• What is the purpose of the popular vote? In a presidential election to decide who gets the electoral votes. In all other elections it will directly determine a winner. • How are electoral votes
First we will take a look at the positive outcomes for citizens and society as a whole if this type of program was set up. First citizens would have more say in the process of laws being decided and may actually help in the process since many government officials do not have the time or resources to go over every page in the laws they are reviewing or signing in. Also citizens would have more control over something they may completely disagree with, for example the recent decisions to insert more stimulus money towards the economy would more strongly be rejected by a citizen based vote than a Democratic majority based Congress. Also a system like this would bring our system closer to a federalist based system on which our founders wanted our society to be and would take away some control of our government branches and would give states even more say in crucial decision making processes. This would make it much more difficult for governments to grow and enact more control over its citizen's daily lives, issues and
“The electoral college should be replaced by a national popular vote.” Discuss (45) The Electoral College is an institution that was established by the founding Fathers to elect the President of the United States indirectly. The Electoral College is a system that should be abolished and replaced by direct election through a national popular vote. Supporters of the national popular vote make convincing arguments that it is the best system to decide the Presidential election in a society as vast as the United States. However, there are arguments that suggest the Electoral College should not be replaced by a national popular vote. When evaluating the arguments raised on both sides it I believe that the Electoral College should be replaced by a national popular vote.
Despite of this, Labour decided not to move ahead with the reforms. This shows that first past the post benefits the government in power because the party has majority of the votes in parliament in which makes it difficult for the other party to be heard if they want changes. Furthermore, tactical voting on first past the post encourages voters to vote for a candidate who has a better chance of winning. It prevents the election of a candidate representing the most disliked party. Example for this is in 1997 many Lib Dem and Labour voter tactically voted to get sitting Conservative
Things would run better with no competition for office. The program would have problems. The people of the state might not agree with the program. Philosophers may refuse to take up office because the life of a philosopher would be better than that of a ruler. It would be hard for this program to work in a democracy since the people may not agree with it.
4. Electorate: all of the people entitled to vote in a given election 5. Sectionalism: the practice of giving offices and other favors of government to political . Summary In the history, there were parties, which was Federalist and anti-Federalist. Federalist was led by Alexander Hamilton, which believed that government should have more power.
If there are less guns, there is less violence. The Second Amendment does more harm than good and should be removed from the Constitution. Another thing that should be removed from the Constitution is the Electoral College.The Electoral College is located in Article 2, Section 2 of the Constitution. Basically, people don't vote for the president. People vote for electors, and those electors elect the president.
When the time comes for the people of America to vote they go to the voters booth and actually cast their ballots for the electors committed to vote for the candidate of their party not the President and Vice President. Electors of the party receiving the highest vote in each state are elected. Their votes are mailed to the president of the U.S. Senate and he reveals the final decision. The candidates have to win a majority of 270 of the 538 elector votes in order to become elected as President.
The Electoral College is the main part of the government that elects the president. Article II section I of the constitution establishes that each state is set up to have as many electors equal to their number of senators and representative in congress (Patterson A-10). When the presidential election time comes around these electors cast their votes and decide the president based of what their district wanted. The reason this system was set up was because the framers were afraid that a direct vote would link executive power to popular majorities (Patterson
By 2020—the first presidential election in which all Millennial will have reached voting age—this generation will be 103 million strong, and about 90 million of them will be eligible voters. Those 90 million millennial eligible voters will represent just fewer than 40 percent of America’s total eligible voters. Professionals are now the most Democratic and fastest-growing occupational group in the United States, and they are a huge chunk of the burgeoning white college graduate