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afec453894a9 | B40F33AD93D5 | The first reason why keeping the electoral colledge is important is because of professional slate of electors | Claim | Adequate |
ece17dfe3e21 | B40F33AD93D5 | these people or voted on by inndividuals to vote for there nominee president. these people can be trusted on a high level because of there preactices over the years. | Evidence | Ineffective |
bc4e44cf24f8 | B40F33AD93D5 | The second reason why keeping he electoral colledge is important is because it is far more convieneint for most people. | Claim | Adequate |
e07a15e9d5af | B40F33AD93D5 | Reular individual voting may take up someones day by haveing them wait hour at a time in lineat a polling station. this is very unconvient to the person,especially if there day is buisy. what the electoral colledge does is take that persons vote into the hands of someone else. this save time and money for the averadge person. | Evidence | Adequate |
cc8b2ae380da | B40F33AD93D5 | The last reason why keeping the electoral colledge is important is because it pposses more accuracy than a regular vote. | Claim | Adequate |
fb66c2a1a167 | B40F33AD93D5 | As stated in source three,"because almost all states award electoral votes on a winner takes all basis". this means that a person with more electoral votes than popular votes may win an election. this is because electoral votes way more in a way. | Evidence | Ineffective |
9c800ec6bfcc | B40F33AD93D5 | this concludes my reasoning why the electoral colledge should be kept in the American way of electing presidents. the reasons for this is,for one,proffecional slate of electors can be trusted. Two,it is more convienient,and three,it is more effective. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
d07b80e55de2 | B414B1D87DD6 | Driverless cars, the future of the world. There could be many disadvanteges with driverless cars. | Lead | Adequate |
721c2e8dc0d4 | B414B1D87DD6 | there could be malfunctions within the hardware inside of the vehicle. | Claim | Adequate |
91a26fe23378 | B414B1D87DD6 | if someone would hack into the mainframe of the car and take control of it without the owner or driver knowing about it. | Claim | Adequate |
09d642330ba0 | B414B1D87DD6 | One last disadvantage would be based upon the driver of the car. | Claim | Adequate |
8156f9eee5bc | B414B1D87DD6 | My position on driverless cars is that I'm really not a big fan of the idea so I don't really aprove of it | Position | Adequate |
cdc81518cad0 | B414B1D87DD6 | if the hardware in the car was to malfunction. | Claim | Adequate |
e5a3c8bbb61f | B414B1D87DD6 | Say if the technology in the car was damaged and the car started to not act properly. That would probably cost thousands of dollars to repair. Also if the car was to not function correctly the driver, passengers, or other people outside of the vehicle may be injured. That is the first disadvantage of the driverless car. | Evidence | Ineffective |
2948b602648f | B414B1D87DD6 | if someone had hacked into the the cars mainframe | Claim | Adequate |
307ab6e18ca2 | B414B1D87DD6 | If someone was able to hack into the car without the driver or owner knowing it can be very dangerous. It can be dangerous because they can track where that person is at alll times. They could tell if they're home or not and the owner can possibly end being robbed. Another way it would be dangerous is that the person that had hacked the car could control the car and may end up hurting the driver or people around the car. | Evidence | Ineffective |
d2154bde1e8a | B414B1D87DD6 | the driver of the car. | Claim | Adequate |
3824338a2c31 | B414B1D87DD6 | If the driver of the car was reckless and irresponsible it can affect him/her or even the people around them. Like in the article it says,"The car can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but are alll designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills." If the driver was to ignpre that notification it cause an accident and many people may be injured.
| Evidence | Adequate |
66f9cf58f271 | B414B1D87DD6 | So like I said, my opinion on driverless cars is that they shouldn't be made and used in public. There are many disadvantages of self driving cars, but I only chose three. The first one was hardware malfunctions. The second was if the car was to be hacked. The last one was all depending on the driver it's self.
