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    What is the Electoral College? The Electoral College is consisted of educated people who become electors. They come together from each state every four years to vote for the upcoming president and vice president. The “Founding Fathers” of the Constitution thought that the public intelligence of choosing a president wasn’t as efficient as the Electoral College intended. In 1803, the Constitution Framers created a legislative branch, so that the president and vice president are qualified for the occupation

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    Electoral College Thesis

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    Electoral College The Electoral College is the indirect election of the President of the United States. We, the people, vote for the president which determines the popular vote, but we don't truly elect the president, it just selects the electors so THEY choose the president. That is the second-part process of choosing electors. The first-part process is that the political parties in each state select electors. Although this assembly was needed back when the constitution was first established, because

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    these citizens who vote in the Presidential election may or may not know is that their votes do not directly influence who is chosen as president. What it does count toward is the number of Electoral College votes that a candidate receives, which would ultimately secure their presidency. The Electoral College is made up of 538 electors, whom each candidate needs at least 270 of their votes to win

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         With the surge of controversy surrounding the recent election, the United States has rekindled the Electoral College debate. However, this isn’t the first time that a tight election has resulted in unclear or contested results. Nor is it the first time the Electoral College has made a president out of the popular vote loser. In the over two hundred years since its construction, the Electoral College has demonstrated its shortcomings with more than its share of mishaps. Is this system a tribute to

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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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    The electoral college is the mechanism established by the United States constitution for the indirect election of the president of the United States and Vice president. The electoral college was created was created because the founding fathers were afraid a tyrant could manipulate the system. Because a state's electoral votes are equal to its representatives plus its two senators, and every state has two senators, the electoral college gives excessive weight to states with small populations. The

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    The Electoral College in the United States picks electors lawfully inside every state to choose the president after a presidential decision by the general population. Each state has numerous presidential voters, and the same number of as the delegates in both houses and congress. In total, there are 538 members of the Electoral College. The different states have various numbers of representatives. California has the largest number of electors, 54. This is because there are 54 members in the congress

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    Electoral College Flaws

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    Do you feel the Electoral system best represents everyone in the US? The United States have using the Electoral College for over 220 years! There have definitely been changes since the first president. The Electoral have many flaws and i'm here to inform you about the flaws about the way we elect our president. I am going to tell you my two biggest flaws that need to be changed. The Electoral College does not represent the people in the best possible way, considering the state's vote represents

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    I agree with Hayes, the electoral college is outdated. There is no longer a necessary role for it in the American Electoral System. The Electoral College was created since the government felt that the people would not know about the issues that they were voting on. Instead, they decided that the people would vote for a select group of candidates. The group of people that are being voted for are the caucus.The caucus member that wins their district casts their districts vote in favor of the candidate

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    Burr received the same amount of electoral votes, resulting in the House of Representatives breaking the tie. In 1876’s presidental election, the popular vote went to Democrat Samuel Tilden, however a commission voted for Republican Rutherford B. Hayes as the winner. In 1888 the popular vote candidate, Grover cleveland, did not win the election but rather Benjamin Harrison due to the electoral votes. Just recently in 2000, George W. Bush won the majority of electoral votes, even though AL Gore won

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