tasksource/argument-feedback · Datasets at Hugging Face

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4d8181695584	4B39C0D759AA	You should consider policy #1 because most kids use their cell phone no matter what the rule is.	Position	Adequate
f98f0b9bc3d7	4B39C0D759AA	The kids should deserve the right to use cell phones at school incase they forgot to tell their parents about a minimum day, or want to show their friend a new game that they got.	Evidence	Adequate
b0753ea6be55	4B39C0D759AA	In free time there isn't anything to do anyways. What could go wrong, I mean it's only at lunch and during free time. What's there to be called free time if you can't do what you want to do.	Evidence	Ineffective
7f50d02fdafb	4B39C0D759AA	I think I speak for all kids when I say we want the right to have a phone.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
058392383ac6	4B4A73217C3A	The development of driverless cars would be an amazing thing. So many bad situations could be avoided with driverless cars because the human drving a car is an enormous variable. The payoff of using driverless cars would be giant as well. Granted, it would be expensive and the period of time it would take to completely phase out regular cars would be lengthy, it would be a worthwhile investment into the future.	Lead	Effective
c44a498b9b8a	4B4A73217C3A	The development of driverless cars would be an amazing in incredibly helpful step for society and the car manufacturing world.	Position	Effective
f05496da7956	4B4A73217C3A	Every year hundreds of thousands of people are killed in car accidents. Many of those accidents are a result of neglegence on the fault of the driver. Driving while under the influence, driving and texting, driving and making calls, driving and eating, driving and putting make-up on; all are things that cause car accidents that could be avoided with driverless cars. With driverless cars, passengers would be able to go on the road and not have to deal with the stress that comes with driving around on busy roads, or the stress that comes with taking into consideration bad drivers, other people driving under the influence, or just other drivers in general.	Evidence	Effective
6e0c0606f4ee	4B4A73217C3A	Driverless cars would eliminate the biggest variable regarding cars: the driver.	Claim	Effective
98af33f1edf7	4B4A73217C3A	A driverless car would be beneficial to many people, but they would be even more beneficial to the companies and factories that construct and sell the cars.	Claim	Effective
8c13146e8d24	4B4A73217C3A	They would be expensive to buy, but would pay off themselves every time an incident is avoided. Not to mention, eventually the regular cars would be phased out. This means that car companies who build and sell the driverless cars would be making a sensational amount of money. Finding the equptment to build all the driverless cars would be expensive and time consuming, but the process would be worth it to have all the new cars made and on the roads.	Evidence	Adequate
d4cb83443d7d	4B4A73217C3A	Driverless cars would change the way the world works.	Claim	Effective
2898b8b55fb2	4B4A73217C3A	There would be no "new driver anxiety" when teens get their liscenses. There would be a dramatic decrease in the death-by-vehicle statistics. It would not be suprising if one day people no longer needed to buy cars, similar to the article when Sergey Brian said, "...such cars would change the world.". There are so many options that arise when considering such an invention. What is a city decided to have fleets of taxis and buses with driverless cars? Driverless cars would be an added benefit. Then no one would have top buy a car and spend the money to take car of it with upkeep, and car companies would still make a lot of money. With driverless cars, the impact on the environmet would be very much less than those cars of today. The options and pros are endless when it comes to driverless cars. The world would experience a shift in function if driverless cars were introduced. The number of deaths and accidents involving automotives would decrease exponetially and life would be a little less stressful for many. The attack on the environment would be lessened, and roads would be safer.	Evidence	Effective
ee73740c3ed9	4B4A73217C3A	There are pros and cons for any situation, but in the case of driverless cars, the pros seem to greatly outweigh the cons. The quality of life would increase, and the variable of the human driver would be eliminated. Driverless cars would be an excellent addition to the car lots and would be an amazing tool for people in everyday life.	Concluding Statement	Effective
886e35a1d0be	4B6343C4BF5B	I think we should in take concideration in the next few years about changing are election to popular vote.	Position	Adequate