That is my position on driverless cars. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
b92d8bcd91ef | B430B6820321 | lets try and keep the electoral college. These are the facts that willmake want to vote against the popularity vote for presdency. | Position | Adequate |
57e2602c8f8d | B430B6820321 | The big states (large population count)of the United States will have an overruling vote against smaller states(lower count of population) | Claim | Adequate |
dd05f0b0787a | B430B6820321 | some states big state will convince other states to get one of their senators to party up | Claim | Ineffective |
daede474ed93 | B430B6820321 | the disputes that will occure of the sharing of population vote. | Claim | Adequate |
cd15a167f158 | B430B6820321 | In source 3 paragraph 4 says,"Large states get more attention from presidential canidates in a campaign than a small state does." This means that large states ingulf all of the attention from smaller population states. Later will be a growing concern for the Electoral College. | Evidence | Adequate |
8aa7c838a3b3 | B430B6820321 | This winner takes all voting style will effect the people of the swing state and the real verdict the people want or what s best for the state. | Evidence | Adequate |
8a50d5859f31 | B430B6820321 | It is impossible to get a tie in Electoral college ,so you will always find who will president. One problem would be the landslide that will occur rarely. | Evidence | Adequate |
aef9e6617086 | B430B6820321 | T
hese would be major problems that will occur and it will be delt with of the populariity vote for presideny and how Electoral college should be kept in the United states Goverment. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
c06764bad296 | B4528CE5BB12 | I believe that we shouldn't change the Electoral College "winner takes all" system | Position | Effective |
e0949a6b2a66 | B4528CE5BB12 | It has been working well for the past couple of presidents. | Claim | Adequate |
4ca6db33c86f | B4528CE5BB12 | Yes, it might be unfair for thoses who are wanting to be electors and can't because the person they are running for lost | Counterclaim | Ineffective |
61ae432c2c53 | B4528CE5BB12 | but the ones who did win are doing what they believe is right. Just because of one big out break in 2000 doesn't mean the system will fail again. | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
7860a7764a68 | B4528CE5BB12 | It will gradually progress trough out time and soon it won't ever fail again. You just never know unless you let it continue until it doesn't work any longer and when it does you find a new, better system that will work for decades. | Evidence | Adequate |
72ec5cfeedf0 | B4528CE5BB12 | In 2000 people might have switched their votes because they thought that person desirved it not the other guy. The system of "winner takes all" hasn't failed since 2000. | Evidence | Adequate |
d4a2b50a89f7 | B4528CE5BB12 | It works so why get rid of it. If it were to fail multiple times then yes get rid of it and find something new but it hasn't | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
2c5138b77a65 | B4994C771190 | Do you think that students would benefit from being able to attend classes from home? | Lead | Adequate |
a9ceb93b32c7 | B4994C771190 | I don't think the students would get benefits from being able to attend clasess from home. | Position | Adequate |
d500912c730d | B4994C771190 | First, the students not have somebody like a teacher to tell what to do and no body give pressuare | Claim | Adequate |
042212b06585 | B4994C771190 | For example: if the student don't want to do what the student have to do no body tells nothing. | Evidence | Adequate |
f95af6cdeeb3 | B4994C771190 | Second, the student who takes oline classes will not have any friends or somebody to talk. | Claim | Adequate |
69dcc9b77779 | B4994C771190 | For example: Everybody want any friend or somebody who can we talk if you do stay at home you never meet someone and never know somebody. | Evidence | Ineffective |
393639db4478 | B4994C771190 | Third, the student maybe can get frustate to be lonely at home | Claim | Adequate |
5fd26440e0d8 | B4994C771190 | For example: if the student take oline classes and watch videos conferencing maybe will be boring and the studend get stress in another part if the student take the classes at school he be with friends or somebody to talk. | Evidence | Ineffective |
729bde0544c5 | B4994C771190 | Next, if the student stay at home the student can do whatever the student want to do | Claim | Adequate |
ccdf7477da21 | B4994C771190 | For example: if the student want to play video games the student can do that and if the student want to sleep he can do that too because the student will not feel with any responsability also, if the student wants to go outside he can do that because the student will be at home and maybe their parents work all day. | Evidence | Ineffective |
c7a305c7fcf9 | B4994C771190 | Finally, if you take the classes at home and never came to school you cannot live the experinces that we live at school. | Claim | Adequate |
a9f38c4388c9 | B4994C771190 | For example: if you take a classes at home you cannot participate in any activity that the school have like a any sport or party or any activity that one is so funny and you can enjoy the activities with you friend or teachers who always are there for us to lisen if you have any problem and the techer are like a secret box because you can tell whatever you want and they never tell to someone. That's why I think is nice to get classes at school and I think is not so good to take classes at home because you can get more fun at school and is a experince that you will never forget. | Evidence | Adequate |
93cd0ca3856e | B4994C771190 | In another part if you did not want to get school because someboby bother you like if another student tell you a nickname that you di not like maybe can be a reason that you did not want came to school but you can took with you adviser or your's parents because every body have a opportunity to be at school and anybody can't tell you anything. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
e96d77e3c260 | B4B605F897BC | Driverless cars could be the way of the future or end up being the worst invention humans have ever fabricated. Driverless cars is a very good idea that could change the world for good. Even though there are some dangers, with research and time, these dangers could be eliminated for good | Lead | Effective |
93ed21f2fc3d | B4B605F897BC | The idea of driverless cars is a great idea because the environment will benefit from it greatly and human error on the roads will become a thing of the past. | Position | Effective |
0a0da8f3203a | B4B605F897BC | The environment will benefit greatly from driverless cars. | Claim | Adequate |
3b7deecd76ca | B4B605F897BC | For example, "The cars forsees will use half the fuel of todays taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus."
