Vice President of the United States

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    The Electoral College has been around since 1787 and is how the United States elects the president and vice president. Many people support the Electoral College because the Founding Fathers thought it was the only way to have a democracy without completely trusting the people to elect the president. The Electoral College process is stated in the Constitution so many people think it is the only way to elect the president. Many critics of the Electoral College call it out on the fact that a candidate

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    continuing to this day deciding who will become president. However, in the presidential election of 2000 it would go against the results of the popular vote. It was this year in which the battle in the popular vote would be one of the closest in U.S history. It was this year when the president elect would lose the popular vote, and upset the majority of America. It was this year the Electoral College would be the deciding factor in selecting our next president between the two candidates, George Bush and

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    Electoral College is not the same as our current Electoral College as amendments have changed their structure and function. Despite the changes and adaptations to our country’s changes, the Electoral College is still the method that selects presidents and vice presidents. Exploration of the structure and function of the Electoral College will provide an opportunity to understand its formation and operation while the debate between the Electoral College and popular vote usage and its effects on election

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    Dylan Marrone Weiss Research Paper Gerald Ford What makes a great president? Being the President of the United States is one of the most difficult positions to be in. And throughout history there has been presidents who faced crisis and made society a better place, and then there were some who did not live up to their greatest opportunities. Gerald R. Ford was the 38th President of the United States of America and was considered below average in all aspects of his presidency including

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    unlike other types of government. The people elect local, state, and national government officials. The local government deals with many different issues. State government shares most of its power with the national government. Lastly, the national government oversees all the smaller forms of government in the land. [Thesis] American Democracy fits the definition of democracy because the people are represented fairly through local, state, and national government. To begin, local government

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    college, my concern, as well as so many others, is not on the small/big states or Democrat/Republican states, it is about what the people want. More importantly, it is about equality in every vote cast in a presidential election. With the current system in place, it is impossible for this to be achieved. The electoral college should be abolished because of the unfair distribution of electors per state and coverage of states in the presidential run, refusal to give the people what they want, and because

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    1 So, the elected leaders for the police department should be given trainings to use the social media properly. According to the National conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) NCSL spokesman Mick Bullock, the elected officials should be careful in this age of instant communication as something we put out right now can be worldwide is a matter if second. Ellen smith, press secretary for the Jacksonville

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    slavery were questioned. He was a humanitarian, so his slaves were treated very fairly. Stephens never jailed of whipped them, and he never separated families. In fact, none of his slaves ever tried to run away. Also during his term as Vice-president, he centered his official duties on aiding soldiers in hospitals and prisons because he emphasized with them. He himself suffered from angina, bladder stones, colitis, migraine headaches, pneumonia, pruritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and sciatica

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    College will elect the President of the United States, and that the various states will determine how those Electoral College votes will be allocated. Unlike other countries, The Unites States has a process that we go through when we are electing presidents.¬ If a person wants to be President, they announce themselves before the first primary election which is held in February and is the year before the actual election. Primary elections are elections that are held in each state and helps the individual

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    do my best to explain it to people who might know and to help them know so when they're seventeen they know like I should. So the Google definition of the Electoral College is a body of people representing the states of the US, who cast votes in the election of the President and Vice President. I would have not given that explanation, it would have told you it a College. So helping you and myself, I will first explain how it works, then how Electors are selected, and the qualifications to be one and

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