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Presidential elections in the US Drawbacks of the Electoral College
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Presidential elections in the US: Drawbacks of the Electoral College system
The framers of the US Constitution developed the Electoral College as a compromise between allowing Congress to elect the president or allowing the popular vote to determine the election. ... Each state has a number of votes in the EC equal to its members in Congress, and the candidate who receives most popular votes in a state receives all of the state´s electoral votes. ... 270) of the electoral votes. In other words, the total of electoral votes determines the winner of the presidential election and the nationwide popular vote has no legal significance. As a result, it is possible that the electoral votes awarded on the basis of state elections could produce a different result than the nationwide popular vote, and thus allow a candidate who receives fewer popular votes nationwide to win an election. ... The last time was in the 2000 presidential election when Republican George Bush lost the popular vote but won the vote in the EC and thus became President of the United States. This election generated renewed interest in the possible incongruities of the EC system, and therefore in this synopsis I would like to discuss the drawbacks of the EC system.
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Title: Presidential elections in the US Drawbacks of the Electoral College
Words: 899
Rating: None
Pages: 3.6
submitted by: Majwesth
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