Also Modern cars have much better fuel economy and lower emissions than older, driver reliant vehicles. Crash rates will go down so there will be less debris on the road. Human error is also something that will become a thing of the past. | Evidence | Adequate |
8b3cce203510 | B4B605F897BC | With time and research, cars can easily become smarter than a human | Claim | Effective |
d22283d5ee13 | B4B605F897BC | Humans lose attention on the roads, develope road rage, and brake the law frequently. These are all things that could lead to a fatal crash. For example, "Further improvments in sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own." Drunk driving will also become a thing of the past and save more lives than anyone could even imagine. A driver less car can also utilize some of the cars capabilities that a human can not access. "The information from the sensors can cause the car ti apply brakes on individual and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone. | Evidence | Effective |
028ea1cc125b | B4B605F897BC | The idea of driverless cars is a great idea because the envirnment will benefit from it greatly and human error on the roads will become a thing of the past. Technology is advanced enough where we can develope safe and effective ways of getting rid of human error. Driverless cars are a great example of human innovation becomeing a reality. I look forward to see how driverless cars will excel in todays world and how they can improve our lives in the coming decades. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
cf7a0b153c3f | B5015A51C0A5 | The reason for writing this letter is because in a recent topic brought up to the nation the Electoral College was being revised to see new changes in the way we choose our president. The Electoral college is a fundamental way on how we control the voting process for our president. In an article "What is the Electoral College" by the Office of the Federal Register it had an interesting statement that stood out. In the text it said " The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election by a vote in Congress and election of the President by popular vote...". This is telling us that the Electoral College that was established many years ago is the same thing that people are voting for now, because people today are fighting for voting by popular vote but the current Electoral College is the same thing. | Lead | Adequate |
3d0315f7afbb | B5015A51C0A5 | The current Electoral College is working fine, this is one of the reasons it shouldn't change but there are more reasons as to why it shouldn't change.
The current Electoral College has worked greatly to our nation even though people don't see it that way but it has. | Position | Adequate |
4fbcf2517ede | B5015A51C0A5 | Another reason that the Electoral College should stay the same is because many people want to abolish the Electoral College even though its helped them choose a president that is either fighting for the nation itself or fighting for the people. | Claim | Adequate |
c46ce059baa6 | B5015A51C0A5 | The reason that people want o abolish the Electoral college is in an article "The Indefensible Electoral College: why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer. In the article it states " It's official: The electoral college is unfair... Abolsih the electoral college!". This is telling us that some of the people in the nation want to abolish the Electoral College because they want their own system of electing a president. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
430012ea3aed | B5015A51C0A5 | The Electoral College has been named man things and has been tried to change but it can't because that is the only way people as a nation know how to choose a president. | Claim | Adequate |
d609ecda758d | B5015A51C0A5 | In the article "The Indefensible Electoral College: why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer it says " ...The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. and the arguments against direct elections are spurious at best..". | Counterclaim | Adequate |
f0ee89ab8c07 | B5015A51C0A5 | This shows us that even the people that are fighting agaist the Electoral College are making random statements that either go for it or against it because they don't know what they are fighting to achieve. | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
04da8a4d00f5 | B5015A51C0A5 | The Electoral College is the same thing people are trying to change because in the article "What is the Electoral College" by the Office of the Federal Register it states " The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect a president...". | Evidence | Ineffective |
155a9bfa04a9 | B5015A51C0A5 | This textual evidence shows that the Constitution was actually compromising what the people are fighting for and what is already used. This also tells us that the current Electoral College is what is needed and shouldn't be changed. | Claim | Adequate |
dd2b78fa2761 | B5015A51C0A5 | In Conclusion, the Electoral College shouldn't be abolished or changed to popular vote elects the president because the current system is working fine and the reason people are fighting agaisnt it is because they might not know what they are fighting to change or maybe they think that the Electoral College is changing the vote so that they government has their chosen president rather than the peoples president. All those ideas are things that people think when their favored senator, mayor, or President loses their chance. The people just need to realize that the current Electoral college was made by the fathers of this country in order to compromise what they are fighting for and what is already used. These are the reason why the Electoral College should not be changed. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
31a031ca2a7d | B526BA896931 | Getting to school everyday may not be possible to many students based on their circumstances. To others, their mental health might put them in a position where they are not able to reach their full potential at school, causing their grades to suffer. Whatever the reason may be, taking classes online is a convenient way of being present in school while also meeting the needs of those who need it. | Lead | Adequate |
984f1950e815 | B526BA896931 | Schools offering online classes to students would be a grand benefit to all students, and could make a profound impact on their learning and their grades. | Position | Adequate |
8250d4df0cd1 | B526BA896931 | Mental health is a big issue in many teens and often gets in the way of learning; however, distance learning could be a solution to this problem. | Claim | Effective |
c3da5f4df627 | B526BA896931 | For example, some students have social anxiety, so going to a crowded school is hard for them. This mental disorder could and often will impact their learning, not allowing students to reach their full potential. If being in a school with a large number of students is upsetting to them, they could take their classes from home. This would allow them to still be able to pursue an education while not being in a triggering environment, which could make a large impact on their grades. In the comfort of their homes, students would be able to move at their own pace to make sure they know the material, stimulating academic success.
