Advantages and disadvantages of the Electoral College The Electoral College system in the US is used to elect the President and Vice President of the United States. The President and Vice President are not elected directly by popular vote by the US citizens; instead, they are elected by State electors. The number of electors each State has is equal to the number of members of Congress the state has. In most states, (except 2) the electors are elected on a winner-take-all, where all the electors
The Electoral College In the 1980 United States Presidential Election between Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, and John B. Anderson the people’s vote was not enough, the president was chosen by the electoral college. Approximately eleven years after the founding of the United States of America with the newly formed democracy, many government officials believed that using a direct popular vote for the president and vice president via the people was an unwise decision. Some believed that if the people
again have an advantage in their elections. Over half of incumbents are always re elected. Incumbents are notoriously known to have advantages in elections. The House of Representative and Senate both together make up the U.S. Congress. It is important that the people in the U.S. Congress have chemistry, since they make laws for the country. Why do incumbents have an advantage in political elections? Incumbents means holding an indicated position, role or office. Incumbents have an advantage in political
Does the traditional two-party system serve the Americans best? Unlike most European countries, America has only two major parties, though they have dozen minor parties with the Libertarian party and the Green party as the biggest, but they get such small percentage of the votes, that they cannot be compared to the other two. However, the founding fathers originally wanted no parties to begin within, because of their fear of the country splitting up, as stated in the PoliticusUSA’s Archives . Though
Project Civic Mirror In the spring of 1845, Karl Marx wrote, "... the human essence is no abstraction inherent in each single individual. In its reality it is the ensemble of social relations" [1]. Marx's idea was that a change in the "ensemble of social relations" [1] can change "the human essence" [1]. In June 2004 the communist North Korean government issued a statement to its starving citizens recommending the consumption of pine needles. Pyongyang maintained that pine needle tea could “effectively
Challenge of modernization and globalization in the UAE society Introduction The UAE is renowned for its rich cultural heritage heavily manipulated by Arab and Islamic traditions. UNESCO has particularly acknowledged the Emirate of Sharjah as a fascinating emirate that has single handedly taken measures in protecting the rich cultural heritage of the Arabs. A classic example is anchoring the Dubai Shopping Festival in cultural values that are local and traditional. It should be noted that the primary
1,2 Faculties 3 saranyaei08@gmail.com,4saravanalakshmi93@gmail.com,5abinaya1068@gmail.com Jeppiaar Engineering College, Jeppiaar Nagar, Chennai. Abstract : In this voting system,the voter identity card is replaced by smart card in
1.1 Overview The most ascendency of appearance biometric is its non-intrusive nature. Therefore, face is one of the most compatible biometrics for oversight applications. Face perception is necessity in biometrics, often as a part of facial recognition system. It is also used in video surveillance and human electronic computer interface. Some novel digital cameras custom face detection for auto focus. Face detection is an electronic computer technology that limits the locations and sizes of earthborn