82de4bb47888	4B6343C4BF5B	I feel that are state would benefit in a positive way with the way that popular vote is set up. looking at the past history the electoral college is not benefiting us in a positive direction.	Claim	Adequate
e262cf6efa26	4B6343C4BF5B	i qutoe this from the article "over 60 percent of voters would pefer a direct election"	Evidence	Adequate
b4271a98e67e	4B6343C4BF5B	with that being said lets look at the cons of the electoral college.	Claim	Adequate
5f2ce5c46aa6	4B6343C4BF5B	To begin with the electoral college system the people like me dont get to vote for president i have to vote for someone else to vote for me in that i feel like my vote doesnt count	Claim	Adequate
6f6ff4978582	4B6343C4BF5B	because what happens if i vote for a elector and he doesnt go for my person to win. That just makes me feel dumb then if the elector does vote for the same person asme its not really even final becuase that vote doesnt go towards the president it goes toward the state elector and its basically there choice.	Evidence	Adequate
0c4ac585538c	4B6343C4BF5B	another con in the electoral college system is that the same fiasco in 2000 will break out again.	Claim	Adequate
821c0fc34ce0	4B6343C4BF5B	were the legislatures are responsible for picking electors and they dont take in to concideration of other people votes.	Evidence	Adequate
c6d5ef92a841	4B6343C4BF5B	the con that could mostly impact america is a tie in the electoral vote.	Claim	Ineffective
509ba8c7533d	4B6343C4BF5B	another reason the electoral college is an stupid way to vote is that the big states get better privelges than the smaller states they out rule the smaller states. Its final the electoral college is unfair outdatedand irrational.	Claim	Adequate
3cdb6e59a948	4B6343C4BF5B	the only reasons the electoral college is alive now is the cetainty outcome,everystates president,swing states,runoff elections .run off electionsn means basically there will never be a blow out in the voting polls it will always be compitive	Counterclaim	Adequate
1a327f9fd721	4B6343C4BF5B	with that being said with the presidents trying to run for president the will actually try to reach the peoples needs to meet there satisfactory. the swing states is sayiong that there one state isnt going to decide the whole election.	Rebuttal	Ineffective
98bbc33edc13	4B6A52E23DE9	The electrol college system is an unfair system, people don't have the right to select their own president, they dont have the right to select a president.	Position	Effective
15a078a0d976	4B6A52E23DE9	Because, when people vote they are technically voting for the electors for a candited. That candidate can be a democratic or a republican.	Claim	Effective
a886bba95544	4B6A52E23DE9	In source two it states that electors can choose there opposing candidate. Which declines the the whole voting process. Why do we vote? we vote to select a leader who will defend this coutry and make america a place of oppurtunity.	Claim	Effective
ed6210c63789	4B6A52E23DE9	The most important reason why the electrol cllege is unfair because of the " winners it take all" rule.	Claim	Effective
4c90e9663b73	4B6A52E23DE9	Each state gets one vote and then the electors can choose who they want for president. In source two it states that the electoral college consists of 538 electors and the most amont of elecrtoral votes is 270, in order to pick an president. Also in source two it states that the number of electors we have equals to the amount of members of congress we have. I propose a new system by only letting the American people select our president by votes counted all up by each state, for example if we didn't have have electoral college, then it would be a fair vote because people votes would count the number that adds up with all votes for one candidates that will oppose another candidates and there would be technically no tie it would either ,more or less, but if we still had the electoral college then the vote would not be equally fair becuse if the majority of a state for examlpe chose republican candidate, then that would be vague becuse some people choose democratic and there vote did not really count. but without the electoral collge, than everyones vote counts and each candidates gets vote from every one, not only electoral.	Evidence	Effective
fadcc18d3e2c	4B6A52E23DE9	for example if one state candidate was choosen for republican and they were "faithless" as it says in source two, and chose the democratic party it would be very unfortunate for the republicans because than there would be no point of the votes the republican supporters have voted for. It only comes once every four years, this is very important to the american people, on choosing who they want for the future of america.	Evidence	Effective
d67a2cf7c64a	4B6A52E23DE9	Because the people really didnt mean to vote for the candidate they don't want or the candidate they dont support, its like your money fell on the floor and someone just took it knowing its yours.	Evidence	Adequate
