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6179ceb0fcbf | A30020B4E5DB | The electors are very hard working | Claim | Ineffective |
d05d41009616 | A30020B4E5DB | They have to count all the votes made by congress. If the Electoral Colleges aren't in Florida then who else would want to count all of the electoral votes congress. No one has the time to do that unless it's in their job description. | Evidence | Ineffective |
af880d13ace5 | A30020B4E5DB | Although an Electoral College can cost a lot of money to build they are still worth it. The bulding of the college will also be beneficial because it causes more jobas for the unemployed. Electoral Colleges are fundamental and will help improve the state's current voting system. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
fa1b54c5f848 | A34F66AA1F99 | The Electoral College is a very useful and easy was of voting. | Position | Adequate |
99290550e27a | A34F66AA1F99 | According to the article
"What Is the Electoral College"
by the Office of the Federal Register, "The Electoral College process consists of the selection of th electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress." | Evidence | Ineffective |
6683e2f1f758 | A34F66AA1F99 | Basically we vote for our electors which then they vote for the President which seem to be working just fine why change it? | Claim | Adequate |
f12867b54537 | A34F66AA1F99 | There are many resons why people are in favor of changing the Electoral College for popular vote. In the article
"Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong"
by Bradford Plumer he asks "Can voters control whom their electors vote for?" Then answers himself with "Not always." | Counterclaim | Adequate |
2213ef8df5e8 | A34F66AA1F99 | This may be true but voters do get to vote for thier electors and it is the voters job to vote for the one they believe will choose the right president. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
88779110a86f | A34F66AA1F99 | The people need to put faith in thier electors, and even if the Electoral College was changed to popular vote they would have to vote for the president and put faith in him or her to make the right decisions for them, is they same basic thing but having electors are just another step. | Evidence | Adequate |
47e74d542e3e | A34F66AA1F99 | "The Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution | Claim | Effective |
4aa6f16bd70e | A34F66AA1F99 | This was stated in the article "
Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President"
by Richard A. Posner. This is a very good point he made, the larger states get more attention than the smaller states when it comes to popular voting in presidental elections because they have a much larger population giving them more votes. | Evidence | Adequate |
6b71b611cdb3 | A34F66AA1F99 | When it comes to popular voting there have been times where no canidate has a mojority cast of votes and the Electoral College Prevents that problem. | Claim | Adequate |
c9b521051fd1 | A34F66AA1F99 | In 1968 Nixon received 43 percent pluraltiy or more votes than the other canidates but still not receving a clear majority of votes in the popular votes same with Clinton in 1992 but they both won majority in the Electroral College, so there was no need for and run-off election. | Evidence | Adequate |
1095dafbc62b | A34F66AA1F99 | I believe that we shouldn't change the Electoral College for popular votes the way we arevoting now is working just fine and it makes it so larger states like Texas don't get more of an impact on the election because of thier population than smaller states like Rhode Island. Also the Electoral College prevents Run-off elections. Even though some believe the Electoral College as an anachronism I think that the Electoral College is still a good way of voting. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
a358f6ab60c7 | A37EC2666F34 | The electoral college is not a good thing and it certainly messes things up | Position | Adequate |
ac728b5ee99b | A37EC2666F34 | it takes votes away from people, It changes the votes to make a person lose presidency even by changing the senators | Claim | Adequate |
62a64094b074 | A37EC2666F34 | it's a winner take all system these dont turn out good no matter what | Claim | Adequate |
e5c2bb11b7d4 | A37EC2666F34 | There are many many ways to win an election and this is not one good way it can easily make one side lose even if they won the popular vote. | Claim | Adequate |
475767be9e3f | A37EC2666F34 | The odds of one side winnning is easily changed with electoral votes. This inturrupts the odds of how much the people likes them then it turns into how much the government of states likes them. However it could help some people win if they are not the popular vote.
