am planning to persuade my audience to support to change the presidential election system in the U.S during my persuasive speech. In my opinion, the presidential election is the most important election in our country since it elects the leader for at least 4 years. I think it is extremely important to make sure the election system is fair and can represent the majority of our country. However, the election system that we are using right now can not always represent the majority. It does not assure
Representatives get to choose the president or vice president. This system completely ignores the popular vote and the will of the people.
declares the winner and shows which elector will show your state at a meeting held in December. The meeting takes place on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December after the election. Each state’s electoral votes are counted in a joint session of Congress on January 6th. Then the members of the House and Senate meet in the House chamber to plan the official tally of electoral votes. The President and the Vice President determine the count and announce the results and the winner. Then the
The United States has a two-party system because there are two only dominant parties in the government, the two parties being: democrat and republican. For some this two-party system is hindering our
based on the first letter of your last name. First, all students should summarize how the Electoral College functions. Second, each student will focus on a specific argument regarding the Electoral College, based on the first letter of their last name. If your last name starts with A-K: Explain the positive impact of the Electoral College and defend why the Electoral College should remain as it is currently. Be sure to include both the pros and the cons of keeping the Electoral College as it is currently
its values and its weaknesses, its pros and cons. In defense of the Electoral College we can see that it in its roots the Electoral College was devised to dole out the power of selecting our executives geographically, and to give otherwise marginalized portions of the U.S. population a voice. Adversely the Electoral College can be seen as an obstruction to democracy and the will of the people. Whether or not the Electoral College serves the best interest of all the people in United States is up to
While both these systems are forms of democracy, they are very distant from one and other in a multitude of ways. It is foolish to entertain the large question of which is better overall, because, inevitably, such a conclusion would be born from subjectivity—something scientific
must look at its values and its weaknesses, its pros and cons. The Electoral College was devised to proportionally dole out the power of selecting our executives geographically. In doing so the Electoral College gives otherwise marginalized portions of the U.S. population a voice. Adversely the Electoral College can be seen as an obstruction to democracy and the will of the people. Whether or not the Electoral College serves the best interests of all the people in United States is up to debate. This
many people questioning the legitimacy of the system for selecting a president, the Electoral College. The Electoral College is an organized group of electors that has been in place since the founding fathers wrote the constitution. At this early stage in this nation’s history, the United States was a fresh, new nation with recently gained independence from the English. It was made up of 13 states which included approximately four million people, all of whom distrusted a central government and political
Electoral College Be Abolished? Most Americans think the Electoral College is a nuanced and complex system designed to safeguard democracy. It seems that dividing electoral votes among states and awarding each state's electors to one of the primary candidates would be an effective system and one that would preserve our nation’s freedom. And so society blissfully forges on believing our current system of election is both impartial and up to date. But little do most American citizens know that they are