tasksource/argument-feedback · Datasets at Hugging Face

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10fc8251b6ea	6AD64F9A9437	because not only does it protect the environment it protects future generations and our community.	Claim	Effective
29c8e53b0998	6AD64F9A9437	For example say people were not taking care of the environment and throwing their garbage and littering in our rivers and streams, which leads to our drink water it would then be contaminated and the contamination of the water wouldn't just effect humans it would effect plants and animals as well. Or say that we were not recycling, all of our garbage would do straight to landfill's which would once again put humans, plants and animals in danger. Or perhaps we were letting the oil from our cars run out into streams and driving our car to places that we could easily walk to or letting the carbon monoxide from our cars pollute the air leaving more of a chance for global warming to happen.	Evidence	Effective
52da29f53836	6AD64F9A9437	All of this can be prevented if we just take thirty minutes out of our day and pick up loose trash in our neighborhood or park or just as simple as recycling plastics, papers, cardboards, glasses etc.	Evidence	Effective
52ff12f5aea4	6AD64F9A9437	Also students want have to worry about taking time away from hanging out with their friends because their friends can do it with them and they would be getting more done in half of the time.	Claim	Adequate
8b78ade08693	6AD64F9A9437	This plan will work if you put it into action and I strongly hope you take my request into recommendation.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
6d5a1cd7d85b	6AFC2BA228ED	After reading this story/argument i think we should remove the Electoral college,	Position	Adequate
7a3ab6635533	6AFC2BA228ED	Because i think we shoud be able to have the final vote, not the electoral voters.	Claim	Adequate
37f834412c40	6AFC2BA228ED	It states in paragraph 15 that "it is the electors who elect the president, not the people." "when you vote for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors." (paragraph 15) the reason why is cause they vote on the more who has the responsibility on taking part as president.	Evidence	Adequate
ed5d8c2a89ba	6AFC2BA228ED	The electoral college has 538 electors and about 270 electoral vote are required to elect president. There is one member of the house in your state of representatives also 2 for your senate. But in the district of columbia therenis allocated 3 electors that are treated like a state. This election is held every four yearson the Tuesday after the first Monday of November. So when you vote, you dont vote for the whivh presidnt your actualy voting for the candidtes electors.	Evidence	Adequate
c7da0131e58e	6AFC2BA228ED	"It is possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win national popular vote. But in the year 2000, Gore had more popular votes then Bush,and Bush had less fewer electoral votes. This yet has not happened very rarely, but it was the first time ever since 1888." That only happened cause the elctoral votes made it happen. some informstion i put up there is to inform you what they do and how many votes are required to elect president compared to the thousands of people voting for the president.	Evidence	Adequate
0b0f44cbe832	6AFC2BA228ED	I say that the electoral college is unfair!	Claim	Adequate
2727331ec11d	6AFC2BA228ED	The first is cause they lost the presidency the year 2000 with Gore and Bush	Evidence	Adequate
fb3c1368b4f4	6AFC2BA228ED	Second of all people who favored the seperation of race.	Evidence	Ineffective
6b25d7db984e	6AFC2BA228ED	We, people shoud be able to vote on the president to make our vote count! Not on just voting for the electors the elect the president. Let our votes be heard to the people not the just the elctoral college.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
05a5b4ac3b2a	6B0FE655BCD1	I'm writing to you today regarding my concerns on our voting method for the president of the United States. Although we've been voting by the electoral college for how ever many years, I don't think it is the most efficient and fair way of voting. Our Chamber of Commerce, former vice president Richard Nixon and many more would have to agree with me when I say that	Lead	Adequate
ab4e72aa99ea	6B0FE655BCD1	abolishing the electoral college could only be beneficial to us.	Position	Adequate
bf0bbcc7c373	6B0FE655BCD1	The electoral college system is unfair	Claim	Effective
848fff2d7fa5	6B0FE655BCD1	confusing	Claim	Adequate
a68ab839b42a	6B0FE655BCD1	forces people to compromise.	Claim	Adequate
ab4ab8286d61	6B0FE655BCD1	The electoral college is unfair, being that voters don't always control who their electors vote for, opposed to election by popular vote.	Claim	Effective
651ffb732169	6B0FE655BCD1	One reason why America strives is the fact that we are a democracy, where every one gets a say and we are not ruled by a dictators or communist. The electoral college in no way follows our democratic system, the people are not voting for our president our electors are the ones voting for us.	Evidence	Adequate
f11802abadaa	6B0FE655BCD1	Not only is the electoral college unfair but it is also confusing.	Claim	Adequate
ab00a23d59c9	6B0FE655BCD1	For new voters they may be confused by the eletoral college. New voters may wonder why can't I just vote for the candidate I most prefer. Think about it like this, in the electoral college the electors are the middle man. Why not cut the middle man out? And as a result make the voting system much simpler.	Evidence	Adequate
9d1dd46d2634	6B0FE655BCD1	People may agrue that the electoral college system stops a majority vote.	Counterclaim	Adequate
b0b58b1c6982	6B0FE655BCD1	So let's say, you're a democrat living in the state of Texas with the electoral college system in place. You might as well not vote for an elector cause the majority of the people in texas are going to vote for the republican elector.	Evidence	Adequate
f29ad71f0308	6B0FE655BCD1	On the other hand, there is the election by popular vote, gives everyone a say in whom they'd like to vote for.	Rebuttal	Adequate
c1167b21bca3	6B0FE655BCD1	There is always the possibility of the disater factor.	Evidence	Ineffective
647354d2a6ce	6B56C630FFC5	This is my opinion of your future change in the school activities. I'm not in favor in this change, if the students are good players, the principal have to let they play at least they have a grade C average, but if the students don't have a good grade, like F or D, the principal have to tell they that they can't play anymore, till they make a good grade.	Position	Effective
4fb6ac45e066	6B56C630FFC5	This change can do a good change	Claim	Adequate
