to other countries of the concept of giving all citizens equal share 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 the right to vote. The Electoral College raises the question "Is the United States a republic?". With the Electoral College‚ it is a winner take all system which makes some votes practically useless. The founding fathers believed that most
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1. How are the number of electoral votes decided for each state? How many electoral votes are in your home state? Which Presidential candidate (Obama or Romney) won your state’s electoral votes in the 2012 election? 2. Briefly explain the “pros and cons” of the electoral system. Why do we have the electoral system? What are some arguments against it? 3. In a few sentences‚ explain what you think. Should the U.S. maintain the current Electoral College system‚ move toward a national popular vote
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voting for Al Gore. In fact he received more than 500‚000 votes than bush but the electoral college ignore the will of the citizens and determined
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While it is crucial to acknowledge all that is right with American government‚ we must not turn a blind eye to what is wrong with it. Although government on the whole is good‚ there are many things wrong with government; things that need to be fixed. And fixing those problems is necessary if we are to revive Americans’ support for government. The better we can make government‚ the more we can expect citizens to oppose efforts to undermine this vital institution. The first‚ and one of the most serious
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In the 1787 constitutional convention‚ there were many ideas discussed on the election of the president. This‚ to the demise of some‚ this is where the idea of the electoral college was formed. The original idea was that the most intelligent and high off people should be the ones to elect the president because the framers feared that the public majority was too uneducated to make decisions regarding the president and their opinion would shadow out the opinion of the minority opinion. Unfortunately
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gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/elections/elecprocess.html . Retrieved: 16th November‚ 2012 Pakistan-Basic Democracies Nizam Ahmed. Non-party caretaker government in Bangladesh: experience and prospect. University Press Ltd.‚ 2004. What makes a good electoral system? By Dr Joanna McKay‚ Nottingham Trent University. Published :April 19‚ 2011. Retrieved: 16th November‚ 2012.
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make up the Electoral College. “Article II‚ section I‚ clause 2 provides that no Senator or Representative or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States shall be appointed as Elector.” In the beginning‚ the 14th Amendment provided that any state officials who had engaged in an insurrection or rebellion against the United States or had given comfort and aid to the enemies of the United States would not be able to serve as an Elector in the Electoral College. This related
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it’s because they don’t think their vote matters. They may be right! Even many of the votes that are cast each year end up having no bearing‚ and it’s because of the way America’s voting system is set up. In the US we use a system called the electoral college. It’s based on electors who are selected by the political parties in each state. When election day comes each elector‚ 538 in total‚ casts their vote for who will be the president. Most of the time this vote is cast in the direction of the popular
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I. The argument for abolishing the Electoral College has been around for a while‚ but rose to its peak in 2000 when George W. Bush was elected President despite losing the popular vote to Al Gore. The Electoral College is a voting system of 538 electors that vote on a state level based on the number of congressmen. The Electoral College is fair‚ simply due to the fact that the rules are known upfront. However‚ I don’t think the Popular Vote is fair at all it’s a system based on each indivual’s vote
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blame the Electoral College and urge us to throw it out in favor of a simple national vote. Their cry for a more direct democracy makes a nice bumper sticker for their Volvos‚ but would it make good law? A new study released this week by the McConnell Center for Political Leadership at the University of Louisville casts doubt on the wisdom of those who would abolish our constitutional system of presidential elections and shows that much of what we think we know about the Electoral College is wrong
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