The United States always claims that we are living in a democracy‚ but do we really? For centuries‚ the Electoral College has been selecting our presidents rather than the voters of the United States. The Electoral College was put in place to compromise the congressional and popular votes during a presidential election. What’s the compromise when only the congressional votes count? Voters from each state elect a person to go vote for them‚ but some electors can still vote whichever way they please
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but instead by 538 members of the electoral college. The electoral college should be replaced by a popular vote system because it will allow all votes to be equal‚ cause candidates to focus on more than just swing states‚ and result in a rightful winner that creates a more united country. The electoral college is a complicated system with a multitude of loopholes and rules that few citizens understand. The Founding Fathers originally chose the electoral college for two reasons: fear that the citizens
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towards the electoral college along with the pros and cons leading to my choice. I will explain why the people should want to keep it along with why some don’t want to trust it. I will also explain what will happen if it goes away because we know what it does. The Electoral College always has it’s print on the elections and more importantly on the very close elections. It has done it’s job the over 200 plus years and throughout fifty presidential elections. So the electoral college is promising
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The Electoral College is a collection of 538 votes that will determine who the next President is. This 538 is the same number of Senators and representatives in Congress combined. The 538 votes are devided among the states based on the population of each state‚ but each state‚ including District of Colombia‚ is given three votes to start. The people of each state do not vote directly for the President‚ rather they vote to tell the electors who to vote for. (New York Times‚ 2008) “There are a total
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The Electoral college is a very controversial subject that has a big impact on American history. Every four years‚ people vote for the president… Or do they? You actually vote for electors that represent your state‚ and the bigger states get more electors. Sounds perfect right? Wrong. The way the electors are distributed is not perfect‚ and three times in American history‚ the person who won the popular vote did not win the electoral vote. That happened in 1888‚ 2000‚ and 2016. Because of this‚ electoral
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The Electoral College The 2016 election has brought a lot of attention to the electoral college after Hilary Clinton lost the election even though she had two million more votes than her opponent. The effects of the electoral college can make or break you in an election. So‚ should the electoral college stay or go? I believe that it should go. With the electoral college giving more votes to some states than others‚ campaigning usually is hit harder in the states with more votes. Because the popular
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Is the Electoral College a fair and true system? The Electoral College is the system in place to pick the next president of the United States. The issue with the Electoral College people think it is not fair because majority vote wins a whole state and it cancels like the rest of the votes. Every state has at least two votes. Votes or points are calculated by the amount of representatives the state has. The least amount of votes a state can have is three like Alaska‚ North Dakota‚ South Dakota
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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. Most people
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president of the united states has been elected via the electoral college. Despite its long-time usage‚ the electoral college has many critics. Various people‚ wish for the president to be elected via a popular vote. While others‚ continue to be happy with usage of the electoral college. Others‚ simply are confused by the process of the electoral college all together. This leads to many political scientists to question if the electoral college is in fact effective‚ or if a popular vote would be better
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Persuasive Essay on Electoral Colleges In the United States we are all guaranteed one vote per person. Everyone has an equal voice in electing the people that serve in the government. Every four years during the month of November citizens of America go to the polls to vote for a president and vice-president of the United States. Am I right? Not really. They actually vote for electors that then vote for our president. It makes me wonder‚ "Are we a democracy?" Having the Electoral College defeats its purpose
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