ELECTORAL COLLEGE-TO BE OR NOT TO BE? Cindy Franklin Government 2301 Prof. Rasmussen April 19‚ 2012 The Electoral College is a process that began as part of the original design‚ of the U.S. Constitution and was established by the founding fathers as a compromise between the election of the president by Congress and election by popular vote. As we all know‚ Americans were given a serious reminder in 2000 that the president is not elected by nationwide popular vote‚ but by a majority of the
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by voting. Despite this fact‚ the U.S. still has one of the lowest voter turnout rates compared to European countries. Some Americans have a deep since of civic duty to vote while others feel it is a waste of time. Both of the major parties in the U.S. continually work on ways to get citizens to use their right to vote and increase their interest in public policies. First‚ there are several reasons why the U.S. has a lower turnout rate than European countries. The most
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number of votes in a election. Winner-take-all system: an electoral system that awards offices to the highest vote-getters without ensuring representation for voters in the minority. primary election: election in which voters determine their party’s nominee for an elective office. general election: election in which voters choose candidates from different parties. caucus: meeting of party members to choose party officials party base: political stump speech: activities who
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The Role Of Voter Turnout 1. Would you favor a law requiring Americans to vote or pay a fine if they fail to do so? If the United States had such a policy do you think‚ as William Galston does‚ that it would significantly reduce the level of party polarization? If I was to state my personal view‚ I would have to say that a law that would require American citizen to vote on Election Day or pay a fine if that did not happen would be rather beneficial. There are several reasons to that. First of all
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ever shrinking overall voter turnout in UK general elections suggests we do have a problem. However‚ the recent referendum on Scottish Independence that saw 84% of the Scottish electorate vote including 16 year olds‚ begs to differ. There are many arguments for and against this question. A reason for agreeing that there is a participation crisis in the UK is because there is an increasingly low voter turnout at general elections. In the 2005 general election voter turnout was only 61.4% rising slightly
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election‚ it appears that only about half the potential voters (51 percent) exercised their right to vote. That figure is only marginally better than it was a few years ago. According to official Census Bureau and Federal Election Commission figures‚ only 49 percent of those of voting age participated in the presidential election in 1996. This follows the trend of a steady decline in voting during the 20th Century‚ which began with a 75 percent turnout in the 1902 presidential election. American voting
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higher socio-economic status are likely to have a higher voter turnout/participation rate. However that is not the case for Asian American voters. With Asian Americans having some of the highest level of income and education‚ they still result in low voter turnout in general elections. With Asian American political participation being a puzzling phenomena‚ there are bloc of reasons for their bizarre voting behavior. The reasons for lower turnout rates among the group of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
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Comment And Opinion Community Health Centers in US Inner Cities: Additional Commentary By Aneez Esmail‚ University of Manchester Blacks and the 2008 Elections: A Preliminary Analysis By David A. Bositis‚ The Joint Center for Political and Economic Activities Miseducation and Racism by Marika Sherwood‚ c0-founder of the Black and Asian Studies Association (BASA) Creating a Safe Learning Space for the Discussion of Multicultural Issues in the Classroom by Katherine M. Helm‚ Lewis University
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Robert Powell goes on to explain that voter turnout is disadvantaged 13% by the party system and institutional factors‚ and 14% by registration laws. Legal and administrative obstacles‚ including time/place restrictions on registration and voting‚ affect the poor and uneducated more than the well-off and educated. Additionally‚ parties strategize which eligible voters‚ i.e. those they believe will vote for them‚ they will reach out to “activate and enlist.” They even went a step further with their
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one way in particular is voting. In roughly the past century‚ there has been an all-time low voter turnout in the U.S.. There are factors that affect the amount of citizens that vote every time the opportunity comes. These circumstances mainly are age and education that is provided for that individual. As well as age and education‚ there is also a dynamic that the government set that hinders voter turnout. Other than voting‚ there is another way citizens can be involved in government in a couple of
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