It can also make anyone with the popular vote lose when they should have won like after Al Gore during the gallup poll thanks to the perks of the electoral college won the popular vote but he lost presidency over it. | Evidence | Adequate |
f96e1c5f4a0b | A37EC2666F34 | Even though 60% of people prefer the direct election now some prefer the electoral college. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
a5fa6652c557 | A37EC2666F34 | But this can all be due to the fact that the electoral system was made by our founding fathers on the Constitution so it may only be natural that they support it | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
f267d8360fc2 | A37EC2666F34 | A good arguement was when the system allowed for far worse when the electors for defy the will of people like in passage 2 it says "in 1960 when segragationists in the louisiana legislature almost succeeded in replacing electors who would appose John F. Kenedy" that is just evil. Although the law has not been changed since the Constitution was made. | Evidence | Adequate |
b0a5d31a3504 | A37EC2666F34 | Even at the most basic level the electoral college is still unfair to voters because of the winner take all system put in place for each state | Claim | Effective |
60a5bd7ba17e | A37EC2666F34 | They saddly dont visit every state in passage 2 it says "Candidates dont spend time in states they know they have 0 chance of winning, focusing only on tight races" Although the winner take all is made just to do what they are using it for by awarding electors to the presidential candidate (exept for Maine and Nebraska) it is being used for what they are using it for | Evidence | Adequate |
cffc7227cc8c | A37EC2666F34 | In all the electoral system is not good but its not all bad it takes the votes away from the people,Its a winner take all system, and its taking people down who deserve to win even changing the senators to make them win. Its evil and makes no sense to what they are doing trying to give other parties a chance i get it but its gone a little to far | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
2ca330428312 | A38187259EEE | For my own opinion , I think most students that have problems at school should take online or video classes at home to make it easier for them to learn and study. | Position | Adequate |
9c87415d0bf1 | A38187259EEE | Most students that are special , speaks different language or problems could and should take online classes. | Claim | Adequate |
5c147f80e579 | A38187259EEE | Even if you don't have problems you could take online classes if you wanted too. You dont have to go to school and learn , you stay home and learn in the computer. Homeschooling and online classes could be different but the sames at the same time. Learning at home could be better for you. Because at school cause you dont have no one to bother you , or giving you bad ideas , or cause trouble at schools on you learning experiences.
| Evidence | Adequate |
fbddd9da0b1a | A38187259EEE | Some students would have benefits from being able attend classes from home? Some benefits could be like. " What if its a bad idea to do it ? " , " What if I don't do good at it ? " or " What if I can't do it at home or at school ? ". | Evidence | Ineffective |
640371b322ff | A38187259EEE | Some have different ideas that it could be better for them to learn. At school it mighty be different cause there a lot of teacher and students that be different than you. At online school your at home with your parents and siblings? ad have only one teacher that teaches you on the computer | Evidence | Adequate |
cf8be69b1093 | A38187259EEE | Its your dession to choose school to learn or online whatever that you comfortable for you to learn. | Claim | Adequate |
574f47443635 | A38187259EEE | For me if I could choose , I'll choose going to school. Why? because its more better for me to learn from a teacher in person and see what they are do for me to learn. Online its okay , but staying at home make me get lazy and too comfortable by staying home | Counterclaim | Adequate |
9dbc7b0c4402 | A38187259EEE | So for me to learn , is by going to public or private school are better for me to learn , educate , and socialize to others , its better for me.
| Evidence | Adequate |
3bc588a6b44e | A38187259EEE | So online classes are not for everyone. Like me I perfer going to school , not taking classes online. But what I say
" whatever that make you comfortable for you to learn ". For me is going to school learn amd talk to other students. Wahtever you chosses for you to do then do it. Online classes are greate! but for dome people don't think so, So my option are both some students benifets to do online or some doing it school. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
84545f7e82f1 | A3960A410B74 | My friends father always complains about how the voting systems work here in the U.S. He believes that the electoral votes should not really matter. He strongly leans on the idea that candidates should win an election by the popular votes. Although the Electoral College has helped with many situations before, like the 2000 election, when Al Gore had the more popular votes then Bush yet, fewer electoral votes. | Lead | Effective |
15881b6a9a71 | A3960A410B74 | I'm started to believe that changing the electoral votes to popular votes would be better for elections of presidents.
