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d66f7197d507 | A8411CE08C68 | The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. Your state's entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in it's Congressional delegation: one for each member in the house of Representatives and plus two for your senators. Each candidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors. When we vote this way, there's a certainty of outcome. A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College is possible, it happened in 2000, but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. The reason is that the winning candidate's share of the Electoral College invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote.
The winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates to focus their campaign effforts on the toss-up states. Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the competing candidates, knowing that they are going to decide the election. The Ellectoral 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 Constistution.
The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of votes cast, For example, 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. There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of votes cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the presidential election process, is reduced by the Electoral College, which invariably produces a clear winner.
| Evidence | Ineffective |
8f0e914ea1f6 | A8411CE08C68 | We definatly need to continue using the Electoral College process. The most popular vote process wouldn't be an ideal way to elect a president. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
236282cc3811 | A850DCCFB6DE | Chossing your president is something very important and we need a way , a method to help us pick the right one. The Electoral College is the best way of picking the right president and doing it right. If you pick your president by a popular vote it would only lead to a disaster. In our world we need a method like this one that will guide us to make the right desion and something as imporatant as our President, well we can just pick out of anything we have to do it wise and neat so the right choice is picked | Lead | Effective |
24150dff7fcc | A850DCCFB6DE | It is clear that we need to bring the Electoral College back. | Position | Adequate |
f3c4fe29d010 | A850DCCFB6DE | The Electoral College is more like a process that is put in place to pick our President. It consist of the selection of the electors and then the electors vote for the President and Vice President. On source number one " What is the Electoral College" it states that " The electoral college consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electorral vote is required to elect President". | Evidence | Ineffective |
094a47f65b0d | A850DCCFB6DE | This process is very well put together and simple. You vote for the electors that then later on will be chossing your president. | Claim | Adequate |
c3ceb2406a7c | A850DCCFB6DE | And yes i know what some people might say that the want to choose who their President is | Counterclaim | Adequate |
5c4cc03096d4 | A850DCCFB6DE | but to be honets isn't better to have people like our electors to pick for us some one who really know about politics and about all of it. We all would be in better hands. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
2ca5b90e8fa9 | A850DCCFB6DE | Many people would say that it is as if they don't have right that it's unfair that someone is picking their future | Counterclaim | Adequate |
99d24d0729e9 | A850DCCFB6DE | but its not true!!!.The people choose the electors you vote for which ever one you think will represent you best, you would vote for them. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
10a87783ddd2 | A850DCCFB6DE | The second source that I used in researching this topic is called " In the defense of the electoral college." This article they give you five reasons to keep our method of choosing the president. That one that was best for me was that " Everyones's president" just beacuse at the end of the day what's important is choosing the right president for the job that the reason this method was created. I read the part where it say even if we do let the people vote , some people will end up feeling like their votes don't count simply cause they live in a small town with a very low population. Exsactly how it says in the article "...a large state gets more attencion from presidential candidates in a campaign than a small state does."
| Evidence | Adequate |
6e6a174f9d9a | A850DCCFB6DE | To conclude the Electoral College method is the best way to make sure all the people are getting the president the diserve. As i said in the bigging is a good neat process that is well put together and that will help mamy people out. Voting by population vote is not safe and it's not for sure , you may think that if you vote for a president that he will win but your wrong there is a better change of him winning if the electors vote for him then you. I hope that when you are done reading this you will understand why the Electoral College should come back and it should stay. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
e8999b12ccf4 | A860BB507256 | I believe that keeping the Electoral College is the best way to vote. | Position | Adequate |
2412003f8aad | A860BB507256 | I think it would help voters vote on their own. | Claim | Adequate |
8aa5140e4047 | A860BB507256 | It would also decrease the rates for voting just a little bit. | Claim | Ineffective |
24af2cc65e33 | A860BB507256 | Some people might disagree with me because they think that election by popular vote for the president of the United States would pick the best president for thier country. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
8351388eb9a8 | A860BB507256 | If I were old enough to vote I would want to pick the candidate who I thought would be able to lead my country in the right direction. But if the election is based on popular votes, I would feel as if my vote didnt matter. What if many people voted for one candidate but the popular vote selectes the other? Then people would feel like there is no need for voting | Evidence | Adequate |
a37fbb583b88 | A860BB507256 | We should be able to pick our own president rather than having other people decide for us | Claim | Adequate |
599e617969e9 | A860BB507256 | Not evreybody has the opportunity to vote. But some people do, they just dont want to. Other dont think that their vote matters | Evidence | Adequate |
1641fbb1b0ce | A860BB507256 | I think that the rate for voting will go down if we have to pick a president by a popular vote. | Claim | Adequate |
29aa394facce | A860BB507256 | Then people who have been voting will stop voting because they would feel like there is no need to. I would feel the same way.