fb1752d757ba	6B56C630FFC5	because the students that play a sport or if they are in the band, and if they care more in the activity that they play, maybe that can be distorting the student, that can be the reason of why they don't have good grades, so the students what the students have to study at the same with their sport or other activity, and be good with both	Evidence	Adequate
1a67c5545e67	6B56C630FFC5	. Maybe the students are better in their activity because sometimes we have more fun, and because we like to be in more movement.	Claim	Adequate
bd2f2015d6bc	6B56C630FFC5	I have to tell that the idea of tell us about this cange and for give us the opportunity to let us tell you, our opinion is good.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
f61c157c1371	6B6A7138292B	The electotral college doesnt work in my opinion	Position	Adequate
f42f759db0bc	6B6A7138292B	It has too many flaws such as you are voting for a state	Claim	Adequate
a72a70c41947	6B6A7138292B	Thanks to the electoral college the 2000 election was a disaster	Evidence	Ineffective
ed98937a36cc	6B6A7138292B	The electoral college system is unfair in a way	Claim	Adequate
6cba5426f407	6B6A7138292B	because if your from some where with a lot of points your going to win that state. And if you win lots of small states it doesnt matter because someone can win two big states and beat you. Obviously candidates arent going to spend a lot of time in a state they know they have no shot of winning. In 2000 17 states didnt get to see any candidates, because the candidates didnt consider them big states. On the off chance that those electors won the statewide election, they would go to congress and Kerry would get 34 electoral votes. Who are the electors in the first place? It dopends on the state. Sometimes state conventions, sometimes the states partys central comitee, sometimes the presidential candidates themselves. Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always. Do voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate? Sometimes.	Evidence	Adequate
8d4b7c8ba699	6B6A7138292B	The electotral college doesnt work in my opinion. It has too many flaws such as you are voting for a state. Thanks to the electoral college the 2000 election was a disaster. The electoral college system is unfair in a way because if your from some where with a lot of points your going to win that state. And if you win lots of small states it doesnt matter because someone can win two big states and beat you. Obviously candidates arent going to spend a lot of time in a state they know they have no shot of winning.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
e478677c7bcc	6BBD726B840E	Im agree with the Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President.	Position	Adequate
9b3402c28044	6BBD726B840E	A dipute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible it happened in 2000, but it's likely than a dispute over the popular vote.	Claim	Adequate
ed41909701ac	6BBD726B840E	The reason is that the winning candidate's share of the Electoral College invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote. For example, President Obama recive 61.7 percent of the electoral votes copared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes for him and for Romney. Because the total number of votes 538 is an even number, but it is highly unlikely.	Evidence	Adequate
58200276d201	6BBD726B840E	The winner take all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates, to focus on their campaign; the voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the competing candidates.	Evidence	Ineffective
960912303579	6BBD726B840E	The electoral college restores some of the weigth on the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution.	Claim	Adequate
e34330aceef5	6BBD726B840E	The most popular vote was in Florida in 2012. Who won the vote, got 29 electoral votes. So other things being equal, a large state gets more attention from presidential candidates ina campaign tahn a small state. Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had only a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the Electoral College the 301 and 370 electoral votes, repectively.	Evidence	Adequate
0e78a6851be1	6BBD726B840E	There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast; that pressure, which of would greatly complicate the presidential election process, is reduced by the Electoral College, which invariably produces a clear winner.	Claim	Effective
b8197ea1b20f	6BBD726B840E	Democrats in Texas, and Reublicans in California. Thir vote no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the compaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote. But of course no voter's vote swings a national election, about one-half the elegible American population did vote in 2012's election.	Evidence	Adequate
05bbe833670e	6BEDE1C49244	I don't think it is right that you need to have a b average because some people cant mentally and fiskley do it .	Position	Adequate
2391c014f514	6BEDE1C49244	Sometime out can not get your grades all up to passing in time. also i am not good at school but i still try. I think i should get the right to play sport because sports can be job when you get older and it will also keep you in shape just not that but aliened. So based on behavior i think they could not be able to play but just not because of bad grades.	Evidence	Ineffective
a7bca55c6082	6BEDE1C49244	So i was wondering if you would considered not letting theses kids play sports because the don't have a bee average.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
ed241d8a0399	6C014506F9A2	My opinion would have to be Policy 2	Position	Adequate
fdf7b6b91a33	6C014506F9A2	you are at school to learn for a better education and not to be texting your friends during lunch	Claim	Adequate
856b92d0c420	6C014506F9A2	probably four fifths of your friends are all ready at school and why would you want to text them if you are sitting by them.	Evidence	Adequate
06335f0d4c75	6C014506F9A2	Another reason is that if you give kids an opportunity to text during lunch then they would take advantage of texting and they would text during the school day and not pay attention in class.	Claim	Adequate
c31e487d3343	6C014506F9A2	If it was my opinion I would not have cell phones in my pocket so i can call my mom when i get to school otherwise you do not need your phone to text during school hours.	Evidence	Ineffective
f18ba46378d5	6C014506F9A2	That is my opinion on have weather to have your phone on for lunch or not having your phone on at all during the school day.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
6a2ae0ce441a	6C1C86ECD6BC	I would rather take a joint to the community service. Helping people could be better for the world so it will cause less stress and have a better environment	Lead	Adequate
