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As different problems have come up and been resolved in the presidential election process, it has, over time, become more democratic. The Electoral College is voted for by the people, primaries/caucuses allow citizens to nominate delegates to vote for their nominee, and the two-party system is broad enough to allow many people to participate in the election process. All in all, even though we don’t directly elect our president, we still play a huge part in electing the people who do vote and because of this, I think the system is very

Primary elections are elections held previous to a Presidential election to decide upon the presidential candidate from the two main parties. These are held in each state, each of which then goes on to sponsor the winning candidate of their primary at the national convention, where the party’s presidential candidate is announced. This method of choosing a candidate came about due to the McGovem/Fraser Commission of 1968 (where Mayor Daley refused McGovem the chance to run as he was too liberal). It replaced the old system of decisions being made in ‘smoke filled rooms’ where party bosses were all powerful and made the decision.

The purpose of elections is to allow the people to voice their opinions on who they wish should hold public office in the government. Whichever candidate has the most votes, win the election.

The Presidential Primaries is a system put in place to help chose the best candidates for being the President of the United States of America. Now whether it is or is not an effective system is yet to be discussed later on in the paper, but it was put in place to help better to represent the people of the U.S. The presidential Primaries is very crucial to the candidates running for presidency. It allows the public to see who the candidates are, and how they conduct a campaign against one another.

In order to encourage popular participation in politics, most states instituted statewide nominating conventions, opened polling places in more convenient locations, extended the hours that polls were open, and eliminated the earlier practice of voting by voice.

Proponents say the voting method ensures that whoever is elected has the support of a majority of voters. They say this helps increase civility because candidates need to appeal to a spectrum broader than just their base in order to win over their opponents’ supporters on subsequent ballots. And theoretically it eliminates the possibility of a “spoiler” candidate winning.

By opening primaries, you give independent and third party voters an equal chance to participate, as well as favoring voters wishes over the party’s wishes. Often in primaries, candidates only reach out the committed ideological voters, but by opening the primary, they are forced to appeal to a larger audience in an attempt to gain swing voters, which in turn, results and having a candidate being well like by the majority causing less issues and gridlock later down the line. Also, by closing the voting at 6:00 pm as it often is in most states, you are making it harder for working parents to juggle work and parental duties as well as finding time to get to a polling place. If we were to open the voting for longer or treat election day as a federal holiday so voters have the day off, low voting turn out would be a thing of the

According to the University of Missouri-Kansas City, the system isolates election problems like illegally extending voting hours or irregular voter turnouts. But to act as if we cant reform the voting poll place policies to prevent lines from outide poll places and from illegally extending voting hours is just lazy and unresponsive to issue that have repeatedly had a negative impact on the United States for some time now. The Electoral college also keeps us from avoiding a recount, a recount can easily increse the odds of fraud. With the ammount of voters in the United States a recount would be a utter mess. It also provides a canidate focus in the election which makes campaign organization a much more achievable thing rather then a way to for canidates to strategize how they go about going out on the campaign trail. Dates and amounts of time spent in certain states are typically planned and are in place for months prior to when most canidates declare they are even running. The last issue, would of course be giving smaller states a voice. Without the electoral college these states would be completely forgot about. All of these issues hold true in that they preserve the fairness of the election process, but what they don't do is provide a comparacent on if the solotions of the process outweigh

There are two different election processes. There is a primary election in which the party selects the candidates to run and there is a general election in which the public votes for the candidate to run.

Founders created that system to avoid the largest states picking their favorite candidate. Lots of people didn’t understand trumps win, which was based on electoral votes. As I researched Trumps strategic win, I found out exactly what an electoral vote is and just how important they are.

Ever since the election season of 1972, presidential primaries have become “the dominant means of selecting the two major party candidates.”i[i] The primary system is one in which the eligible voters of each state do one of the following: 1) Vote for a presidential candidate to run for their party in the general election. 2) Vote for a delegate pledged to vote for a certain candidate at the party’s national convention. As intended, this process would bring the candidate selection processes out into the open and “let the people vote for the candidate of their choice.”ii[ii] On the surface, this may look very democratic (and admittedly, in some instances it was/is), but upon closer

The framers of the constitution designed the United States electoral process to give a voice to the voiceless. They sought to ensure that the American people would play a direct role in the selection of their leaders rather than being forced to endure the policies of a ‘tyrannical’ government that neglects the rights of its citizens, such as the English monarchy prior to the revolution. However, this system has degraded over the years as presidential candidates’ focus has been pulled away from the interests and issues of constituent voters in favor of exorbitant fundraising and catering to swing states in order to gain political momentum. The presidential electoral process requires extensive reform in the areas of primary election and caucus structures, along with campaign finance regulations, in order to make presidential candidates more responsive to the legitimate needs and concerns of the majority rather than fixating on the interests of specific and strategically important groups. The ultimate goal of reform will be to aid candidates with abandoning the parochial interests of polarized party politics and considering multiple viewpoints regarding relevant issues, in order to advocate for policies that

Why is the American election system different from other countries? Even though it is different, it is not necessarily better. In fact, the system America uses, the Electoral College, has delivered unfair and undemocratic results, yet almost nothing has been done to repeal it. Not only that, the candidates of the two political parties, Republicans and Democrats, have been known to unfairly change the rules to benefit their own respective party. With a system that disintegrates true democracy, has lost its original purpose, and possesses candidates manipulating rules for advantages, the election process is not fair.

I believe that an open system is the most democratic because part of being a democracy the the consent of the people and the idea of popular sovereignty, meaning rule by the people. If there are open primaries and caucuses, everyone is able to vote for whoever they choose to vote for without having to be tied to a certain party and this is the most democratic because people get the freedom to choose who they want to vote for without having restrictions on who can vote.

The election process in the United States is a valuable process to the election of the proper officials to satisfy the people. The people run the country which is why we live in freedom because we control what happens with major decisions by choosing whom we want to decide these decisions. The whole country goes to vote on a certain day and by the end of that day we will vote to select who will run the country, state, county, or city political positions. The most complex decision and one with the biggest impact are selecting who the President of the United States shall be. We examine what their views are and who would do a better job. Then vote in our respected states with a certain number of electoral votes