| Evidence | Adequate |
c5b072b013d5 | A860BB507256 | Keeping the Electoral College would help get more voters. I believe it would increase the rates for voting. But it wont if there thinking about changing it to a popular vote. I mean I understand people might think its an easier way to vote but our voice and lives matter too. Voters should feel like voting is important. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
a4cd4e024da3 | A8683674019F | The Electoral College was created by our Founding Fathers. They put this in the Constitution to make electing the President of the United States fair and equal to all the citizens in the United States. The Electoral College should not be changed no matter what. To go against the Constitution would be to go against the nation, for we were built on the leadership of our Founding Fathers and the guidance of the Constitution. This Contitstution was created so that the people have more power than the government. So I strongly believe that the Electoral College should stay the same. It is the governmet that needs to change. | Lead | Adequate |
0cffc1d234ca | A8683674019F | There is nothing wrong with the Electoral College, it is just the ones that run it. So if there should be any change, it should be the government that should change, not the Electoral College! | Position | Adequate |
287499e78263 | A8683674019F | The Ectoral College is a compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and by the popular vote of the citizens. When the voting starts the electors come to a meeting place and vote on who they want as President. After the meeting, there has to be a majority of two hundred seventy electoral votes for the election of the president. | Evidence | Adequate |
2770ee004949 | A8683674019F | The electoral College is as I have said it before is fair and equal to all the citizens in the United States. To take this away now would be a catastraphe, | Claim | Adequate |
7fb22f974792 | A8683674019F | because that would mean that all the other presidents in the past would not have even been our Presidents, the history behind them would be rubish and not even true. Some states may have a "winner-take-all" sort of thing but they are together and voting together as on state. Some of them may vote for the other one but the majority of them is for one person. Some of the states believe that it is not even worth it to have a "winner-take-all", because they think it is unfair. Then after the presidential election comes the "Certificate of Ascertainment" which is a list of all those who ran for President and there respective electors. | Evidence | Adequate |
dd5fb6cd98d2 | A8683674019F | The electoral college has been around ever since the Constitution was created. It may be unfair now, but if there would have been any changes to the Constitution it would have been done then instead of now. | Claim | Adequate |
2ee88fd0d784 | A8683674019F | The Electoral College was probably a great idea when the the Constitution fisrt started out. Then the years have gone by and now we want change. | Evidence | Adequate |
32e06aa71cc7 | A8683674019F | Well I see that the Electoral College can be unfair but it is also fair in it's own right. Because of the fiasco in the year of two thousand about the abolishment of the Electoral College, it has left a scare in our nation about the government, | Counterclaim | Adequate |
3476bf55ebd8 | A8683674019F | because you guys are giving out the information on the candidates to late or not at all. That SUCKS, for most states because they may not even get one advertisment about the candidates any where or even a commercial on T.V. | Evidence | Adequate |
19a9b44c3495 | A8683674019F | If the vote for the abolishment of the Electoral College does happen, then there is nothing that I can do about it, but you can still change your ways. You can make it fair and not irrational. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
a82efa0ec4e2 | A8683674019F | Even send the "Certificate of Ascertainment" earlier than you have done before now. This is a nation of freedom and peace, how are you trying to keep the peace with other countries if you can not even keep the peace within your own? | Evidence | Adequate |
1ae139a2d096 | A8683674019F | The government is the real problem, not the Electoral College. | Claim | Adequate |
fc51778f405d | A8683674019F | It may be unfair, because the majority of the people may have chosen one person while the electors may choose the other. Then when they add it together it is there vote that counts more than the peoples. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
0869d65718ce | A8683674019F | If the government had only done the right thing and elected what the people wanted, then no one would have a problem with the Electoral College. It is stupid that the government is listening to what we have to say but not hearing it completly. | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
81c1525a2e81 | A8683674019F | The Constitution is a document of equality for the people. Not the government. If our nations democracy is a democracy then they should listen more to what the people have to say and not what the government has to say. If the government would do this then things would run more smoothly within our country and there would be less conflict. | Evidence | Ineffective |
662099b9fd51 | A8683674019F | This nation is a nation of freedom and peace. Not for a bunch of people who are power hungry. The Electoral College is fair and equal, it is the government that is not. If the government would only change for the better then there would be no problem. This nation is still young compared to all the other countries. They have gotten all there issues taken care of, but we have not. The reason is that some of the officials are power hungry and do things to take care of themselves and not others, but some are not and they want to make this country better. Those are the ones that should stay and not the power hungry ones. They make it fair. So I strongly belive that the Electoral College should stay the same, and that the government should be the one to change. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
