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    that there are some serious issues with the politics of this country, but one of my significant concerns isn’t the feud between the conservatives and the liberals, it's the Electoral College. In my opinion, the reason that politics is so utterly bungled is the inherent issues that stem from the election process. The Electoral College devalues votes and the voices of the individuals so in my opinion, removing it should be a bipartisan issue. Let's start with some exposition, the framers of the constitution

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    the Congress.” The total number of electoral college in the country is 538. This includes the number of representative which is 435, plus 100 the number of senators; since the country has 50 states, each State received equal amount of senators which is 2 but the number of representative are best on the population live in that State. The extra 3 is for the district of columbia, which is washington D.C. In order to be a president, someone must have 270 electoral votes. This simple means that the tuesday

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    As the Founding Fathers of the United States gathered their insightful concepts on how to best create a new nation, the Electoral College system arose. Since the birth of America’s Constitution, it has stayed in place. Yet, some question its validity and fairness. I personally believe that the Electoral College, although created for a perfectly justified and valid reason, is no longer concurrent with what the Founders intended it to be, and its use should be discontinued. At the Constitutional Convention

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    Formally documented in the constitution the Electoral College is the body that elects the president and vice president elect of the United states. Each state has as many electors in the Electoral college as its representation in the house and senate. When US citizens vote, they are actually voting for the slate of electors vowing to cast their ballots for the ticket in the Electoral College. The history of the electoral college dates back to the Constitutional convention of 1787. The Convention took

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    Is the Electoral College really needed in order to decide who will become the next president? The answer is no. Many people probably do not know what the Electoral College is. Well, it is a group of electors who chosen according to the popular vote in each state, and they elect the president and the vice president of the United States. The Electoral College should not determine the president of the United States. Many factors explain why it should be eliminated. For instance, the amount of electors

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    select the president was one of the most contentious considered by the Constitutional Convention in 1787, with big and small states, slave- and free-states pushing their interests. As a result, in Article 2, section 1 of the Constitution, the Electoral College is set up. The delegates of the Constitutional Convention decided on this system of indirect election of the president. This resulted because some delegates supported a direct election by citizens while others favored having Congress choose

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    The Electoral College is a process established in the constitution to select the president. The electors (selected by each candidate’s political party) votes directly for the president and vice president. I am in favor of the Electoral College because it plays an important role in electing the president. Three reasons for supporting the Electoral College are: it provides a certainty of the election’s outcome, the president is elected by voters from different regions, and informed voters in swing

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    decide their leader, in America for instance we use a unique system called the Electoral College. Every person in the U.S. who is 18 years old and above can vote in the presidential elections, this is called the popular vote. A person while voting may think his and every other person’s vote would determine the next president, but this isn't entirely true. What really happens is that the system called the Electoral College takes place which then decides the next president. It consists of 538 electors

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    Disband American Electoral College Lacy Cook Northwood University Disband American Electoral College The Electoral College is one of those things that differentiate the American electoral process from the rest of the world. It is an old institution that has been fundamental to the American political system ever since the Declaration of Independence. There have been calls to disband this way of voting to join the rest of the world with the ordinary populace voting. During the month of November

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    1) The Electoral College, unique to the United States, is where presidential electors from each state meet up after the popular election and cast ballots for the president and vice president (40). The Electoral College is essentially a compromise for the presidential election between the popular vote and the vote by congress. The United States election works through indirect elections; Americans go to the polls and voters will chose among slates of electors who are selected by the states party leadership

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