b6fbe11b7544	4B6A52E23DE9	In conclusion, the state senators should eliminate the electoral collge because they count the majorty votes, and don't count other votes that is not popular as the other candidates vote. also because they can decide vote on an canditate they want based on their opinions and beliefs. and lastly because of the winner takes it all system which is bascially taking the losing candidates electoral votes.	Concluding Statement	Effective
6566a38927e9	4BA61396D272	I thinkl that you should keep electoral college	Position	Adequate
b3d9cbf7199a	4BA61396D272	qualified citizens chose it obvisliy.	Claim	Adequate
83670ea8cf75	4BA61396D272	you should have it's a easy compromise to vote.	Claim	Ineffective
073e7050e153	4BA61396D272	It helps you choose your state's electors when you vote for president because you are actullay voting for your candidates electors.	Claim	Adequate
27ba79941ba0	4BA61396D272	Under the system of electoral college voters vote not for presdint ,but for a slate of electors instead. It could help us undersatnd voting for our electors if you keep electoral voting. Even though some say that this was the 2000 fisaco was the biggest election crisis in a century. The system could of had worse. I think it helps with voting more than anything else instead of the online voting for the slate electors.	Evidence	Adequate
0cdee1476076	4BA61396D272	Some also so it should be abloished and that it's unfair and very irrantional,	Counterclaim	Adequate
8f1af9dece5f	4BA61396D272	it has helped more than do any damage to any other type of voting like that tabs we once used to vote for everything.	Rebuttal	Adequate
b1d7270cd889	4BA61396D272	We should keep it because of its certanity of outcome because it helps when there is a tie on voting. "Swing States" are anthor reason because of the winner takes all method we sawin 2012's election to focus their campaign efforts on the toss up states ,it help us out because at the end of paragraph 20 it says the most thoughful voters should be the ones to decide the election with electoral college. It does also big states electoral college restores some of the weigth in the political balance that large states lose by virtue.	Evidence	Adequate
ffcf2914b9d5	4BA61396D272	It does also help with run-off elections	Claim	Adequate
11e9fac8af89	4BA61396D272	it helps avoid the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. It says that it may turn off voters for a candidate who has no hopes of carrrying their state.	Evidence	Adequate
f339a5055c41	4BA61396D272	Those are my reasons why you shouldn't get rid of electoral voting	Concluding Statement	Adequate
38bf4d2772e3	4BB2F265CFEB	Let the people vote for the person they want to not the electoral collage. I agree that the electoral collage should be change.	Position	Adequate
96fd7b74f4d3	4BB2F265CFEB	This is because some people vote for a president that they are not voting for. People wish that the person that they are voting should be president. Yes we should follow the constitutuion but something we should not follow at all. On paragragh 10 it says that when you vote you don't vote for the president you vote for the slate of electors. Then they pick who should be the president. People have the chance to vote for who should be the president. For,example, when something happen in 2000 gore and bush. Gore had the upper hand and was going to will but then instead of gore winning bush on.	Evidence	Adequate
9e216632da11	4BB2F265CFEB	The electoral collage is good but not that good. The electoral collage has to choose the president and the vice president. That is not right	Claim	Ineffective
c459133395ba	4BB2F265CFEB	many people thought that the U.S is doing the right thing but they are not. During this time in 2000 campaign,17 states did not see the candinates at all. if anyone has a good arguement for putting the fate of predsidencey in the hand of a few swing vater in ohio they have not taken there move yet.	Evidence	Adequate
c5412cf039b0	4BB2F265CFEB	the electoral collage is unfair, outdated, and irrational. the best argument in fovor of it are mostly assertion without much basis.	Claim	Adequate
57a225fc23c1	4BB2F265CFEB	mr. ob dole was right that we should abolish the electoral collage. i beleive and it my oppion that this is not right but the candinates think so.	Evidence	Ineffective
4d3270ff13bc	4BB2F265CFEB	Like On paragragh 18 the same thing happen with obama and romney to . obama received 61.7% for the elector vote compared to only51.3%.so the electoral collage should not be a constitution	Evidence	Ineffective
13a39d945ed7	4BB2F265CFEB	because that if we let it keep on going then is will not be fair to anyone at all. And it also not fair for a winner tom take all.	Claim	Ineffective
