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    considered as the real head of the country who plays a key role in the development and administration and good development of the country. The President is a person who can acts as the backbone of a country. (Nowlan, 2012. pp 9-13); (How the Electoral College System Works, 2017. pp 2-32). The President through the best of his ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. In the words of Alexander Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, the president is

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    Importance of the Electoral College System Since its establishment the electoral college has always come under fire for the way it executes the election process in the United States. Many people believe that a direct popular vote is the best way to elect president and vice president, rather than the indirect election process used now. Because of this conflict, the question of whether or not the electoral college should be abolished continues to be a heated debate, especially after the most recent

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    I would change the Electoral College system. Like many other Americans, I feel that the Electoral College system is not effective. It caries a notion of the state versus the people, electors oversee a large part of the country and is change the answer to this issue? I believe that times have changed and we need to reform the electoral system all while not changing the constitution. The Constitution of the United States of America created a system called the Electoral College where it outlines

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    Why the Electoral College System The electoral college system is a system that constantly misunderstood. Especially after this most recent election. So understanding and explaining the history of the system itself and why the system was created in the first place. The founding fathers established the electoral college in 1787 after National leaders drafted the U.S. Constitution.(Bonsor & Dove,2000). Instead of setting up a presidential election system through direct democracy, the nation's founders

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    In 1787 the farmers at The Constitutional Convention put in motion The Electoral College system because of their belief that the average american didn’t have enough education/intelligence to directly pick the president, making the U.S.A. a representative democracy. In brief the Electoral System is made up of a body of repertentivates who were elected by the citizens and in return the electors are suppose to cast their votes on behalf of the people. The number of electors given,was established depending

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    problem in the system the states continuously use. When election day begins, Americans cast their ballots for the president of the states. Except there’s a catch, they don’t vote direct for the president. The system has over the years become quite controversial because the electoral college has many flaws. The electoral college is a collection of 538 votes that determine who the president. Why 538? Each state,

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    The Electoral College System has been incredibly successful for the United States though it is occasionally maligned with some drawbacks. The Electoral College has provided stability to the process of selecting presidents and has elected the presidential candidate who received the most popular votes, except in four elections: 1876, 1888, 2000, and 2016. Every election time, there are always talks about revamping the system and changing to a direct, national popular vote. The Electoral College System

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    In the Electoral College system, as presented by Hamilton, every voice is heard and there is a greater guarantee that the elected will effectively represents those voices in office. During election season, the people in the states vote for the representatives that will make up the Electoral College. The people within the states will votes for the prudent few that they believe best conform to their political interests, just as they do for those voted into the House of Representatives. As a result

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    didn’t use the electoral college system? Would it be better or worse for our country? Our fore fathers wrote the constitution so that America would have a different result than the opposing countries. They wanted to ensure that the future generations could be successful and not deal with the tyranny that they had to deal with. Although I cannot discuss the constitution, but rather a small portion. The part of the constitution that peaks my interest the most is the Electoral College. A comprisable

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    there is still one piece of US policy that has long overstayed its welcome. This piece of policy is the use of the electoral college in our presidential election system. The electoral college is a group of individuals who each cast a direct vote for the president. The way that this works is complicated but essentially it boils down to this. Each state has a number of electoral college votes equal to the number of seats they have in the senate plus the number of seats they have in the House of Representatives

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