parts of a democratic system of government. The current voting system in the United States is the Electoral College. In the past‚ systems of popular voting had been used by other countries. There are pros and cons to both systems. However‚ a popular vote system‚ although hard to implement‚ is a more purely democratic system than the Electoral College. A popular vote system would significantly impact voters and turnout. This type of system would give the individual voter a much more significant influence
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The Electoral College: Electoral vote vs. The Popular vote Most American’s believe that the popular vote should decide the president elect as a more direct election. However most people do not understand that the Electoral College system is generated through the voted candidates of the Senate and House of Representatives through the bigger and smaller cities making it equal for battleground states to get have equal say in the general election. The Electoral was created by the founding
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cast their votes on who should be president. When a citizen votes on a ballot for who they think should be president‚ they are actually voting for an elector who has pledged to vote for the candidate the voter has chosen. Ultimately‚ the decision is in the elector’s hands however‚ as they are the ones casting the vote on who should become the next leader for our country. All but two of the states in the U.S. run a “winner take all” fashion for how they distribute their Electoral College votes. The two
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Popular vote vs. Electoral College By: Asllan Alija 8-211 Did you know you do not actually vote for the president? The popular vote is used for only choosing which of the two out of three candidates can run for president. The job of choosing the president goes to the Electoral College‚ which consists of representatives chosen from a certain party‚ which differs from every state. Generally‚ the political parties nominate Electors at their State party conventions or by a vote of the party’s central
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should no longer be kept as a means to decide who the next president should be‚ instead the popular vote should be used for the task. The popular vote directly reveals the candidate that the people want as president. The Electoral College is not a democratic system to use in a nation that exemplifies itself as the most definitive democracy. The system also discourages people from taking part in the right to vote. The
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Explain how‚ having lost the popular vote in 2000‚ Bush nevertheless became president. Even though President Bush lost the popular vote in 2000‚ he was still able to win the election because he still had the majority. There are 538 total votes in the Electoral College and a presidential candidate must win a majority of the electoral votes to be elected‚ exactly 270. In 2000 there were a total of 538 electoral votes available with 270 needed to win the election between George Bush and Al Gore. Bush
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elected by the votes cast by a group of people known as the Electoral College‚ and not by the popular vote‚ which are the votes directly cast by each voter. When Americans vote in November and mark their choices for President and Vice President‚ these citizens are actually voting for electors—people who represent our choices in the Electoral College. Although every elected official in the United States‚ from school committee members to U.S. senators‚ is elected based on the popular vote‚ in order to
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The Electoral College system is arguably biased to small states and ignorant to the overall popular vote of the American citizens. The Electoral College system that is used in America in order to elect presidents is unjust because it ignores larger states that should have more electoral votes and gives states with small populations more electoral votes. This is because the popular vote is not distributed according to population in specific states. However‚ this also gives smaller states a chance
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It is important for U.S. citizens to use their right to vote. It is important to vote to vote in order for a political leader be fairly elected. A citizen’s vote ensures equality among all races and economic statuses. It also helps with race and religious beliefs. Voting represents a citizen’s moral values. A citizen’s vote makes certain that a political leader would be fairly elected. This is important because you wanna make sure if someone you like in an election
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FRP: Swing Vote Introduction: A swing vote is a particular vote which may affect any candidate in an election. Such votes are usually sought after in elections‚ since they have such a large role in the outcome.” Swing Vote” is the actual name of the movie we chose to write about since it pertains to much of what we have discussed in class‚ such as how citizens have the right to vote. This movie also has the media itself come alive in mostly every chapter. How it also affects the Electoral College
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