Vote for Change

the fact he lost the popular vote. This was made possible by the Electoral College, the system the United States uses to elect the president (and vice president). Elector are the people appointed to vote for the president in the Electoral College system. These electors are appointed to the states based on the number of people in Congress (and 3 electors are given to the District of Columbia). In most states, electors pledged their votes based on their state’s popular vote. The candidate who receives

It's Time To give Children Right To Vote “ By Joshua Gans the author is talking about is it the right time for children under 18 to vote? Children under 18 should not vote because they are too young to make an informed Judgment, children get influenced by other and very young children can't frame the issues or understand what candidates are proposing. Childrens are too young to make an informed judgment, they don't always make the right decisions they might change their mind later on. They have been

most important rights is that of which to vote. By voting, the general population has a say in who its leaders are. Votes for local, state, and even federal representatives directly reflect who the constituents want in office. However, America’s highest office is not elected by a vote of the people. Instead we use a confusing and outdated system called the Electoral College. Our president is not elected by the people, but by 538 electors who can legally vote for whomever they choose. Several times

Should teens be allowed to vote ? There are different responses to this. The article “Takoma Park 16-year-old savors his history making moment at the polls” by Annys Shin published on Nov. 3, 2013 shows different sides about teens being allowed to vote. The article indicates that some individuals believe that teens should be allowed to vote while other don’t believe that they should. After reading the article and seeing the pros and cons of students voting one can infer that it won’t be a good idea

53.6% of eligible voters vote, leaving 46.4% not voting (“Political Participation in the US”). This 46.4% of people do not believe their votes count. They believe that the Electoral College system cancels out their votes and that the government will not listen anyway. People think that nothing will change due to the incumbency rate in Congress. That is where the people do not see what is really happening. Americans do not vote enough, so they cannot possibly make a change in government when they are

variables are the hoops you have to jump through in order to be able to vote, the misconception pedaled by many people that one vote won’t change the outcome, and the lack of information that is taught to our youth about politics. The first thing that keeps people from voting is the amount of time and effort that it takes to vote. The United States is one of the only democratic governments that requires its citizens to register to vote. In many other democratic governments the registering of citizens

Most Americans believe that their votes do not count, that they simply do not matter to the government. They believe that the Electoral College system cancels out their votes and that the government will not listen anyway. People think that nothing will change due to the incumbency rate in Congress. That is where the people do not see what is really happening. It is their fault. Americans do not vote enough, so they cannot possibly make a change in government when they are not exercising one of their

be the president. Trump won the electoral votes but Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. Today we still use the system of electoral votes. By using that system it caused Trump to win. The state officials are still counting absentee and provisional ballots. Many of these votes are coming from the states that Hillary won, so it won’t change the outcome. The only thing that will change is how much she won the popular vote which was around 1.68 million votes. More people wanted Hillary, but they just

Dictionary, the definition of a vote is, “A formal indication of a choice between two or more candidates or courses of action, expressed typically through a ballot or a show of hands or by voice.” When forced to make a choice, are you still making that choice? Compulsory voting, or mandatory voting, is a system in which electors are required to vote in elections or at least attend a polling place on Election Day. If a voter does not appear at a polling place, and is eligible to vote, he or she may have to

continues even today. This debate came center stage during the election of 1800 when Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr (Jefferson’s Vice President running mate)received the same number of electoral votes for President even though they were running mates (http://www.ushistory.org/us/20a.asp). This tie would lead to changes to the Electoral College of their day and the foundation for the 12th Amendment to our Constitution. After reading both articles in addition to other listed references, I feel better