b3c0a520b9fc	6C1C86ECD6BC	Students should require to do this service	Position	Adequate
67f4d0a7f66d	6C1C86ECD6BC	to let them know they're doing something very helpful to the community.	Claim	Adequate
4fa1beaf5384	6C1C86ECD6BC	By being helpful you can get an award for future use or you can be very proud of yourself and let other people around you be proud of you too	Evidence	Adequate
f75d1fd0d490	6C1C86ECD6BC	Cleaning up trash is a helpful way to serve community service	Claim	Adequate
11931852ae05	6C1C86ECD6BC	This will make the environment a cleaner place, and also safer. No animal, fishes, and humans should be injured if we clean up the trash and never liter again.	Evidence	Adequate
5cbbd2ea2c8c	6C1C86ECD6BC	Tutoring someone who is struggling with a certain project, homework, etc; can really help with their education.	Claim	Adequate
733a04d2cb8d	6C1C86ECD6BC	They could have a better grade if someone offered to tutor to. Teaching the people who are younger and less knowledgeable will let them know what's going on, or what to do for future use.	Evidence	Adequate
786c9c043606	6C1C86ECD6BC	Making a charity for the homeless people	Claim	Ineffective
b6b11762ba5a	6C1C86ECD6BC	Knowing if there's someone with a family who is out on the streets trying to be alive is just sad. People can do concerts, plays, and just washing people cars could help earn money for he charity. By doing this, you could be helping lots of other people who needed shelter.	Evidence	Adequate
652472257e35	6C1C86ECD6BC	Recycling is a way to also help the community	Claim	Adequate
c84e71960efd	6C1C86ECD6BC	There's tons and tons of water bottles that have been used and not been thrown correctly in the right bin. By recycling , the stuff that are able to recycle can be used over and over again. Trees could be saved by recycling so we don't to kill the animal's home and let them be homeless.	Evidence	Adequate
fb0aeb1ac070	6C1C86ECD6BC	Mostly the main reasons on helping the community is to make the people around you feel very helped. You would also feel very appreciated knowing there's people who will also help you back. Which is why; I would rather be helping the community than laying down do nothing when there's something needed to be changed.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
684bb7a080d3	6C2348EA83BB	Dear, state senator I think changing elections by popular vote for the president of the United States would be better.	Position	Adequate
d322653b27b4	6C2348EA83BB	Each candidate had his or her group of electors. Mostly the political party like Democratic and Republican. he Electoral college is the established Constitution as a compromise between electionof the presdident by vote in congress. Popular votes for the election of the president is more meaningful then having 538 electors and 270 electoral votes. I think the electoral college doesn't work.	Evidence	Adequate
7d136a742c93	6C2348EA83BB	In the electoral college system,voters just vote for the president, but along with that your voting for more electors in their political party.	Claim	Adequate
c05f411c0d2f	6C2348EA83BB	This is a very big deal for the people voting in elections. They have no control of whom their electors votr for.	Evidence	Adequate
cf03a7532a53	6C2348EA83BB	The electoral college is also unfair to the canidates because the winner-take-all system in each state.	Claim	Adequate
38e07648729a	6C2348EA83BB	The best arguments in favor is the popular vote, but some canidates still lose from the presidency.	Evidence	Ineffective
e9894485791d	6C2348EA83BB	Looking at the breakdown of the number of electoral votes given to each state-California has the most votes. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president.	Claim	Ineffective
da1c4519bf2e	6C2348EA83BB	or instance, as Romney was in the South he had no campaign heavily in those states. He gained no electoral votes.	Evidence	Ineffective
1931835463ba	6C2348EA83BB	In toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign-to really take notice inthe competing canidates. Those voters sre the ones to decide the election.	Evidence	Ineffective
7b0c126bf33a	6C2348EA83BB	Run-Off elections should be avoided, it would greatly complicate the presidential election process.	Claim	Ineffective
d78bccf8a7d7	6C2348EA83BB	My advice to you;as the state senator is to not keep the Electoral College. The election of the populae vote would be more precised. It's maybe 1% unfair because in states like california they have like 55,000 republicans voting for 1 canidate. And if there's a tie in the electoral vote, the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
81c735cda3ee	6C30C0076FAD	"Knowledge is power," the esteemed Francis Bacon once said. Those words, repeated verbatim for ages, are the foundation of education, for as long as education serves to teach and inspire. However, there is an arising problem where students are unable to focus on their schooling due to external factors such as holding jobs or taking care of their families. This phenomenon causes harm to the future academic aspirations of these students and is wholly detrimental to their education. As per federal law, all children in the United States, from the ages of five to eighteen, are legally required to attend school. However, for those students who must serve a purpose other than studying, having to spend hours of their day at a physical school can actually severely affect their ability in both educational and non-educational pursuits. Although this situation may seem dire, there exists a surprisingly simple solution that can adequately meet all the needs of these students: distance learning. Distance learning is a program by which students are afforded the option of doing their coursework from home by taking online courses. By providing a feasible alternative to traditional schooling, distance learning will allow students to do better in all facets of their lives.	Lead	Effective
418f31664a2c	6C30C0076FAD	Distance learning would be a massive benefit to students	Position	Adequate
1bbc549511ab	6C30C0076FAD	because it would allow schedule flexibility	Claim	Adequate
08783c59ee7f	6C30C0076FAD	encourage student independence,	Claim	Adequate