08807c9f87a1	4BB5ADD5A1FE	I know befor you were senator you voted just like us and you know how frustrating it can be somethings.	Lead	Ineffective
9255b82809f9	4BB5ADD5A1FE	The Electoral Collage sould be discarted and Presidents of the united states should be elected by popular vote.	Position	Adequate
37bdc0081299	4BB5ADD5A1FE	If we do the popular vote it will be more efficent and be easier to keep track of.	Claim	Adequate
f89ff0784275	4BB5ADD5A1FE	We have to do it	Claim	Adequate
101d9d7dbeba	4BB5ADD5A1FE	The Electoral collage it's failed to elect a President ,	Claim	Adequate
a6bc33733adf	4BB5ADD5A1FE	the masses (the people) don't get to pick the president,	Claim	Adequate
0e1901cfda88	4BB5ADD5A1FE	its outdated.	Claim	Adequate
7cdc8b824563	4BB5ADD5A1FE	Firstly, we need to abolish the electoral collage because it has failed to elect a President in the past.	Claim	Adequate
98444044ffb9	4BB5ADD5A1FE	In the case of a tie in electoral votes it would be the task of the house of representatives the elect a president and the way they elect the presidnt is worse then the electoral collage. even thought and exact tie in the predidental elections has not occored so the catostrify of the house of representatives electing the presisdent has not happen yet ,but it is entirly possible.	Evidence	Adequate
4f9a821fb4e5	4BB5ADD5A1FE	Secondly, we need to abolissh the Electoral collage because the masses (the people) don't get to the president.	Claim	Adequate
24f0f4cd8f5f	4BB5ADD5A1FE	In the electoral collage usage of the system resalts in the People electing the electors ,to elect the president. And in this system the eletors can pull a switcharoo and vote for the other canadent if they so please, to betray the people by doing so.	Evidence	Adequate
dfea8bb09d6d	4BB5ADD5A1FE	allthought its system has worked scince the founding of our country	Counterclaim	Adequate
81cd83364309	4BB5ADD5A1FE	it is still quirky and disfunctionable at times.	Rebuttal	Adequate
1362978dbebe	4BB5ADD5A1FE	the electoral collage allows the electors to do as they please if a elector for florida promises to pick one president and gets all the votes to got to the electoral collage he can choose the Other canadent because his freind wanted him to	Evidence	Adequate
7ffc0d395f9a	4BB5ADD5A1FE	Thirdly, we need to abloish the electoral collage because it is outdated.	Claim	Adequate
f12e261e029e	4BB5ADD5A1FE	in our day and time we have smart phones and aindroids that we can use to vote for the president in the peoples choice. there could be a web site that you can go on to submit your election and at the end of the election the compuster can tally us the number of votes to the exact amount so it would be the peoples choice. its also outdated becouse we dont need one or a few guys to be sent somewhere to cast the vote of the people , we have so mmusch advanced technology that we can have any legal person who wants to vote can and actually have there vote matter insted of what the elector pick so it matters to those few poeple instead of every single person in america.	Evidence	Effective
572375683d93	4BB5ADD5A1FE	In conclusion, we need to abolish the electoral collage because it can fail to elect a president(which is almost did in 1960), the masses (the people) can't elect the president(they have to elect the electers to elect the president, and also is is very outdated. in my opion, we should also consiter tweking the electoral callage instead of just getting rid of it.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
5d7cf2b3fb4a	4BD93FED6367	A Face on Mars, or just a common mesa? Many skeptics belive that the mesa on Mars, located at 41 degrees north martian latitude, is proof of ancient alien civilazation. In 1976, when NASA's Viking 1 crossed over a landform that showed "shadowy likeness" of a human face. When NASA revealed the picture to the public, thinking it would be a good way to draw attention to Mars, caused an uproar.	Lead	Ineffective
5199ba74bcea	4BD93FED6367	A few years later, Micheal Malin and his team took a picture 10x sharper than that of the Viking 1 spacecraft. When the photo first appeared online, it showed nothing but a common mesa that can be found in the American west.	Evidence	Adequate
74d284bf74c0	4BD93FED6367	Again skepics were not satisfied, the picture was taken on a cloudy day over Mars. So they began to ask questions like; What if the alein markings were hidden by haze?	Counterclaim	Adequate
0665e80899ab	4BD93FED6367	So again, on a perfectly clear day, another photo was taken April 8th, 2001. They used the camera's "absolute maximum resolution." Yet again, showing nothing but a common landform.	Evidence	Adequate
2fa9f1457f4a	4BD93FED6367	Well what if NASA is hiding evidence of ancient alein life on Mars?	Counterclaim	Adequate
