The process causes some confusion because the popular vote does not decide the winner of the election. However‚ the popular vote does decide who the Electors are and who the Electoral votes go to‚ known as the unit rule. This is true in all but two states; Nebraska and Maine divide their votes along congressional districts (Deatrick). Each state is guaranteed two Electoral votes for the number of senators and an additional amount of votes for the number of representatives for that state. Each
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Why the Americans won the Revolution The Americans won the Revolutionary War against the British due to three important advantages they had in the war. The first advantage they possessed was the fact that they were fighting on and knew their own land. The British had to move their troops and supplies across the ocean. The Americans did not have to. In addition‚ it was hard for the British to get reinforcement and when their ships were blocked‚ they had no support. As for knowing their own land
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Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons? Ursula K. Le Guin To start her essay‚ she states “This was to be a talk about fantasy. But I have not been feeling very fanciful lately.” This is kind of a play on words with the word fantasy. She’s not feeling so fanciful because people‚ mainly Americans as the titles suggests‚ are hesitant to accept the fantasy genre. She repeats the word “fantasy” several times in the first two paragraphs. She might be trying to make the reader more comfortable with fantasy
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One Man‚ One Vote? Joseph Farkas thinks that every vote cast should equal every other vote. He feels that many people are voting without knowing why they are voting for a certain person or why they aren’t voting for another. He says that a vote cast by a person with no or very little knowledge in the election should not count as much as a vote cast by a person who knows a lot about the election. The people who care about who has an important role in the government should have a bigger say in
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emit the eight short‚ quick ticks of a stopwatch every Sunday night‚ signaling the start of "60 Minutes." First airing in 1968‚ the television magazine paved the way for other nightly broadcasts that do more in-depth news pieces. By creating the show‚ Don Hewitt further modernized how people receive their news‚ and thus‚ changed broadcast television history forever. However‚ it took Hewitt much learning‚ practice and skill to reach the success that "60 Minutes" brought him. But most importantly‚ he
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Is it “Narcissistic blabbering” or “inability to write” regarding the current state of literacy? How would we know which opinion to trust? Articles “Why Johnny Can’t Write” and “Clive Thompson On The New Literacy” may seem to project from how positive an article may be or may not be‚ According to “Why Johnny Can’t Write” on page 58‚ the ability “to write ordinary‚ expository English with any real degree of structure and lucidity” differs from the definition on Clive’s Perspective “Assessing their
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Currently‚ the 672‚000 tax paying residents of D.C. do not have a voice in congress. Do you think that’s fair? Having no vote on federal decisions that impact your life? According to mayor Muriel Bowser‚ “D.C. residents pays billions of dollars each and every year [...] yet we have no vote in the house.” There is a reason why D.C.’s license plates says “taxation without representation.” Residents are forced to shell out for federal taxes but yet have no member of congress there to fight on their
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many reasons why this dilemma should stop. They have different bodies than humans so the tests may react different on them than on humans and that could lead to danger to people. I think if scientists have to lab test on something living then they should pick something overpopulated‚ but that still is not okay‚ therefore something needs to be figured out. Or instead of using helpless animals‚ they should use all natural products and take human volunteers willing to get tested on. Why risk poor helpless
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| Why the Drinking Age Shouldn’t Be Lowered | | The Side Effects of Under Age Drinking | | Why the Drinking Age Shouldn’t Be Lowered | | The Side Effects of Under Age Drinking | Hewlett-Packard [Pick the date] Authored by: Manika Washington Hewlett-Packard [Pick the date] Authored by: Manika Washington I. Introduction The drinking age should not be lowered because alcohol has an effect on teens health and may make them vulnerable to diseases‚ increase violent
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Hi I’m Alma and this my opinion on why you shouldn’t use drugs. I believe that drugs ruin your body‚ mind ‚ and life. Drugs affect your body in many different ways such as brain damage ‚ heart problems‚ kidney failure‚ liver problems and the list goes on and on. First of all Drugs are against the law and until the law is changed‚ anything to do with growing‚ transporting and selling of drugs is illegal. So unless you want to spend some time behind bars i suggest you think twice before trying any
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