| Position | Effective |
f1584a938daa | A3960A410B74 | Replacing the electoral college with popular votes would be better for elections of presidents because, it's the peoples choice. | Claim | Effective |
8b816546e368 | A3960A410B74 | For examlpe, people vote for the candidates that they more relate too and their choices. Having the electoral college around can make an impact to their choice. Say if a majority of a state vote for a candidate, but the state doesn't have enough electoral votes for that canididate to take a lead or win the election. How can they get there favorite candidate to win the election? The electoral college is blocking that way for that particular state. In brief, people need their say for their favorite candidate instead of the electoral college giving them points. | Evidence | Effective |
f3651ce8b69d | A3960A410B74 | However, the electoral college has some pros for the candidate and also the states. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
47d360bf4521 | A3960A410B74 | For instance, the states of california has many electoral points for candidate to win an election. I believe there are fifty-three for that states because they have many representatives. If the majority of the people in the state vote for a democrat or a republicin the electoral points goes to either one of them. Giving that candidate big points to even take a lead in the election | Evidence | Effective |
fc44580677fe | A3960A410B74 | To wrap it up, the electoral college do have pros and cons in a election. The electoral college can give a candidate the election. But the popularity vote are for the people and by the people. I stiil stay towards to the idea that the popularity vote is a greater way for voting. Remember it does say We The People in the Declaration of Independence which was sighn by our founding fathes. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
1a4c34380d12 | A39A5B1F2538 | I think you should keep the electoral colleges. | Position | Adequate |
f135097d99ce | A39A5B1F2538 | The elctoral colleges are not a vote for presidency but its the vote for slate of electors who in turn elect the president. This is a great way to find a good president because if the people voted they might not know much about the president that they are voting for | Evidence | Adequate |
9c288ac9f263 | A39A5B1F2538 | if the slate of electers are the ones who pick the president they might know what the man running for president is not telling us. | Claim | Adequate |
8cabd27dd8fe | A39A5B1F2538 | If their is a tie in the electoral votes than the election would be thrown to the house of representatives, where state deligates vote on the president. | Evidence | Ineffective |
45c8b8ab9434 | A39A5B1F2538 | The electoral colleges has been an american tradition for hundred of years | Evidence | Adequate |
4a79bc1ab24e | A39A5B1F2538 | why would you end such a long and strong condition. | Claim | Adequate |
817a9e6a7c0b | A39A5B1F2538 | The only bad thing about the electoral colleges in my opinion is that it is unfair to voters because of the winner take all system in each state. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
d8b71e547fbc | A39A5B1F2538 | during the 200 campaign, seventeen states didnt see the candidates at all, including road island and south carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didnt get to see a single campaign ad." Bobe dole thinks they should abolish the electoral college he thinks its unfair, outdated, and irrational. | Evidence | Adequate |
8d088d9533e5 | A39A5B1F2538 | It is the electers who vote for presiden not the people it is possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the nations popular vote. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
e0a630cc7232 | A39A5B1F2538 | It happened in 200 when gore had more popular votes than bush but bush had more electoral votes and bush still won the race and became president. | Evidence | Adequate |
19c14ecae21e | A39A5B1F2538 | You should keep the electoral college throughout history it has helped us in many ways. | Claim | Adequate |
2af41d297092 | A39A5B1F2538 | Lots of people say you should abolish it but give it a few more years and see what happens. | Evidence | Ineffective |
05f424b44890 | A39A5B1F2538 | The electoral college also stops run off electios this means no candidate recieves a majority of the vote cast | Evidence | Adequate |
a172693c7dbc | A39A5B1F2538 | If their is a run off election the people might think the election was rigged or unfair. | Claim | Adequate |
84d30dce5dbe | A39A5B1F2538 | So please leave the electoral college alone it benefits us in a lot of ways.
| Concluding Statement | Adequate |
ef4ba15cbcc1 | A3B1F9DB5721 | On May 24,2001 NASA vikings 1 spacecraft was circling mars and snapped a photo of a strange human like face on mars. | Lead | Adequate |
04d9f3c79f9a | A3B1F9DB5721 | It just so happens its not actually a face. Scientists discovered that the face on mars was just a natural landform. | Position | Adequate |
78c9a716343c | A3B1F9DB5721 | Some people think aliens created the "face" on mars. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
4e4568e0a382 | A3B1F9DB5721 | However, aliens did not create the face on mars. The face was a natural landform, scientists did tons of research on this face. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
307e0a1faa6a | A3B1F9DB5721 | At first the scientists thought the face on mars was just another Martian mesa. | Claim | Adequate |
400fc6d78c59 | A3B1F9DB5721 | Once this face was captured on camera a few days later NASA revealed the face they took a picture of on mars. The face then was starred in a hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines and even radio talk shows.