2f67825f5095	4BD93FED6367	Why would NASA hide groundbreaking news like this? "Defenders of the NASA budget wish there was anceint civilazation on Mars." So why would NASA hide news like this, that would help advance space exploration?	Rebuttal	Adequate
01e630001193	4BD93FED6367	What else could it be, all evidence points to nothing except a common mesa.	Position	Adequate
d5a7a7d5771b	4BD9A9FE0FA4	I think you should let us students that have a D should play sports.	Position	Ineffective
9150ff5ffbae	4BD9A9FE0FA4	I think you not let kids with a F should not play because then need to have higher than a F in the grade book	Claim	Adequate
dc3840ee40eb	4BD9A9FE0FA4	I think we should have more activities so everyone would come to school everyday	Claim	Ineffective
8288e0e0c49c	4BD9A9FE0FA4	i don't know u might have a lot of new students if some things change . Everyone might listen or they will not listen at all we might get sent to the principals office.	Evidence	Adequate
3f4dee7abeba	4BD9A9FE0FA4	You the principal should think about this we should have more students play sports. and also have free time . But if we have torturing we should have it for students that want help and that . Like if we had a activity to go on a fill trip we should go to one .	Concluding Statement	Adequate
caee615d4f95	4BDCA46AC00E	I disagree with student having to have a grade B average to be able to participate in school activities	Position	Adequate
d299fd5e4c8a	4BDCA46AC00E	it's not so easy for some kids to keep their grades up when they also have school activities	Claim	Adequate
6ad44f40ed71	4BDCA46AC00E	making this new rule would be taking a lot of fun opportunities from students that have trouble with school work.	Claim	Adequate
2f9cb182e54b	4BDCA46AC00E	,I disagree because it's not easy for some kids to keep their grades up when they also have school activities	Claim	Adequate
b7ebed3389fe	4BDCA46AC00E	Students are going to be put under a lot of pressure if they have to keep up with school work and take school activities which could cause stress. Also students sometimes won't be able to keep up with all the work and activities after school.	Evidence	Ineffective
12971f40f525	4BDCA46AC00E	making this new rule would be taking a lot of fun opportunities from students that have trouble with school work.	Claim	Adequate
f9e92fa07d50	4BDCA46AC00E	Students could have scholarships from playing basket ball and football which are school activities and could make them successful in life but if they have to still get a grade B average then this makes it harder for them to achieve.	Evidence	Adequate
652ae6f74d54	4BDCA46AC00E	Students don't deserve to be put under pressure like that because its bad for their health.	Claim	Adequate
6675060a6b73	4BDCA46AC00E	I disagree with students having to have a grade B average to be able to participate in school activities because it's not easy for some kids to keep their grades up when they also have school activities and making this new rule would be taking a lot of	Concluding Statement	Adequate
d1d3184eae42	4C1B24495AB7	Its not a alien its just how the landform was growing	Position	Adequate
f3bc58e4ae2c	4C1B24495AB7	It started growing in a weired way and it kept going. Its just a landform there are many landforms on mars but this one is a little different from the rest of the landform	Claim	Adequate
1eaee4224f74	4C1B24495AB7	this one looks more like like a face and the rest are just plane landforms	Evidence	Ineffective
fd1fe496095c	4C1B24495AB7	But if there was aliens On mare why would they just make one landform that looks like a face if there was aliens on mars im sure they wouldnt just make one that looks like a face and dont make anymore. They would make more and more till they got tired of making them	Counterclaim	Ineffective
01c33afa6e9c	4C1B24495AB7	But its a landform growing in a shape of a face if there was different landforms that grew the same way it would be the same way as this landform. Or there coud have bind so bad weather and it could have did this and made the face.	Rebuttal	Adequate
5d8162a2300d	4C543C424527	I think that driverless cars sound pretty cool. People don't need driverless cars though.	Position	Adequate
4db463e68add	4C543C424527	When driverless cars are made, people might start texting while the car is driving thinking they're still safe when they could still be in danger	Claim	Effective
c20c0eac2761	4C543C424527	Driverless cars is a good and bad idea, its cool but it could still be dangerous. I think they should not make driverless cars because we don't need them when we can drive on our own.	Position	Adequate
2e78f3643727	4C543C424527	Since it is computer what if hackers hijacked it? Or maybe it messed up because its computer made and the driver has no control?	Evidence	Effective
b62a3a188d96	4C543C424527	There are many things that could possibly happen since its "computer driven".	Claim	Adequate