67d0837e13ba	6C30C0076FAD	While a work-life balance seems to be the cornerstone of happiness for any American worker, the same does not seem to be true for American students. In a 2016 study published by Psychology Today, it was found that the stress level of students had risen nearly 15% since 2012. This, in tandem with the fact that many high school students work part-time or even full-time jobs on the side is the exact reason why distance learning must be implemented: schedule flexibility. If students are able to shape their educational schedules to meet their unique independent needs, then the mental health of those students would doubtlessly improve. In fact, in a TED talk about a similar brand of tutelage entitled "hack schooling", it was discussed how the alternative method allowed for students to feel more secure about their learning as it was being done on their own terms. This means that if students are allowed the chance to shape their education to suit themselves, they are then able to comprehend the information that they learn rather than simply memorize and regurgitate it.	Evidence	Effective
10b2a18a5b9c	6C30C0076FAD	By removing unnecessarily strenuous factors such as the long hours and rigidity of traditional schooling, distance learning provides an avenue by which students of all backgrounds and situations are afforded the opportunity to thrive.	Claim	Effective
0bf03b28ed4e	6C30C0076FAD	Independence is a trait that empowers all those who possess it as it enables them to function on their own. Between fixed bell schedules and assigned bathroom breaks and a plethora of functional rigidity, independence is rather unfortunately not a trait that is bred well in traditional American schools. However, as students grow to become adults with much more autonomy than is allowed in said schools, this dependency can become malignant to the development of their own psyches. Giving students the ability to attend a distance learning program is something that can, in turn, teach students to become more independent and self-reliant. Between managing their own time, finishing their coursework, and learning to use their online resources wisely, students will gain a learning curve which will lead them to be vastly more independent than they would have been in a traditional school setting. Take, for example, students who complete online courses via the Generic_School program in the Generic_City school district. In the form to apply for courses, students are asked how they demonstrate independence and ability to manage their coursework. As distance learning demands more in terms of organization than traditional schooling does, it is clearly vital for students to be, or at least to learn to be, more independent.	Evidence	Effective
dc2bfda01a20	6C30C0076FAD	by taking these courses, students will display an increase in independence and autonomy that they would not necessarily experience in a traditional setting.	Claim	Effective
2e0418bb42fe	6C30C0076FAD	Despite the many bonuses that distance learning offers, there is something that can be said about the social aspect of traditional public schooling. By forcing students to interact with one another, traditional schools facilitate social interactions between peers.	Counterclaim	Effective
5393064b5e92	6C30C0076FAD	While performing this function does seem to advantage traditional schools, it is not necessarily a bad thing for distance schooling. In fact, students are quite often put in social situations outside of a school setting.	Rebuttal	Effective
e527f75793a6	6C30C0076FAD	Whether interacting with family or speaking to friends, students experience social interaction rather often in their lives. Additionally, as many distance learning programs use video conferences as a means to teach, they can provide a means to teach further social and emotional interaction as well. Schools are not the only means by which students may develop social skills, and distance learning would genuinely not hinder any sort of societal interaction or ability that traditional schools seemingly provide.	Evidence	Effective
c4b0eaba1165	6C30C0076FAD	In summation, schools should implement distance learning as it serves as a vital benefit to students who genuinely cannot gain from traditional forms of education. By allowing for flexible schedules, distance learning provides a feasible alternative to students who cannot perform their tasks within the confines of traditional schools. By encouraging independence, distance learning empowers students to learn discipline and organization in addition to traditional academia. Knowledge is indeed power, and with the knowledge that educators have about distance learning, they must now enable students to experience first hand how distance learning can benefit them.	Concluding Statement	Effective
715fc2b5a11b	6C3E863C67FC	As we should know, "the Electoral College is a process not an actual place. It serves as a compromise of the presidential election in Congress and by popular vote" (paragraph 1). It can be good at times but most times it has its downfalls.	Lead	Adequate
04c9409d6a56	6C3E863C67FC	The Electoral College doesn't allow for a direct election compared to popular vote.	Claim	Effective
cde592782064	6C3E863C67FC	Also, there isn't a fair number of votes for each presidential candidate per state.	Claim	Effective
cb3ffd84a95f	6C3E863C67FC	If there is a tie in the electoral voting process it can cause a big disaster.	Claim	Effective
7c1b57417c7f	6C3E863C67FC	I don't believe that anyone wants constant problems when choosing a leader. To avoids all of the problems why not take the Electoral College out overall	Position	Effective
9c9d2e7c13f9	6C3E863C67FC	"Under the electorial college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." (Paragraph 10). In actuality, voters don't directly vote for the president when it comes to the electoral college. Although the Electoral College "restores some of the weight in the polititcal balance that large states lose by virtue of mal-apportionment", (paragraph 21) voters don't have the right to control whom their electors are said author Bradford Plumer. Voting for a group of electors doesn't always mean that they'll vote for the candidate in which you favor. This can have a huge affect on the reputation of the Electoral College itsself.	Evidence	Effective
75b9050b6b66	6C3E863C67FC	It's not only an indirect election but it's also an unfair election.	Claim	Effective
608cfb5851ec	6C3E863C67FC	The number of entitled electors per state is based upon the members of the state's congressional delegation. "One for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your senators." (paragraph 3). This is unfair because the number of "House" members is based on the states overall population compared to the amount of senators. It may somehow be good for the residents who beleive their votes doesn't count becasue of the candidate's regional appeals but what about those who fear that their electors won't choose the candidate in which they favor.	Evidence	Effective
cb2467628362	6C3E863C67FC	Not only is it indirect and unfair, but it can cause disaster to arise if there is a tie within the electoral voting process.	Claim	Effective