When the scientists were researching the face on mars, like i said they thought it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. | Evidence | Adequate |
96737d099019 | A3B1F9DB5721 | Many people make ridiculous assuotions, like how they think aliens created this face on mars, even though there can be human life on mars but those are just theorys people are making. Which is when everyone starts amking these assuptions and even make it look belivable that aliens could have possible made the "face on mars". | Counterclaim | Ineffective |
0a09fc0e05e5 | A3B1F9DB5721 |
So aliens did not create this human like face on mars it was mostly just consquently mistaken to be one becuase it really is just huge rocks together just so happening to look like a face. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
56e323975a4b | A3B7147D30B1 | i would rather change to voting for most popular president in the united states and the electoral college is simply to complicated | Position | Adequate |
7bf50b88e1ee | A3B7147D30B1 | the electoral college consist of 538 electors a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president your states entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its congressional delegation: one for each member in the house of representatives plus two of your senators | Evidence | Adequate |
419f1da448d8 | A3B7147D30B1 | all of that thats just really confusing for the new guy and me | Claim | Adequate |
11547bfb36fc | A3B7147D30B1 | why cant we simply have two groups the group with the most votes chose the president to elect simple right yah i thought so too | Claim | Adequate |
7dfaed64abdb | A3B7147D30B1 | other ways such as under the 23rd admendment of the constitution the district of columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the electoral college for this reason in the following discussion the word state also refers to the district of columbia each candidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors the electors are generally chosen by the candidates political party but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what responsibilities | Evidence | Ineffective |
da6d6c1a4251 | A3B7147D30B1 | all of that is my goodnes its all to complicated for most people to understand | Claim | Adequate |
9b9a705eef67 | A3B7147D30B1 | the presidential election is held every four years on the tuesday after the first monday in november you help choose your states electors when you vote for president because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidates electors most states have winner take all system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate however maine and nebraska each have a variation of proportional representation see thats what i mean real complicated stuff. | Evidence | Adequate |
7a454a9ae9fc | A3D23CFB2043 | Their are alot of dicusions on wether we should get rid of an electoral college. But i think we should keep them for five reason | Position | Adequate |
bb9fcb2d63bf | A3D23CFB2043 | Cernainty of outcome | Claim | Adequate |
3c98a5413be6 | A3D23CFB2043 | ,Everyones president | Claim | Adequate |
56d2f0a2dcd8 | A3D23CFB2043 | swing states | Claim | Adequate |
20aa9f3e2ed5 | A3D23CFB2043 | big states | Claim | Ineffective |
9696e1078e06 | A3D23CFB2043 | to avoid run-off elections | Claim | Adequate |
e21967e71e69 | A3D23CFB2043 | People think that it wouldnt reliable if we changed the way we elect a new president. Not everyone will agree to this,and the majority will stick to electoral college because if been working for us since the 1800. | Evidence | Adequate |
7c9571a7f1b5 | A3D23CFB2043 | Cernaint of outcome basically decides everything because it doesnt allow to be a tie. | Claim | Adequate |
70f9d0ec9a3d | A3D23CFB2043 | Like in 2012 when obama and romney were running obama won because he new that people want a winner take all basis. Obama got 61% of electorla votes and Romney got 51%.Because almost all states award electoral votes on a winners take all basis the state creates a landslide electoral vot victory in that state. | Evidence | Adequate |
d09d1dc3dfeb | A3D23CFB2043 | The electoral college reguires a presidential candidate to have regional appeal. | Claim | Adequate |
c4bdc3de5126 | A3D23CFB2043 | Not one region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. Romney was from the south so people in their voted for him. But people up north thought that would be greedy and our nation needs a president for all. It was a situation that he would only apply or do anything for the south but nothing for the north. So candidates with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a succesful president. | Evidence | Adequate |
78a07753d0ae | A3D23CFB2043 | The winner takes all method focuses their campaign efforts on the toss up states. | Claim | Adequate |
3c46e82f7ccd | A3D23CFB2043 | People in the toss up state are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign to really listen to the competing candidates knowing that they are going to decide who gets elected. They are the more thoughtful voter and they will give more attention than normal. So people who care about who gets elected should get their votes in. | Evidence | Adequate |
