Political Science 100 The Electoral College The Constitution of the United States should be amended to abolish the Electoral College so the people of the United States can elect the President as a true democracy dictates. The system of the Electoral College has become obsolete in this day and age. The Electoral College was founded just as many other laws were established in the beginning, which have long been abolished or amended such as slavery. “The Electoral College system made sense back then
exception of one problem. The Electoral College has been around since the birth of America and it has chosen our president for the past 227 years. Right now, there are 538 members of the college. Using this system makes citizens feel like they don’t have a voice and there is no reason to vote at all. When I’m able to vote, I want to know that my vote helped elect the President. I want to know my voice was heard. Therefore, I think we need to abolish the Electoral College. It clarifies nothing! When
president in a way that is called the Electoral College system. The Electoral College system is a system where if the candidate running gets the majority of the votes from one state then they will be awarded all the electoral votes for that state. Electoral votes are a set number of votes that a state gives out to the winner of the popular vote of that state. Electoral votes are determined by the amount of congressmen that a state has. For example: California has 55 electoral votes because it has 53 representatives
Economy: Compare the economies of the New South and the Old South. What did they produce? With whom did they trade? Did they have manufacturing or industry? What types? What replaced slave labor? Explain. (Old South – see Chapter 11; New South – see pages 419-421) New South - i)Leaders in post-Reconstruction south wanted to develop industrial economy, New South of industry, progress, thrift. New South included growth of textile manufacturing b/c of water power, cheap labor, low taxes. Tobacco-processing