The Electoral College is what gives states around America a say in the General Election‚ and is how the people have their say in every national election. The Electoral College is how every National Election in the United States is based off of. Each state gets a certain number of Electoral Votes that is determined by the number of Representatives the state has and their two Senate members.. Whoever wins a certain state in the election‚ will receive the number of Electoral Votes that the state has
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American Government and Politics Argue for or against the electoral college The 2000 United States (U.S.) presidential election concluded with Vice President Al Gore winning half a million more popular votes than George W. Bush (50‚992‚335 to 50‚455‚156) yet losing the White House in the Electoral College by only five votes (271 to 266). It once again raised questions about the validity of the Electoral College as the same scenario has occurred in the 1824‚ 1876‚ and 1888 presidential elections
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The Electoral College: A Flawed System The electoral college was put in place by our founding fathers in the Constitution. The electoral college is a process that we undergo to elect our president. Every four years‚ American citizens vote for their preferred presidential candidate. Their votes‚ however‚ go to that state’s candidate electors‚ rather than straight towards the presidential election. Electors pledge to vote for the candidate and then vote for president based on the party they previously
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Proposed Amendment to Abolish Electoral College The Framers created the Electoral College in the Constitution over 300 years ago‚ and the system exists even today. The Electoral College’s purposes include giving power to small states and to give people the indirect power to elect the president‚ so that the wrong candidate would not win the election. However‚ many people contemplate whether the Electoral College should still exist. One major reason why includes the most recent presidential election
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Dear Mr. Senator‚ the Electoral College may be a former method in our changing world‚ but it still plays an important role in our government. To date‚ it has been the best method in choosing our president and that should not change. This style of voting is the most organized style to elect important officials and has proven again and again how effective it is. It evades the hassle of runoff elections‚ makes it up to larger states that have fewer votes and requires a trans-region appeal to all candidates
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WHY WE BUY: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SPENDING Why We Buy Tab le of Contents America – Spenders‚ Inc. Resource Management Who’s Pushing Your Buttons? Your Money Personality Spend on Saving Control Spending Know Yourself Appendix A – How Do You Manage Your Money? Appendix B – Instead of Shopping… 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 10 12 1 Why We Buy AMERICA – SPENDERS‚ INC. W hy we buy is a difficult question to answer. But‚ we have to start somewhere. Spending behavior is complex and many of us have never
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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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My Opinion on the Electoral College The Electoral College is the current system America uses to elect the president. How this systems works is when you vote‚ you aren’t really voting‚ you are telling an elector where you would like your vote to go to. Once everyone has voted‚ the elector votes for a candidate based on the votes of the people. There are anywhere from three to about 55 electors per state. I believe this system should be replaced with the popular vote method. One of reasons I believe
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presidential election process‚ weather the United State should maintain the Electoral College is an unbalanced question among politicians and the common people. President elect-Trump was elected by the Electoral College for president. The majority votes for Hillary Clinton was ignored. However‚ is this enough of a purpose to illuminate the Electoral College from the American tradition of the presidential election process? The Electoral College is a genius creations of our four founding fathers. It
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attend college‚ people were too busy trying to make money. So why do we have to pay most of what we earned for our education? A big reason why people in our nation don’t attend college is because they can’t afford it. Having a college degree will relieve financial stress. In addition‚ affordable college tuition will make more impoverished students attend college. Finally‚ more education will equal less violence in the world. College should become more affordable. Paying so much for college can cause
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