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You should consider policy #1 because most kids use their cell phone no matter what the rule is.

Position

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The kids should deserve the right to use cell phones at school incase they forgot to tell their parents about a minimum day, or want to show their friend a new game that they got.

Evidence

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In free time there isn't anything to do anyways. What could go wrong, I mean it's only at lunch and during free time. What's there to be called free time if you can't do what you want to do.

Evidence

Ineffective

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I think I speak for all kids when I say we want the right to have a phone.

Concluding Statement

Adequate

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The development of driverless cars would be an amazing thing. So many bad situations could be avoided with driverless cars because the human drving a car is an enormous variable. The payoff of using driverless cars would be giant as well. Granted, it would be expensive and the period of time it would take to completely phase out regular cars would be lengthy, it would be a worthwhile investment into the future.

Lead

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The development of driverless cars would be an amazing in incredibly helpful step for society and the car manufacturing world.

Position

Effective

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Every year hundreds of thousands of people are killed in car accidents. Many of those accidents are a result of neglegence on the fault of the driver. Driving while under the influence, driving and texting, driving and making calls, driving and eating, driving and putting make-up on; all are things that cause car accidents that could be avoided with driverless cars. With driverless cars, passengers would be able to go on the road and not have to deal with the stress that comes with driving around on busy roads, or the stress that comes with taking into consideration bad drivers, other people driving under the influence, or just other drivers in general.

Evidence

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Driverless cars would eliminate the biggest variable regarding cars: the driver.

Claim

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A driverless car would be beneficial to many people, but they would be even more beneficial to the companies and factories that construct and sell the cars.

Claim

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They would be expensive to buy, but would pay off themselves every time an incident is avoided. Not to mention, eventually the regular cars would be phased out. This means that car companies who build and sell the driverless cars would be making a sensational amount of money. Finding the equptment to build all the driverless cars would be expensive and time consuming, but the process would be worth it to have all the new cars made and on the roads.

Evidence

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Driverless cars would change the way the world works.

Claim

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There would be no "new driver anxiety" when teens get their liscenses. There would be a dramatic decrease in the death-by-vehicle statistics. It would not be suprising if one day people no longer needed to buy cars, similar to the article when Sergey Brian said, "...such cars would change the world.". There are so many options that arise when considering such an invention. What is a city decided to have fleets of taxis and buses with driverless cars? Driverless cars would be an added benefit. Then no one would have top buy a car and spend the money to take car of it with upkeep, and car companies would still make a lot of money. With driverless cars, the impact on the environmet would be very much less than those cars of today. The options and pros are endless when it comes to driverless cars. The world would experience a shift in function if driverless cars were introduced. The number of deaths and accidents involving automotives would decrease exponetially and life would be a little less stressful for many. The attack on the environment would be lessened, and roads would be safer.

Evidence

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There are pros and cons for any situation, but in the case of driverless cars, the pros seem to greatly outweigh the cons. The quality of life would increase, and the variable of the human driver would be eliminated. Driverless cars would be an excellent addition to the car lots and would be an amazing tool for people in everyday life.

Concluding Statement

Effective

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I think we should in take concideration in the next few years about changing are election to popular vote.

Position

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I feel that are state would benefit in a positive way with the way that popular vote is set up. looking at the past history the electoral college is not benefiting us in a positive direction.

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i qutoe this from the article "over 60 percent of voters would pefer a direct election"

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with that being said lets look at the cons of the electoral college.

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To begin with the electoral college system the people like me dont get to vote for president i have to vote for someone else to vote for me in that i feel like my vote doesnt count

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because what happens if i vote for a elector and he doesnt go for my person to win. That just makes me feel dumb then if the elector does vote for the same person asme its not really even final becuase that vote doesnt go towards the president it goes toward the state elector and its basically there choice.

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another con in the electoral college system is that the same fiasco in 2000 will break out again.

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were the legislatures are responsible for picking electors and they dont take in to concideration of other people votes.

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the con that could mostly impact america is a tie in the electoral vote.

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another reason the electoral college is an stupid way to vote is that the big states get better privelges than the smaller states they out rule the smaller states. Its final the electoral college is unfair outdatedand irrational.

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the only reasons the electoral college is alive now is the cetainty outcome,everystates president,swing states,runoff elections .run off electionsn means basically there will never be a blow out in the voting polls it will always be compitive

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with that being said with the presidents trying to run for president the will actually try to reach the peoples needs to meet there satisfactory. the swing states is sayiong that there one state isnt going to decide the whole election.

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The electrol college system is an unfair system, people don't have the right to select their own president, they dont have the right to select a president.

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Because, when people vote they are technically voting for the electors for a candited. That candidate can be a democratic or a republican.

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In source two it states that electors can choose there opposing candidate. Which declines the the whole voting process. Why do we vote? we vote to select a leader who will defend this coutry and make america a place of oppurtunity.

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The most important reason why the electrol cllege is unfair because of the " winners it take all" rule.

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Each state gets one vote and then the electors can choose who they want for president. In source two it states that the electoral college consists of 538 electors and the most amont of elecrtoral votes is 270, in order to pick an president. Also in source two it states that the number of electors we have equals to the amount of members of congress we have. I propose a new system by only letting the American people select our president by votes counted all up by each state, for example if we didn't have have electoral college, then it would be a fair vote because people votes would count the number that adds up with all votes for one candidates that will oppose another candidates and there would be technically no tie it would either ,more or less, but if we still had the electoral college then the vote would not be equally fair becuse if the majority of a state for examlpe chose republican candidate, then that would be vague becuse some people choose democratic and there vote did not really count. but without the electoral collge, than everyones vote counts and each candidates gets vote from every one, not only electoral.