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because not only does it protect the environment it protects future generations and our community.

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For example say people were not taking care of the environment and throwing their garbage and littering in our rivers and streams, which leads to our drink water it would then be contaminated and the contamination of the water wouldn't just effect humans it would effect plants and animals as well. Or say that we were not recycling, all of our garbage would do straight to landfill's which would once again put humans, plants and animals in danger. Or perhaps we were letting the oil from our cars run out into streams and driving our car to places that we could easily walk to or letting the carbon monoxide from our cars pollute the air leaving more of a chance for global warming to happen.

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All of this can be prevented if we just take thirty minutes out of our day and pick up loose trash in our neighborhood or park or just as simple as recycling plastics, papers, cardboards, glasses etc.

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Also students want have to worry about taking time away from hanging out with their friends because their friends can do it with them and they would be getting more done in half of the time.

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This plan will work if you put it into action and I strongly hope you take my request into recommendation.

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After reading this story/argument i think we should remove the Electoral college,

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Because i think we shoud be able to have the final vote, not the electoral voters.

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It states in paragraph 15 that "it is the electors who elect the president, not the people." "when you vote for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors." (paragraph 15) the reason why is cause they vote on the more who has the responsibility on taking part as president.

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The electoral college has 538 electors and about 270 electoral vote are required to elect president. There is one member of the house in your state of representatives also 2 for your senate. But in the district of columbia therenis allocated 3 electors that are treated like a state. This election is held every four yearson the Tuesday after the first Monday of November. So when you vote, you dont vote for the whivh presidnt your actualy voting for the candidtes electors.