257b8323c560 | A8B4C79F9954 | I have to say I do not agree on this possible policy change. I believe children who have grades below a B average should still be able to participate in school sports and other activities. | Position | Adequate |
43abe11c8039 | A8B4C79F9954 | B' s are considered above average. What about the average people, who really are trying? Can't they still do what they want to do? C' s are considered average | Evidence | Ineffective |
20ae7fd62e12 | A8B4C79F9954 | I believe that "average" people with "average" grades should still have the opportunity to play in sports and other activities | Claim | Adequate |
5b16567e3da9 | A8B4C79F9954 | I can see how you think that sports may lower their grades even more, being too much of a distraction | Counterclaim | Adequate |
112ce9708b12 | A8B4C79F9954 | I know that physical activities are something that help the development of your body. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
308eaf77f13d | A8B4C79F9954 | Most Children have at least 4 to 5 hours after school to choose what they want to do. | Claim | Adequate |
8e038d5feb93 | A8B4C79F9954 | Even when these children are done with their homework they have free time and have the choice on what to do, which usually leads to T.V., video games, eating, computer... exedra. I think if these few extra hours lead to sports, it would be okay. If kids take the time and put in the effort to fit in sports and schooling in one schedule, I think that everything would be great | Evidence | Ineffective |
b4a10893116d | A8B4C79F9954 | School was never easy and sports never made it any easier, but at least these kids will experience something they may have been dreaming of doing for a long time. I propose that children with a C average or above in our school should be able to participate in activities and sports. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
3b4b2667b86a | A8B5DBFB7936 | I beleive that we should keep the electoral college. | Position | Adequate |
465a36e64c89 | A8B5DBFB7936 | I say that because it would be choas if we did not have them keeping the voting in check. | Claim | Ineffective |
3a3117815d2a | A8B5DBFB7936 | I have one reason why we should keep the electoral college. And that is to make and keep the right/ best person for president to we can feel safe and good about the newly elected president.
| Claim | Adequate |
a63fe2daff8d | A8B5DBFB7936 | I can see where you think that the electoral college doesnt really do anything. | Counterclaim | Ineffective |
79bbd94ee4ad | A8B5DBFB7936 | But thats were you would be wrong. | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
b65a9e74d85a | A8B5DBFB7936 | I say that because without them there could be a horrible president that just made ppresident because he was good at advertising and he is paying off companys to advertise to make him look better. But i can see what your getting at because he did win fair and square but that doesnt mean that he will turn out to be a good president. That were the electoral college will come in, by chosing the true person who will be there for our country when we need him the most. | Evidence | Ineffective |
84afb5f74717 | A8B5DBFB7936 | And its not like the people are not choosing their president. The electoral college still go's with the peoples vote they just go in more depth with choosing the right president. | Claim | Adequate |
ac62f2450d56 | A8B5DBFB7936 | So in the end everyone wins. the people will have the best leader of the united states they can have thanks to the electoral college. | Evidence | Ineffective |
09520352e8a0 | A8E73414941A | Everyone has their own opinion about everything, for some people they think that some things that they imagine to be a bad idea, might be very good for economy, or for other issues, some other things that you think is a good idea, might be really bad for the environment, but thats just your opinion, and its okay. There are many thoughts about this subject, which is about the Electoral College. The Electoral College in some cases is a good idea, and in some cases, to some people, its a bad idea. If you do not know what the Electoral College is or means, it is a process consisting of a ceratin selection of electors that vote for President and Vice President in the election, by counting electoral votes by Congress. | Lead | Adequate |
575014209fa4 | A8E73414941A | Im here to tell you all the information you need to see what your opinion of this topic is | Position | Ineffective |
816e868b2be5 | A8E73414941A | As most of you know, the presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday afer the first Monday in November. This is when there are two candidates running to be President of the United States | Evidence | Adequate |
01b40884d980 | A8E73414941A | You would think it would just be you, the people, but theres actually other people that vote too, called the Electoral college. You help choose your states electors when you vote for your President | Claim | Adequate |
19a5de8cda82 | A8E73414941A | the reason why this happens is because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidates electors. | Evidence | Adequate |
e442256f96a2 | A8E73414941A | Under the Electoral College system, voters vote for the state of electors and not for the president. The state of electors elect the president. The electors are bacically anyone not holding public office. The people who pick who it is, can be chosen from variaties of places. It could be the presidential candidates themselves, or it could be the states party central commitee, or it could be the state conventions. Each state only casts one vote | Evidence | Adequate |
