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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Persuasive Speech (Monroe’s Motivational Sequence) Reforming the Electoral College Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that the Electoral College is outdated and needs to be reformed. Central Idea: I will discuss the most important reasons that the Electoral College needs to be reformed‚ the promising ways to reform it‚ and the benefits of reformation. Introduction I. Imagine that you have been shot and the bullet was wedged against your spinal cord. The doctors have told
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ELECTORAL COLLEGE : The reason why we use the electoral college in the U.S. is to decide who is going to be the next president. The presidency is not always won by popular vote. The founding fathers opted for an electoral college ‚ because they wanted the president to be chosen by those who were well informed ‚and qualified enough to have the ability to chose a president. The main argument against the electoral college is that the presidency should be won by popular vote alone. It shouldn’t be that
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The Electoral College follows a winner-take all representative system‚ which means that the voices of some citizens will not matter. The Electoral College is a system of representatives included in the U.S. Constitution‚ created by the Founding Fathers‚ to help ensure that voters selecting the president were qualified and knowledgeable. These voters were chosen‚ because they knew what they were doing‚ rather than possible unreasonable voting by the public. However‚ this system is not required anymore
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Government- 4B December 28‚ 2013 Poll on Electoral College The Electoral College is a process that consists of 538 electors that which elect candidates for the office of President and Vice President of the United States. These electors are chosen by popular vote on a state-by-state basis. When voters cast their ballots for a presidential candidate‚ those votes actually count towards a group of electors who pledge to vote for a specific candidate when the Electoral College meets. The presidential and vice-presidential
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When voting for a President and Vice President‚ Americans are actually voting for presidential electors‚ generally known as the electoral college. It is these electors who actually vote to elect the chief executive. Each state has a specific number of electors equal to the combined total of the state’s Senate and House of Representatives delegations. There is currently a combined total of 538 electors. It is relatively easy to become an elector because “Aside from Members of Congress‚ and persons
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every four years in November. The electoral votes are based on the population of a state and affect the election in the long run. The Senate of a state is granted two electoral votes towards the national election. The rest of the electoral votes are based on the popular vote in the districts of a state. The Electoral College was created by the U.S. founding fathers because they were afraid that a dictator could manipulate the votes of the people. The Electoral College is a controversial topic because
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The Electoral College should not be abolished‚ because if it is then the election process would collapse. The Electoral College was created because “normal citizens” were not deemed worth of voting because they would not know what or who they were voting for. The system is built in a way that is complicated‚ but it works‚ here is how it works: all US states and DC get one electoral vote for each of their US Senators and Representatives. The Representatives’ votes are determined by the decennial census
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of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors‚ the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President‚ and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Your state’s entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members
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Electoral College Should Be Abolished The Electoral College system was first established in the constitution by the Founding Fathers. The creation of Electoral College is to make sure every states is a viable participant in electing the president‚ in which giving the small population states a chance. In the day of election‚ people cast their votes for their candidate and who wins it determines the electors of the state. The system was great when it was first introduced because of how people before
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