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"It is possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win national popular vote. But in the year 2000, Gore had more popular votes then Bush,and Bush had less fewer electoral votes. This yet has not happened very rarely, but it was the first time ever since 1888." That only happened cause the elctoral votes made it happen. some informstion i put up there is to inform you what they do and how many votes are required to elect president compared to the thousands of people voting for the president.

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I say that the electoral college is unfair!

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The first is cause they lost the presidency the year 2000 with Gore and Bush

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Second of all people who favored the seperation of race.

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We, people shoud be able to vote on the president to make our vote count! Not on just voting for the electors the elect the president. Let our votes be heard to the people not the just the elctoral college.

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I'm writing to you today regarding my concerns on our voting method for the president of the United States. Although we've been voting by the electoral college for how ever many years, I don't think it is the most efficient and fair way of voting. Our Chamber of Commerce, former vice president Richard Nixon and many more would have to agree with me when I say that

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abolishing the electoral college could only be beneficial to us.

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The electoral college system is unfair

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confusing

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forces people to compromise.

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The electoral college is unfair, being that voters don't always control who their electors vote for, opposed to election by popular vote.

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One reason why America strives is the fact that we are a democracy, where every one gets a say and we are not ruled by a dictators or communist. The electoral college in no way follows our democratic system, the people are not voting for our president our electors are the ones voting for us.

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Not only is the electoral college unfair but it is also confusing.

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For new voters they may be confused by the eletoral college. New voters may wonder why can't I just vote for the candidate I most prefer. Think about it like this, in the electoral college the electors are the middle man. Why not cut the middle man out? And as a result make the voting system much simpler.

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People may agrue that the electoral college system stops a majority vote.

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So let's say, you're a democrat living in the state of Texas with the electoral college system in place. You might as well not vote for an elector cause the majority of the people in texas are going to vote for the republican elector.

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On the other hand, there is the election by popular vote, gives everyone a say in whom they'd like to vote for.

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There is always the possibility of the disater factor.

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This is my opinion of your future change in the school activities. I'm not in favor in this change, if the students are good players, the principal have to let they play at least they have a grade C average, but if the students don't have a good grade, like F or D, the principal have to tell they that they can't play anymore, till they make a good grade.

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This change can do a good change

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because the students that play a sport or if they are in the band, and if they care more in the activity that they play, maybe that can be distorting the student, that can be the reason of why they don't have good grades, so the students what the students have to study at the same with their sport or other activity, and be good with both

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. Maybe the students are better in their activity because sometimes we have more fun, and because we like to be in more movement.

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I have to tell that the idea of tell us about this cange and for give us the opportunity to let us tell you, our opinion is good.

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The electotral college doesnt work in my opinion

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It has too many flaws such as you are voting for a state

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Thanks to the electoral college the 2000 election was a disaster

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The electoral college system is unfair in a way

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because if your from some where with a lot of points your going to win that state. And if you win lots of small states it doesnt matter because someone can win two big states and beat you. Obviously candidates arent going to spend a lot of time in a state they know they have no shot of winning. In 2000 17 states didnt get to see any candidates, because the candidates didnt consider them big states. On the off chance that those electors won the statewide election, they would go to congress and Kerry would get 34 electoral votes. Who are the electors in the first place? It dopends on the state. Sometimes state conventions, sometimes the states partys central comitee, sometimes the presidential candidates themselves. Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always. Do voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate? Sometimes.

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The electotral college doesnt work in my opinion. It has too many flaws such as you are voting for a state. Thanks to the electoral college the 2000 election was a disaster. The electoral college system is unfair in a way because if your from some where with a lot of points your going to win that state. And if you win lots of small states it doesnt matter because someone can win two big states and beat you. Obviously candidates arent going to spend a lot of time in a state they know they have no shot of winning.

Concluding Statement

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Im agree with the Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President.

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A dipute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible it happened in 2000, but it's likely than a dispute over the popular vote.

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The reason is that the winning candidate's share of the Electoral College invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote. For example, President Obama recive 61.7 percent of the electoral votes copared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes for him and for Romney. Because the total number of votes 538 is an even number, but it is highly unlikely.

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The winner take all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates, to focus on their campaign; the voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the competing candidates.

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The electoral college restores some of the weigth on the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution.

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The most popular vote was in Florida in 2012. Who won the vote, got 29 electoral votes. So other things being equal, a large state gets more attention from presidential candidates ina campaign tahn a small state. Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had only a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the Electoral College the 301 and 370 electoral votes, repectively.

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There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast; that pressure, which of would greatly complicate the presidential election process, is reduced by the Electoral College, which invariably produces a clear winner.

