohol than their peers than do not attend college. They report that 1700 college students die yearly due to alcohol. The increasing number of college students drinking has resulted in higher incidences
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Modern society holds college at a level of necessity in achieving success‚ unlike the past‚ in which going to college was not viewed as‚ nor was‚ a requirement to land in the middle class. Likewise‚ today’s public schools have come to compensate this new workforce in setting standards to prepare students for college beginning as early as elementary schooling. While there are exceptions to those who need a college degree in order to make something of themselves (namely‚ individuals such as Steve
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Are You Being Cheated? Over the years the Electoral College has been proven to be outdated. People wonder constantly if their vote counts anymore or‚ if this method is affective any longer. There are three main reasons why the Electoral College is outdated and should be abolished. The presidential candidates only pay attention to the states with the most Electoral votes‚ we also have a larger and more educated population then when this was originally set up‚ lastly it does not seem as if your vote
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This is due to an antiquated system called the electoral college. The electoral college (EC) was founded in 1787. The founding fathers set up the system so that the president is chosen indirectly. This was done so that "popular passion‚" wouldn ’t factor in as much. Basically they didn ’t want presidential campaigns to become purely advertisement campaigns. (third party times) But there are a few serious flaws in the electoral college that need to be dealt with. For example‚ the well known
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Electoral college is a process that is set up by our founding fathers in the constitution; it is a “compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens” (U.S Electoral College). Electoral college is an example of indirect democracy; therefore‚ we do not choose our president directly. Thus‚ electoral college is not democratic. Electoral college is a group of people appointed by each state‚ who formally elect the
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