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    Electoral College vs. Popular Vote When given this assignment I had no clue what topic I might choose. I waited and waited until the recent elections blew up in my face. This past election was a learning experience for me because I just turned 18. This was the first year I could ever vote and a weird election like this occurred. I noticed how many people were actually very disturbed with how Gore won the popular vote but will most likely lose the election only because he couldn't win

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    Time Out for the Electoral College American citizens are naïve of the function of the Electoral College because they believe in error that they directly elect the President and Vice President when in fact the “Electors” representing the candidates cast the Electoral College votes. The Electoral College Two hundred years ago, the Framers of the Constitution outlined the Electoral College when they disagreed on who should elect the president, and disagreed on the role of the people, the

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    The Electoral College has the job of officially electing the United States President. After the popular vote is counted by each state, the "electors" will then cast their vote. Electors are apportioned to each state and the District of Columbia.The Electoral College system was established in the constitution by the Founding Fathers. This system forms the very beginning and basis of the United States' national elections and is; therefore, important to this country's history. It is made up of 538 members

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    2305 27 November 2017 Should we abolish the electoral college? In the debate about whether or not we should abolish the electoral college, my concern, as well as so many others, is not on the small/big states or Democrat/Republican states, it is about what the people want. More importantly, it is about equality in every vote cast in a presidential election. With the current system in place, it is impossible for this to be achieved. The electoral college should be abolished because of the unfair distribution

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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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    Dbq Electoral College

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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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    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). The system was first developed in the year of 1787 as a compromise of the Constitutional

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    Korea or Russia, but the system we related in that high school class election scenario is actually the same system we use

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    president, they are actually voting for presidential electors, who are known as a whole to be the electoral college. These electors, who are elected by citizens of the United States, are the ones that elect the chief executive. The electoral college has shaped the past, present, and future of the United States ever since it was constructed by the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The electoral college was created with fair and good intentions. It was created to allow all citizens to participate in

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    presidential candidate you voted for lost by 1%. Your heart sinks as you realize all electoral votes for your state will go to the opposing candidate, and 48% of your population’s votes will be silenced. The Electoral College should no longer be used to elect the President of the United States, because it is an outdated method that makes the votes of the people diluted and unequally distributed across the country. The Electoral College is a body that elects the President and Vice President of the United States

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