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for example if one state candidate was choosen for republican and they were "faithless" as it says in source two, and chose the democratic party it would be very unfortunate for the republicans because than there would be no point of the votes the republican supporters have voted for. It only comes once every four years, this is very important to the american people, on choosing who they want for the future of america.

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Because the people really didnt mean to vote for the candidate they don't want or the candidate they dont support, its like your money fell on the floor and someone just took it knowing its yours.

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In conclusion, the state senators should eliminate the electoral collge because they count the majorty votes, and don't count other votes that is not popular as the other candidates vote. also because they can decide vote on an canditate they want based on their opinions and beliefs. and lastly because of the winner takes it all system which is bascially taking the losing candidates electoral votes.

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I thinkl that you should keep electoral college

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qualified citizens chose it obvisliy.

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you should have it's a easy compromise to vote.

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It helps you choose your state's electors when you vote for president because you are actullay voting for your candidates electors.

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Under the system of electoral college voters vote not for presdint ,but for a slate of electors instead. It could help us undersatnd voting for our electors if you keep electoral voting. Even though some say that this was the 2000 fisaco was the biggest election crisis in a century. The system could of had worse. I think it helps with voting more than anything else instead of the online voting for the slate electors.

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Some also so it should be abloished and that it's unfair and very irrantional,

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it has helped more than do any damage to any other type of voting like that tabs we once used to vote for everything.

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We should keep it because of its certanity of outcome because it helps when there is a tie on voting. "Swing States" are anthor reason because of the winner takes all method we sawin 2012's election to focus their campaign efforts on the toss up states ,it help us out because at the end of paragraph 20 it says the most thoughful voters should be the ones to decide the election with electoral college. It does also big states electoral college restores some of the weigth in the political balance that large states lose by virtue.

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It does also help with run-off elections

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it helps avoid the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. It says that it may turn off voters for a candidate who has no hopes of carrrying their state.

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Those are my reasons why you shouldn't get rid of electoral voting

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Let the people vote for the person they want to not the electoral collage. I agree that the electoral collage should be change.

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This is because some people vote for a president that they are not voting for. People wish that the person that they are voting should be president. Yes we should follow the constitutuion but something we should not follow at all. On paragragh 10 it says that when you vote you don't vote for the president you vote for the slate of electors. Then they pick who should be the president. People have the chance to vote for who should be the president. For,example, when something happen in 2000 gore and bush. Gore had the upper hand and was going to will but then instead of gore winning bush on.

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The electoral collage is good but not that good. The electoral collage has to choose the president and the vice president. That is not right

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many people thought that the U.S is doing the right thing but they are not. During this time in 2000 campaign,17 states did not see the candinates at all. if anyone has a good arguement for putting the fate of predsidencey in the hand of a few swing vater in ohio they have not taken there move yet.

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the electoral collage is unfair, outdated, and irrational. the best argument in fovor of it are mostly assertion without much basis.

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mr. ob dole was right that we should abolish the electoral collage. i beleive and it my oppion that this is not right but the candinates think so.

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Like On paragragh 18 the same thing happen with obama and romney to . obama received 61.7% for the elector vote compared to only51.3%.so the electoral collage should not be a constitution

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because that if we let it keep on going then is will not be fair to anyone at all. And it also not fair for a winner tom take all.

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I know befor you were senator you voted just like us and you know how frustrating it can be somethings.

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The Electoral Collage sould be discarted and Presidents of the united states should be elected by popular vote.

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If we do the popular vote it will be more efficent and be easier to keep track of.

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We have to do it

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The Electoral collage it's failed to elect a President ,

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the masses (the people) don't get to pick the president,

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its outdated.

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Firstly, we need to abolish the electoral collage because it has failed to elect a President in the past.

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In the case of a tie in electoral votes it would be the task of the house of representatives the elect a president and the way they elect the presidnt is worse then the electoral collage. even thought and exact tie in the predidental elections has not occored so the catostrify of the house of representatives electing the presisdent has not happen yet ,but it is entirly possible.

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Secondly, we need to abolissh the Electoral collage because the masses (the people) don't get to the president.

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In the electoral collage usage of the system resalts in the People electing the electors ,to elect the president. And in this system the eletors can pull a switcharoo and vote for the other canadent if they so please, to betray the people by doing so.

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allthought its system has worked scince the founding of our country

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it is still quirky and disfunctionable at times.