e5248d69b561 | A3D23CFB2043 | Last,the electoral college avoids the problems of elections in which no candidates recieves a majority of the votes cast | Claim | Adequate |
042be6a3e820 | A3D23CFB2043 | The presidential election process is reduced by the electoral college which proves a clear win. Knowing people who dont care shows the candidates that their votes wont count,and voters in elections are the people who want to express and show political preference rather people think that one vote wont change the fate of the election | Evidence | Adequate |
551a6400eaf0 | A3D23CFB2043 | So as you can see the Electoral college method is very reliable and will keep our nation safe. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
0be764ff822b | A3D4D71B62F4 | Recently it has come to my attention that there is some controversy over the potential community service requirement. Some students believe that community service is important and are very passionate about the work they are doing. However, other students think that community service will take away too much time from other things they participate in, which are of greater value to them. As you can see, both sides have valid points to make. | Lead | Effective |
84d2ac3d8ecc | A3D4D71B62F4 | To solve the problem in a way that is pleasing to both sides, I propose to you a compromise. If a student keeps a grade average of an A, community service will be optional. If a student's grades fall below that, community service will be a requirement. | Position | Effective |
7e2e4da366ef | A3D4D71B62F4 | First, this solution addresses the wants of the first group. | Claim | Effective |
8249df7f5e82 | A3D4D71B62F4 | They value community service greatly and think that everyone should pitch in. In the compromise, students with grades below an A average will be required to help. This is a fair number of people to help their cause. The A students have the option of community service, and I feel confident saying that many of the kids who already partake in community service have good grades. In this way, the first group has a large amount of students assisting the community. | Evidence | Effective |
b7cd677d6fda | A3D4D71B62F4 | The compromise I have volunteered also meets the needs of the other group | Claim | Effective |
803ab910914b | A3D4D71B62F4 | . If the kids that think community service will interfere with their schedule have A averages, then they will not need to do the community service. However, if their grades fall below that mark, they will need to participate. This ensures that the kids who do not do the community service are spending enough of their time on schoolwork. As the principal, motivating kids to achieve higher in school should appeal to you. | Evidence | Effective |
bcb318e3d8a7 | A3D4D71B62F4 | . I believe that using my compromise will better the grades of our student body, encourage community service, and please both those who are for and those who are against the community service requirement.
| Concluding Statement | Adequate |
7383d3ad8d42 | A3EA9A580A6A | 8th students should be able to use cell phones during our free time as long as the teacher allows it. | Position | Adequate |
e0123b92cc69 | A3EA9A580A6A | Either way the phones will be turned off during class anyway, because some kids be going to the nurse and the nurse don't always call there parents so they don't always get pick up if they are sick | Claim | Adequate |
2ea1d55000b8 | A3EA9A580A6A | So like during lunch they would maybe be able to text or call there parent to come pick them up. So either way students are going to end up using there cell phones anyway don't matter what the problem is. Some students might leave there gym clothes or homework they had that night. They wouldn't most likely pass that day. Most likely, because they weren't able to ask for of there parents to bring there stuff to them, because they didn't know they left it. It makes since what i' m saying because, nobody knows what is wrong with the person except the person its self. Like they might have a problem and they need picked up and the person don't want nobody to know about it | Evidence | Adequate |
c40a86ab7002 | A3EA9A580A6A | Some people I know most likely use cell phones anyway to get checked out or just to check, because they be "bored" and don't want to learn. | Claim | Adequate |
a0a83ec91723 | A3EA9A580A6A | So as I was saying you should allow 8th grade to use cell phones because this is our last year at this school it's suppose to be fun. Since this is the " Best Middle School In The World". Without the 6th and 7th grade being allowed to do it with us | Evidence | Adequate |
da941f60c424 | A3EA9A580A6A | So please think about this opportunity and please let this be aloud. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
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