better than it has ever been‚ all during the time of his presidency. So‚ the process of selecting a president has been put into careful consideration and the government has run the election of the presidency in an “Electoral College” form. Meaning‚ certain “electors” are appointed to give their votes for a candidate instead of actually making the popular vote of the citizens count. Some may oppose to it‚ while others want it to stay as how it is. This topic of the electoral college creates controversial
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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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Today‚ all presidential college electoral are chosen by voters. Although in the early republic‚ more than half of the states had chosen electors in their legislature body‚ this eliminated any direct involvement by the voting public in the elections. There are three categories of presidential power: Constitutional powers: which are explicitly granted by the Constitution‚ Delegated powers: these powers were granted by Congress to help the president fulfill his duties‚ and Inherent powers: inherent
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floating around in their head make perfectly fine things turn into issues. One issue that is starting to arise is that of the Electoral College‚ which has been around since the Constitution was scripted. This may seem like a long time ago‚ and it may appear to some people that times have changed‚ so the Constitution should change with it. However‚ if something so greatly prepared has worked for such a long period of time with a superior outcome‚ what would the point of changing it be? People in general
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defines the Electoral College as a body of electors chosen by the voters in each state to elect the President and Vice President of the United States. The founding fathers of our nation ingrained it in the Constitution as a compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and by a popular vote of adept citizens. Research will show the impact and importance the Electoral College has on the political system in the United States. The process of the Electoral College consists of
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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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The electoral college‚ the body that chooses the president. The electoral college is the group of people chosen to represent what the citizens want. After the people vote it is up to the electoral college to cast their vote. Their votes are also called electoral votes. The electoral college is a fair way to vote but it should be changed in certain places. The way the population is divides to get each electoral vote might not be the best way to go about dividing things up but this works. As seen
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There are several reasons I am in need of financial assistance to attend Gateway. I am a non-traditional student‚ living below the poverty level while raising two children under age 12 as a single Mom. I have the financial burdens of keeping a roof over our heads‚ the lights on‚ and the house warm in the winter. I am working two part-time jobs in my field of study while attending college to make ends meet. I have taken out student loans to ease my financial burden‚ but I do not want to keep increasing
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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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The Electoral College has remained a United States voting process since the founding fathers established it into the Constitution. Essentially‚ the Electoral College is the final process of choosing the President of the United States; the process involves having voters from across the country vote for their favored candidate on Election Day. The votes are then organized by state and each state gets Electorates that will represent the people’s votes; the electorates‚ that were chosen to represent
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