Electoral emendation: Changing the college that chooses our commander-in-chief

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Presentation

Pages :

11 pages

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.doc

Published date :

06/29/2008

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

Political science

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Summary :

The Electoral College is a widely misunderstood and frequently debated political topic.
The term Electoral College, coined at a later date and never actually mentioned in the Constitution.
The framers of the Constitution generally opposed a presidential election by Congress.
Another decisive reason as to why the founding fathers chose an Electoral College.
Part of the reason that the Electoral College is so outdated and impractical.
The direct election of the president and vice president by popular vote proposal.
A better way to choose the electors.
The United States also has many flaws in its basic election process system.
The most common and least effective way of designating electoral votes for the president in a state.
The national bonus plan changes the Electoral College in a way that is much easier to understand.
Only three other democracies in the entire world use a direct election system with a plurality rule.

Abstract

Stewart is an elector representing the state of Vermont in the electoral college for the election of the president. The popular vote has been tallied and it is time to finally elect the president. The results for Vermont's popular vote tells Stew that he is supposed to vote for Blaine Darvy, but he isn't restricted to that decision by any constitutional or state laws. Technically, he is bound to this decision by his honor of representing the people and by an out of practice rule that never really made it into law form. This pseudo-law is virtually never enforced and electors are free to vote for whomever they support by their personal beliefs. Unfortunately, Stewart made the decision to abstain from the vote altogether, and because of this, Blaine Darvy is one vote short of becoming president and his opponent is declared the victor. Because of our political system's set up, this is a very possible event that has happened in past elections. Political systems all over the world are often shrouded in controversy and mystery that very few people understand, and the American election process is not an exception to the rule: particularly, the electoral college.