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the electoral collage allows the electors to do as they please if a elector for florida promises to pick one president and gets all the votes to got to the electoral collage he can choose the Other canadent because his freind wanted him to

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Thirdly, we need to abloish the electoral collage because it is outdated.

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in our day and time we have smart phones and aindroids that we can use to vote for the president in the peoples choice. there could be a web site that you can go on to submit your election and at the end of the election the compuster can tally us the number of votes to the exact amount so it would be the peoples choice. its also outdated becouse we dont need one or a few guys to be sent somewhere to cast the vote of the people , we have so mmusch advanced technology that we can have any legal person who wants to vote can and actually have there vote matter insted of what the elector pick so it matters to those few poeple instead of every single person in america.

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In conclusion, we need to abolish the electoral collage because it can fail to elect a president(which is almost did in 1960), the masses (the people) can't elect the president(they have to elect the electers to elect the president, and also is is very outdated. in my opion, we should also consiter tweking the electoral callage instead of just getting rid of it.

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A Face on Mars, or just a common mesa? Many skeptics belive that the mesa on Mars, located at 41 degrees north martian latitude, is proof of ancient alien civilazation. In 1976, when NASA's Viking 1 crossed over a landform that showed "shadowy likeness" of a human face. When NASA revealed the picture to the public, thinking it would be a good way to draw attention to Mars, caused an uproar.

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A few years later, Micheal Malin and his team took a picture 10x sharper than that of the Viking 1 spacecraft. When the photo first appeared online, it showed nothing but a common mesa that can be found in the American west.

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Again skepics were not satisfied, the picture was taken on a cloudy day over Mars. So they began to ask questions like; What if the alein markings were hidden by haze?

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So again, on a perfectly clear day, another photo was taken April 8th, 2001. They used the camera's "absolute maximum resolution." Yet again, showing nothing but a common landform.

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Well what if NASA is hiding evidence of ancient alein life on Mars?

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Why would NASA hide groundbreaking news like this? "Defenders of the NASA budget wish there was anceint civilazation on Mars." So why would NASA hide news like this, that would help advance space exploration?

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What else could it be, all evidence points to nothing except a common mesa.

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I think you should let us students that have a D should play sports.

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I think you not let kids with a F should not play because then need to have higher than a F in the grade book

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I think we should have more activities so everyone would come to school everyday

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i don't know u might have a lot of new students if some things change . Everyone might listen or they will not listen at all we might get sent to the principals office.

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You the principal should think about this we should have more students play sports. and also have free time . But if we have torturing we should have it for students that want help and that . Like if we had a activity to go on a fill trip we should go to one .

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I disagree with student having to have a grade B average to be able to participate in school activities

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it's not so easy for some kids to keep their grades up when they also have school activities

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making this new rule would be taking a lot of fun opportunities from students that have trouble with school work.

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,I disagree because it's not easy for some kids to keep their grades up when they also have school activities

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Students are going to be put under a lot of pressure if they have to keep up with school work and take school activities which could cause stress. Also students sometimes won't be able to keep up with all the work and activities after school.

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making this new rule would be taking a lot of fun opportunities from students that have trouble with school work.

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Students could have scholarships from playing basket ball and football which are school activities and could make them successful in life but if they have to still get a grade B average then this makes it harder for them to achieve.

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Students don't deserve to be put under pressure like that because its bad for their health.

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I disagree with students having to have a grade B average to be able to participate in school activities because it's not easy for some kids to keep their grades up when they also have school activities and making this new rule would be taking a lot of

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Its not a alien its just how the landform was growing

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It started growing in a weired way and it kept going. Its just a landform there are many landforms on mars but this one is a little different from the rest of the landform

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this one looks more like like a face and the rest are just plane landforms

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But if there was aliens On mare why would they just make one landform that looks like a face if there was aliens on mars im sure they wouldnt just make one that looks like a face and dont make anymore. They would make more and more till they got tired of making them

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But its a landform growing in a shape of a face if there was different landforms that grew the same way it would be the same way as this landform. Or there coud have bind so bad weather and it could have did this and made the face.

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I think that driverless cars sound pretty cool. People don't need driverless cars though.

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When driverless cars are made, people might start texting while the car is driving thinking they're still safe when they could still be in danger

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Driverless cars is a good and bad idea, its cool but it could still be dangerous. I think they should not make driverless cars because we don't need them when we can drive on our own.

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Since it is computer what if hackers hijacked it? Or maybe it messed up because its computer made and the driver has no control?

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There are many things that could possibly happen since its "computer driven".

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