6a5ba8220d57 | A8E73414941A | The Electoral College is unfair to voters becuase of the winner take all system, | Claim | Adequate |
fda96d16b021 | A8E73414941A | Candidates dont spend much time in states they have no chance of winning in. This pretty much proves that the Electoral College is very cruel and unfair. | Evidence | Adequate |
909ffee9891a | A8E73414941A | The Electoral College has a very wide range. it spreads all through USA and each state has a different number of electoral Votes. Each party selects a bunch of electors trusted to vote for the partys nominee. | Evidence | Adequate |
afac40af031c | A8E73414941A | The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. | Claim | Adequate |
ecc9dfd296cb | A8E73414941A | no other region has enough Electoral votes to elect a President. The votes can be very close to the same number of both candidates, and thats a tough situation | Evidence | Adequate |
4203a4da1d8e | A8E73414941A | Voters in presidental elections are people who enjoy expressing their opinion on political news, rather than people who dont give a say in the elections. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
5d6635147122 | A8F2D9005A0A | After much research, I have decided that the electoral college should not be kept. | Position | Adequate |
7eb5025d57c5 | A8F2D9005A0A | It is not completley fair, because the citizens think they're voting for their prefered candidate when really, they're voting for that candidate's electors. | Claim | Adequate |
7db9bb548849 | A8F2D9005A0A | That means that if a candidate wins the votes of the citizens, he might not win the electoral college votes. This also means that he was not the president that the U.S. citizens wanted, but what the electoral voters wanted. In the article "The Indefensible Electoral College" they ask the question, "Can voters sometimes controll whom their electors vote for?" and they answer, "Not always." This proves that the electoral college is not fair. Also, the electoral college shouldn't be kept because some electors will, "refuse to vote for their party's candidate and cast a vote for whomever they please," says "The Indifensible Electoral College".
| Evidence | Adequate |
2dfc159cd554 | A8F2D9005A0A | "Over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." says "The Indefensible Electoral College." | Claim | Adequate |
972a7e9641f3 | A8F2D9005A0A | That is more than half of the United States population, therefore we should get rid of it. I believe that we should abolish it along with that 60 percent, thatway when voting, it will be much more fair. Also, it will make choosing the president of the U.S. up to the people. | Evidence | Adequate |
aab9179ffb05 | A8F2D9005A0A | Some may think that keeping the electoral college is good because, If there is a tie in the election, the electoral college can break it with their votes. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
043e478581e8 | A8F2D9005A0A | Although this does help, it has only happened once, therefore proving to not be needed. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
ff96a7582c43 | A8F2D9005A0A | Other reasons are because it gives certainty of an outcome, helps big states, and avoids run-off elections, | Counterclaim | Adequate |
630d9b545718 | A8F2D9005A0A | but are also not that important. | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
a70437139ec9 | A8F2D9005A0A | In conclusion I, along with 60 percent of the U.S. populaton, believe that the electoral college should not be kept due to its unfairness. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
03cd41c91634 | A9105216AAA3 | I believe that driverless cars should be developed | Position | Adequate |
33ce08e53bf5 | A9105216AAA3 | the many positive capabilities of the cars | Claim | Effective |
66a96b0724b9 | A9105216AAA3 | , advanced technology that is currently available and constantly being improved, | Claim | Effective |
30d825d4f4fb | A9105216AAA3 | the safety features added by the driverless car. | Claim | Effective |
f416388a2b56 | A9105216AAA3 | One major consideration for the development of the driverless car is the environmental benefits | Claim | Effective |
94ac3520ccd5 | A9105216AAA3 | The Google cofounder Sergey Brin says that the cars "would use half the fuel of toay's taxis." There is a large fear of increasing gas prices and lack of natural resources in the world today. The production of driverless cars would quell those fears as they are much more fuel efficient than the cars used today. Brin also states that the cars would "offer far more flexibility than a bus." This is crucial as the bus usually has a route that it must adhere to while the driverless car can go straight to the desired location. This aspect also positively impacts the environment. | Evidence | Effective |
90f1174a62a6 | A9105216AAA3 | Similarly, the advanced technology that is already being created also helps with the development of the driverless car. | Claim | Effective |
fa3f9a5552b3 | A9105216AAA3 | Beginning from the late 1950s, the concept of the driverless car was already thought of. Now, the concept is beginning to come to fruition due to the advanced technology created. The most important bit of technology on the driverless car is the spinning sensor on the roof, also known as the LIDAR. The LIDAR is able "to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings." Without the LIDAR, the accuracy of the driverless car would be greatly reduced as the car would have no sense of its surroundings. Another technology that was greatly enhanced is the antilock brakes. In the 1980s, the antilock brakes "used speed sensors at the wheels" to monitor when the car was becoming out of control. Back then, the antilock brakes only had a sensor to monitor the wheel's speed. Now, the antilock brakes have become more advanced to the point that they are able to "detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers." The antilock brakes have evolved from only having a sensor that monitors speed to sensors that can detect many dangerous conditions. The advancement of car technology greatly affects how safe and successful a driverless car may be. A driverless car would most likely not be able to work in the 1980s with the speed sensor as the antilock brakes. Now, the driverless car would be able to work very effectively as it combines a plethora of sensors and cameras to ensure safety. | Evidence | Effective |
