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    The Electoral College is an excuse of the electoral process, proving itself to be undemocratic, false in representation, and harmful to third-parties. Therefore, the Electoral College should be abolished, and the process should rely on the popular vote to have the leading judgement in the election procedure for a new president. The Electoral College has proven that a candidate may not need to win the popular vote of the people of the nation in order to win the presidential election. But first, beforehand

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    Electoral College (audience: people of the U.S.) You walk into the voting booth on the first Tuesday of November to cast your vote for who you think should be President. You take your ballot into the box believing, as most people do, that your vote will be counted along with the rest of the population. You do this because you believe it could be the deciding vote for the presidential race. Well, you are horribly mistaken. What you may not realize is that the Electoral College actually elects the

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    The Electoral College has been around since the Constitution was first written and has been controversial ever since it was started. The process of electing a president includes the Electoral College, which has a rich and interesting history; there are many arguments for and against the College, but the way the Electoral College works now is not representative of the country’s opinion as a whole. The Electoral College is the way the United States chooses a president and it has a rich and interesting

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    The abolishment of the electoral college has been a highly debated political topic since it was first established by our founding fathers. The Electoral College is a voting system that was put in place by the founding fathers back in 1787. When voters casts their ballots, they are actually voting for the presidential electors. Each state is guaranteed at least 3 electoral votes. The number of electors a state has is equivalent to the number of representatives they have plus the 2 seats in Senate

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    The Electoral College Peter I. Chacko The American Electoral College is the most confusing part of the American government. In addition, Kenneth Davis, author of Don’t Know Much About History, noted, “Grown men turn weak and stammer when asked who makes up the Electoral College.” However, there will be an effort to clear this enigma up for those who “turn weak and stammer” (2011, p. 653). America’s election system is important because their citizens need to know what they are doing on the first Tuesday

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    The electoral college, is A state by state system used to selectively acquire a new representative of the country, Never the less when one casts a vote, the vote counts towards the presidential electors. In which those are the people who form the electoral college and select the cabinet members. The electoral college was created for two reasons. The first purpose was to create a buffer between population and the selection of the President. The second as a part of the structure of the government

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    First off, what is the Electoral College? The Electoral College is the process put in place by our Founding Fathers in which America votes for its President and Vice President every four years. The Electoral College was put in place to help prevent abuse of power and corruption by having a separation of government. The Electoral College is made up of representatives from each state based on how many Senate and House of Representative delegates that state has. These numbers range from 3 to 54

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    Every four years we tend to go through the process of one vote per person in the United States of America to elect a commander in chief. The Electoral College was one of the methods that have always been used in our economy for election for the past years. It has its benefits with society, but most time it doesn't please the whole civilization. The process works by having a group of people, also known as the electors meet every four years in early November to vote for a new president (Schulman).

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    The electoral college has been an integral part of our government ever since its creation, but the debate of its relevance has been further propelled by the most recent election. Its supporters believe the Electoral College provides a fair and accurate representation of America’s opinion, while keeping bigger states from dwarfing smaller states. Meanwhile it’s critics say it’s an outdated and undemocratic method of electing a president. While I believe the Electoral College was once an useful tool

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    The electoral college is one of the most controversial parts of the presidential election process. It was implemented in the Constitution to ensure the most qualified people choose the president and “to defend the interests of individual smaller states” (Friedman, 2016). Since its inception, however, it has remained relatively unaltered despite having been the topic of over 700 congressional proposals (Federal Register). Many parties oppose this process’ usefulness. The American Bar Association,

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