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Democrats in Texas, and Reublicans in California. Thir vote no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the compaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote. But of course no voter's vote swings a national election, about one-half the elegible American population did vote in 2012's election.

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I don't think it is right that you need to have a b average because some people cant mentally and fiskley do it .

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Sometime out can not get your grades all up to passing in time. also i am not good at school but i still try. I think i should get the right to play sport because sports can be job when you get older and it will also keep you in shape just not that but aliened. So based on behavior i think they could not be able to play but just not because of bad grades.

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So i was wondering if you would considered not letting theses kids play sports because the don't have a bee average.

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My opinion would have to be Policy 2

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you are at school to learn for a better education and not to be texting your friends during lunch

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probably four fifths of your friends are all ready at school and why would you want to text them if you are sitting by them.

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Another reason is that if you give kids an opportunity to text during lunch then they would take advantage of texting and they would text during the school day and not pay attention in class.

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If it was my opinion I would not have cell phones in my pocket so i can call my mom when i get to school otherwise you do not need your phone to text during school hours.

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That is my opinion on have weather to have your phone on for lunch or not having your phone on at all during the school day.

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I would rather take a joint to the community service. Helping people could be better for the world so it will cause less stress and have a better environment

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Students should require to do this service

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to let them know they're doing something very helpful to the community.

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By being helpful you can get an award for future use or you can be very proud of yourself and let other people around you be proud of you too

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Cleaning up trash is a helpful way to serve community service

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This will make the environment a cleaner place, and also safer. No animal, fishes, and humans should be injured if we clean up the trash and never liter again.

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Tutoring someone who is struggling with a certain project, homework, etc; can really help with their education.

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They could have a better grade if someone offered to tutor to. Teaching the people who are younger and less knowledgeable will let them know what's going on, or what to do for future use.

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Making a charity for the homeless people

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Knowing if there's someone with a family who is out on the streets trying to be alive is just sad. People can do concerts, plays, and just washing people cars could help earn money for he charity. By doing this, you could be helping lots of other people who needed shelter.

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Recycling is a way to also help the community

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There's tons and tons of water bottles that have been used and not been thrown correctly in the right bin. By recycling , the stuff that are able to recycle can be used over and over again. Trees could be saved by recycling so we don't to kill the animal's home and let them be homeless.

Evidence

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Mostly the main reasons on helping the community is to make the people around you feel very helped. You would also feel very appreciated knowing there's people who will also help you back. Which is why; I would rather be helping the community than laying down do nothing when there's something needed to be changed.

Concluding Statement

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Dear, state senator I think changing elections by popular vote for the president of the United States would be better.

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Each candidate had his or her group of electors. Mostly the political party like Democratic and Republican. he Electoral college is the established Constitution as a compromise between electionof the presdident by vote in congress. Popular votes for the election of the president is more meaningful then having 538 electors and 270 electoral votes. I think the electoral college doesn't work.

Evidence

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In the electoral college system,voters just vote for the president, but along with that your voting for more electors in their political party.

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This is a very big deal for the people voting in elections. They have no control of whom their electors votr for.

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The electoral college is also unfair to the canidates because the winner-take-all system in each state.

Claim

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The best arguments in favor is the popular vote, but some canidates still lose from the presidency.

Evidence

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Looking at the breakdown of the number of electoral votes given to each state-California has the most votes. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president.

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or instance, as Romney was in the South he had no campaign heavily in those states. He gained no electoral votes.

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In toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign-to really take notice inthe competing canidates. Those voters sre the ones to decide the election.

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Run-Off elections should be avoided, it would greatly complicate the presidential election process.

Claim

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My advice to you;as the state senator is to not keep the Electoral College. The election of the populae vote would be more precised. It's maybe 1% unfair because in states like california they have like 55,000 republicans voting for 1 canidate. And if there's a tie in the electoral vote, the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president.

Concluding Statement

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"Knowledge is power," the esteemed Francis Bacon once said. Those words, repeated verbatim for ages, are the foundation of education, for as long as education serves to teach and inspire. However, there is an arising problem where students are unable to focus on their schooling due to external factors such as holding jobs or taking care of their families. This phenomenon causes harm to the future academic aspirations of these students and is wholly detrimental to their education. As per federal law, all children in the United States, from the ages of five to eighteen, are legally required to attend school. However, for those students who must serve a purpose other than studying, having to spend hours of their day at a physical school can actually severely affect their ability in both educational and non-educational pursuits. Although this situation may seem dire, there exists a surprisingly simple solution that can adequately meet all the needs of these students: distance learning. Distance learning is a program by which students are afforded the option of doing their coursework from home by taking online courses. By providing a feasible alternative to traditional schooling, distance learning will allow students to do better in all facets of their lives.