742393015dce | A9105216AAA3 | Speaking of safety, the driverless cars all have a safety feature that guarantees almost the maximum safety potential. | Claim | Effective |
95dc02dc7c63 | A9105216AAA3 | The reliance of a driver within the driverless car finalizes the development of the driverless car. If the car encounters a foreign situation, the driver will just be notified and will take over from there. This concept of passing over the responsibility of driving makes the driverless car very safe. As long as there is an alert driver within the car, the car is almost certainly not going to make any accidents. Car developers designed the driverless car to "steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills." Thus, the car will do most of the driving and when there is a difficult situation, the human driver will take over. This ensure the utmost safety of the driver and the passengers as there is an extremely low risk of an accident occuring. There are "driver's seats that vibrate" and the Google car even "announces when the driver should be prepared to take over." This increases the safety of the driverless car as the driver will be notified when to take over. Therefore, the driver will also know the situation and will be ready to handle any troubles the driverless car couldn't handle. The safety features positively affect the development of the driverless car. | Evidence | Effective |
3926ecba13d1 | A9105216AAA3 | All in all, the cutbacks on the usage of natural resources, the advanced technology used to increase the safety of the driver, and the many built in safety features advocate for the production of the driverless car. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
ccbcfa7f369c | A91A08E523D5 | As you know the Electoral College is a process, not a place. But do you think many other people know that. They might get a hint | Lead | Adequate |
1633ac641eef | A91A08E523D5 | if you can change the election by popular vote for the president of the United States | Position | Adequate |
dbb34ea0cadd | A91A08E523D5 | In my opinion that would make me happier if the person I voted for came on tv everyday telling me new things. | Claim | Ineffective |
b753bea62bfc | A91A08E523D5 | I wouldn't want someone I had no say in do that. because the person you voted for you obvioulsy had a reason to vote for them, in my persepctive of this, other people will catch on and find the good in the best one. The guy with the most votes wins. | Evidence | Adequate |
448838e6d295 | A91A08E523D5 | The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, "the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of electoral votes by congress". | Evidence | Adequate |
27cae10760b4 | A91A08E523D5 | With that said, me being at the age of fourteen, I won't get the chance to go with the electors and vote for who I want, but being able to have the popular vote selected, I feel in a way as if im a huge part in the voting thats being held. | Claim | Adequate |
87c9ce88d387 | A91A08E523D5 | Therefore having the Electoral College consist of 538 electors. I still woudl feel a part of the voting | Evidence | Adequate |
76ce19f85ada | A91A08E523D5 | Each canidate running for president in your state has his or her own froup of electors. These elcetors are ususually chosen by the canidates political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilites are.
| Evidence | Ineffective |
d6822ca084d8 | A91A08E523D5 | I feel as if popoular votes will benefit the region in many ways. | Claim | Adequate |
74f278d385be | A91A08E523D5 | But starting on the residents of other regions are likely to feel disenfranchised- to feel that their votes do not count, that the new president will have no regard for their intrests, that he really insnt their president. If I wee presidnet i would want everyone to feel welcome and wanting to listen to what I have to say. Not saying that they would all like my decisons but I would want them invloved, I beileve every president should want their citizens involved and do be able to stay up to date. Statistics show that it has been argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a canidate who has no hope of carrying their state. " The founding fathers esatblished it in the Constitution aas a comprimise between election of the president by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens". | Evidence | Adequate |
93fa7c97841f | A91A08E523D5 | Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? Aboloshing the electoral college. A toll taken in 2000 shortly after Al Gore, the popular vote had overcome the electoral vote. This year voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could again lose presidency. So if everyone make san effort to get involved and do their part, they can have the president they want. If they don't do their paert they shouldn't have a say in it. Thank you for your time. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
01331d1f36ca | A924B3431D21 | I think that we should actually keep the electoral college | Position | Adequate |
4b0d3bdabf43 | A924B3431D21 | electors choose the president and the vice president and the counting of the electoral votes by congress. | Claim | Effective |
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