The Electoral College is made of 538 electors. The Founding Fathers made this process‚ so they could balance the votes. It was balanced by the popular vote from citizens‚ and the Congress. There are specific numbers of electors based on the number of members of its congressional delegation. There is one special rule and it is the twenty-third amendment. It tells us that the District of Columbia gets to be treated like a state‚ so it is easier for the Electoral College. When a candidate is running
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If we would have discontinued the electoral college process to electoral our president and change it to base off popularity. The reason why we have the electoral college is to proportional representation which allows for the balancing in state votes to be counted. If we only have a national government based on a popular voting system‚ the cities in certain regions would overrule the rural and more isolated populations. Their voices would be not heard. The attention of many citizens is protected
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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 system to find out
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the concept that all citizens should have equal say in the government and the way it is run. The Electoral College ruins the voting and creates an unfair system that is not equal. It destroys the fundamental part of democracy that gives everyone a fair right to vote. The Electoral College raises the question "Is the United States a Democracy?". With the Electoral College‚ it is a winner take all system which makes some voter feel that their vote is practically useless. The founding fathers believed
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The American presidential electoral system consists of five different stages‚ the main two being the primaries and the Electoral College. Although the Electoral College has been used since the founding fathers wrote the constitution‚ meaning there are many strengths in the system‚ the weaknesses of the system outweigh substantially the strengths. Some of these being‚ the candidate without the popular vote can be elected as president. For example in the 2000 presidential elections‚ George Bush won
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The electoral college has created a political divide in America. In this day and age the last thing America needs is a division among it’s people. With pressing issues like terrorism‚ immigration and equality‚ America’s people need to be united but the issue of the electoral college is one of the things preventing that. Today I will be focusing on the electoral college. One of the many problems with the electoral college is the lack of laws supporting the popular candidate which means the college
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Electoral Authoritarianism After the fall of the Soviet Union in December of 1991‚ the political actors in Russia had a choice to push for either a democratic or authoritarian regime. The political actors opted to advance an authoritarian regime‚ and used a façade of democratic practices to legitimize the new government and establish antidemocratic policies. The initial push toward an authoritarian regime put Russia on a path gradually leading away from not only democracy but also freedom itself
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founding fathers‚ met in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania to form a new system of government. Creating a functioning and fair way to elect public officials proved to be a difficult task for the founding fathers. They attempted to find a way to balance the power between individual states and the national government. This was eventually laid out in Article II‚ Section 1 of the Constitution‚ which made the Electoral College the form voting system the United States uses to elect the President and Vice President
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Electric Car Vs Gasoline car Nowadays‚ people are very crazy about having a car and the present scenario provide them with different kind of power transmission engines‚ however‚ the engines based on electrical and gasoline are common. In electrical transmission vehicle‚ there is a set of batteries that provides electricity to the motor. The engine then turns a transmission‚ which turns the wheels. In gas-powered car there is a fuel tank‚ which supplies gasoline to the engine and the engine gives
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Pick n Pay Stores Ltd. Fundamental Company Report Including Financial‚ SWOT‚ Competitors and Industry Analysis Date: April 1‚ 2014 Pages: 98 Price: US$ 499.00 ID: P001A08147CEN Pick n Pay Stores Ltd. Fundamental Company Report provides a complete overview of the company’s affairs. All available data is presented in a comprehensive and easily accessed format. The report includes financial and SWOT information‚ industry analysis‚ opinions‚ estimates‚ plus annual and quarterly forecasts made
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