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Distance learning would be a massive benefit to students

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because it would allow schedule flexibility

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encourage student independence,

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While a work-life balance seems to be the cornerstone of happiness for any American worker, the same does not seem to be true for American students. In a 2016 study published by Psychology Today, it was found that the stress level of students had risen nearly 15% since 2012. This, in tandem with the fact that many high school students work part-time or even full-time jobs on the side is the exact reason why distance learning must be implemented: schedule flexibility. If students are able to shape their educational schedules to meet their unique independent needs, then the mental health of those students would doubtlessly improve. In fact, in a TED talk about a similar brand of tutelage entitled "hack schooling", it was discussed how the alternative method allowed for students to feel more secure about their learning as it was being done on their own terms. This means that if students are allowed the chance to shape their education to suit themselves, they are then able to comprehend the information that they learn rather than simply memorize and regurgitate it.

Evidence

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By removing unnecessarily strenuous factors such as the long hours and rigidity of traditional schooling, distance learning provides an avenue by which students of all backgrounds and situations are afforded the opportunity to thrive.

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Independence is a trait that empowers all those who possess it as it enables them to function on their own. Between fixed bell schedules and assigned bathroom breaks and a plethora of functional rigidity, independence is rather unfortunately not a trait that is bred well in traditional American schools. However, as students grow to become adults with much more autonomy than is allowed in said schools, this dependency can become malignant to the development of their own psyches. Giving students the ability to attend a distance learning program is something that can, in turn, teach students to become more independent and self-reliant. Between managing their own time, finishing their coursework, and learning to use their online resources wisely, students will gain a learning curve which will lead them to be vastly more independent than they would have been in a traditional school setting. Take, for example, students who complete online courses via the Generic_School program in the Generic_City school district. In the form to apply for courses, students are asked how they demonstrate independence and ability to manage their coursework. As distance learning demands more in terms of organization than traditional schooling does, it is clearly vital for students to be, or at least to learn to be, more independent.

Evidence

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by taking these courses, students will display an increase in independence and autonomy that they would not necessarily experience in a traditional setting.

Claim

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Despite the many bonuses that distance learning offers, there is something that can be said about the social aspect of traditional public schooling. By forcing students to interact with one another, traditional schools facilitate social interactions between peers.

Counterclaim

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While performing this function does seem to advantage traditional schools, it is not necessarily a bad thing for distance schooling. In fact, students are quite often put in social situations outside of a school setting.

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Whether interacting with family or speaking to friends, students experience social interaction rather often in their lives. Additionally, as many distance learning programs use video conferences as a means to teach, they can provide a means to teach further social and emotional interaction as well. Schools are not the only means by which students may develop social skills, and distance learning would genuinely not hinder any sort of societal interaction or ability that traditional schools seemingly provide.

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In summation, schools should implement distance learning as it serves as a vital benefit to students who genuinely cannot gain from traditional forms of education. By allowing for flexible schedules, distance learning provides a feasible alternative to students who cannot perform their tasks within the confines of traditional schools. By encouraging independence, distance learning empowers students to learn discipline and organization in addition to traditional academia. Knowledge is indeed power, and with the knowledge that educators have about distance learning, they must now enable students to experience first hand how distance learning can benefit them.

Concluding Statement

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As we should know, "the Electoral College is a process not an actual place. It serves as a compromise of the presidential election in Congress and by popular vote" (paragraph 1). It can be good at times but most times it has its downfalls.

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The Electoral College doesn't allow for a direct election compared to popular vote.

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Also, there isn't a fair number of votes for each presidential candidate per state.

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If there is a tie in the electoral voting process it can cause a big disaster.

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I don't believe that anyone wants constant problems when choosing a leader. To avoids all of the problems why not take the Electoral College out overall

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"Under the electorial college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." (Paragraph 10). In actuality, voters don't directly vote for the president when it comes to the electoral college. Although the Electoral College "restores some of the weight in the polititcal balance that large states lose by virtue of mal-apportionment", (paragraph 21) voters don't have the right to control whom their electors are said author Bradford Plumer. Voting for a group of electors doesn't always mean that they'll vote for the candidate in which you favor. This can have a huge affect on the reputation of the Electoral College itsself.

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It's not only an indirect election but it's also an unfair election.

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The number of entitled electors per state is based upon the members of the state's congressional delegation. "One for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your senators." (paragraph 3). This is unfair because the number of "House" members is based on the states overall population compared to the amount of senators. It may somehow be good for the residents who beleive their votes doesn't count becasue of the candidate's regional appeals but what about those who fear that their electors won't choose the candidate in which they favor.

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Not only is it indirect and unfair, but it can cause disaster to arise if there is a tie within the electoral voting process.

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