This was a time of considerable rivalry and distrust among the states, a lack of a national communication system, and bad memories of abuse of executive power. ... The Electoral College stands in the way of a democratic presidential election. ... Finally, if the Electoral College was to deadlock, and no presidential candidate held a majority, then the election would pass to the House of Representatives. ... Thus, it would be near impossible to pass an amendment to take away power from the smaller states and give that power to a direct popular election, but this is not the only way to change...

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Presidential Electoral System .9-12 V. ... Both parties have displayed their staying power as shown by Bibby and Maisel: "Each has sustained dramatic swings of fortune "landslide victories, demoralizing defeats, cliffhanger wins and losses, major splinter movements, and realignment of bases for electoral support."" ... The focus of this paper is on the institutional barriers that are confronted by third party candidates in presidential politics. ... On the other hand, the Electoral College harmed both presidential candidates. ... My research and analysis of the li...

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" To win the presidential election, a candidate must receive at least 270 Electoral College votes. ... When the presidential election takes place, a nationwide popular vote is conducted simultaneously. ... Larger states carry a tremendous amount of power in swaying the presidential election, since their large population allows them to receive a multitude of electoral votes. The Electoral College has been the basis for our presidential elections, but it may be time to update a moribund system. ... One of the current problems that is a downfall of the Electoral College is its overrepresent...

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The American president is chosen in a national convention, but in about two-thirds of the states the voters directly choose convention delegates committee to a particular presidential candidates. ... Democratic leaders believed that public primaries would legitimate the nominees, settle differences before the general election, and reduce the power of opposition voters. ... In a presidential election year the party of the winning presidential candidate usually gains state legislative seats; in the following midterm election that party usually loses seats. The larger the gain in a presidentia...

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A presidential candidate must have a majority of electoral votes in order to become president. In December of a presidential election year, the electors meet in their state capitals to cast their vote for President. ... The particularly small states receive bias on the sheer fact that it is impossible to have less than three electors, meaning that in Alaska, one person's vote is worth many more times one person's vote in California, giving Alaska much more voting power in the Electoral College than its actual population warrants. ... Best believes this after the 2000 Presidential...

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The popularity vote seems to not play any factor in our presidential election. ... Many people feel that the "popular election of presidents would work a diminution of the political power of racial and other minority groups in the nation's urban centers." ... Produces great inequalities in voting power among the national electorate contain a contingency election provision that is not only unrepresentative. ... Strangely enough, "the presidential nominees tend to come from big states and tend to run on platforms likely to appeal to interest groups that cluster there." ...

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In both countries, the US and the UK both have a democratic voting system, which is no way authoritarianism but both countries have a different type of power as the structural separation of authority in the UK is Parliamentary and in the US it's Presidential. Therefore in the US the president, Barrack Obama has a much more powerful role compared to the Prime Minister of the UK, David Cameron because the Prime Minister only has control of the government while in the US the president has power over the government and the state. ... While in Britain, it is different because they are original...

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There have been as many as four presidential candidates who won the popular votes [as recent as 2000], but lost the election because they received fewer electoral votes. ... However, when one particular candidate appears to have huge lead in some states, then none of the competitive candidates has much power nor can afford to campaign much in those states. ...

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Regardless of what you were taught to believe, you have no vote. Nor does any other person in this country except for the bureaucratic collective elite (called the electoral college.) Isn't it the ultimate right of the people to choose the leader of the free world, and not the duty of an out-of-tou...

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Although some claim that money has a positive influence on electoral campaigns, the power it gives to large contributors degrades the Democratic principles of voting. ... Yet, the Constitution does not grant Congress the power to regulate campaign finances, and the First Amendment unquestionably grants individuals and businesses the right to advertise along with contribute to politicians as they choose. ... These prosperous contributors have become power brokers, like the party bosses of old. ... Supporting their claim are the "failures of big-spenders Republican presidential candidates Phi...

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The boundary lines can be drawn to concentrate a certain political power or can be drawn to spread up the support of the competition. ... The election of 1976 ushered in a Conservative Normal Vote period, which has been associated with presidential elections ever since. ...

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Counties in Arizona and in West Virginia have already allowed those groups to vote online, and experiments of online voting have been taken place in some states from the 2000 Presidential elections and 2004 Primaries in Michigan. ... The two important concepts of having equal voting power are that only eligible voters can vote and each eligible voter can only vote once ensuring that each vote carries equal weight. ...

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On the contrary, it is important to recognize that the House of Commons is a part of a parliamentary system, therefore the electorate do not vote separately for the head of government and members of the legislature as in a presidential system, hence the process is combined. ... This is a great benefit as it allows the electorate to determine the formation of government directly hence produces great accountability for when 'throw[ing] the rascals out' if the electorate are unhappy with the government in power. ...

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In the months leading up to the recent 2012 presidential election, there was an issue that was all over the news because of the impact that it would have at the polls. ... The Voting Rights Act of 1965 helped to solidify the voting rights of all Americans, and gave the Department of Justice the power to sue states that limited the voting rights of minorities. ...

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Introduction In forming a government for the people, by the people, and of the people, our Founding Fathers developed the idea a bi-cameral legislature. This Congress, composed of the House of Representatives and Senate, thus became known as the people's branch of government. American children are ...

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