| Evidence | Effective |
4aa34872f083 | B526BA896931 | Some students may have different circumstances in which they are not able to go to school everyday, but distance learning could help them get the education they need despite these circumstances | Claim | Effective |
649138bb2899 | B526BA896931 | For instance, what if a student has to stay home to take care of their sick mother. Because the student needs to stay at home, online classes would be a grand benefit to them. Online classes would allow the student to be able to check up on his mother while still getting an education. With these classes, the student wouldn't have to sacrifice school for his mother, or vice versa: he would be able to do school and care for his mother at the same time. | Evidence | Adequate |
34355fbaef89 | B526BA896931 | Sickness often leads students with two options: go to school and run the risk of infecting others, or staying at home while everyone else is learning, ultimately causing them to be left behind in school. Many students wake up sick but still choose to go to school because they are afraid of being left behind and have their grades suffer, especially in more advanced classes. Going to school puts the other students that they come into contact with at a risk of getting sick, and is the main reason how sickness spreads in schools. With the availability of distance learning, however, students who are sick would be more likely to stay at home instead of going to school and contaminating others. They could rest at home and wait out the sickness while not being stressed out about missing school and having to make up work for all of their classes. | Evidence | Effective |
7398f8f3b1e8 | B526BA896931 | Online classes are a huge benefit that provides students who are sick with an opportunity to keep up with their school work while not putting others at risk. | Claim | Effective |
7856d378c620 | B526BA896931 | In total, distance learning and online classes provides a chance for students to be able to attend school despite their different circumstances. Students would not have to stress out about missing school because they would be able to attend class from home, which would make a positive impact on their grades. Other students wouldn't have to make a choice to pursue an education or care for their sick relative. Some students wouldn't have to choose between their mental health and the opportunity to go to school. They wouldn't have to run the risk of getting other students sick and missing valuable school time. Instead, they would be able to do classwork from home which would make it significantly easier for these individuals to go to school without sacrificing anything. Online classes would allow all students to have an equal opportunity to have an education, regardless of circumstances that would hold them back should distance learning not be available to them. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
2070956b1fbf | B568E9BC99FD | Dear state senetor i am writing this letter to state my point of veiw on the Electoral Collage. First of all i would like to say that is to the people. Because the poplar vote dosent allways win it is in the hands of the Electoral Collage. so our vote is pretty much just a suggestion for them. In a article i read there was a short paragraph about what was wrong with the Electoral Collage wich was by Brandford Plumer. It talks about how under the Electoral Collage voters vote for electors but not the president. | Lead | Ineffective |
68847b083909 | B568E9BC99FD | Even though there is a great advantage there is also a great disatvantage to the system. | Claim | Ineffective |
2db9e01e02e5 | B568E9BC99FD | I think that the electoral collage is vary unfair to voters as would most people if they knew they where voting for voters to vote for the president. | Position | Adequate |
e7d340b5748c | B568E9BC99FD | May i state that it is vary outdated like lots of old things in amarica they are forggoten or we move on, but this is still a problem that needs solving | Claim | Adequate |
9d8d340bd682 | B568E9BC99FD | On that note i hope you take this letter into consideration and think about how this could help us in the future. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
98aaaabcd8c5 | B56ABAADC95A | Process or Place? This is a question you need to ask yourself | Lead | Ineffective |
ae11b264eb1b | B56ABAADC95A | Yes, in my opinion, Electoral College is a good idea.
In the cases of having an Electoral College there are some up sides of this and some down sides. | Position | Adequate |
af924b91fc59 | B56ABAADC95A | In an Electoral College it restores some of the weight in political balance | Claim | Adequate |
a66f610df7c2 | B56ABAADC95A | It also required a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. | Claim | Adequate |
9bf541c2085a | B56ABAADC95A | When an Electoral College restores th balance in some large states its a good thing | Claim | Effective |
a7d0ffb85766 | B56ABAADC95A | It states in this article that, " The popular vote was very close in Flordia, nevertheless Obama, who won that vote, got 29 electoral votes." This is stating that the large states votes becomes one. | Evidence | Ineffective |
8927043553d4 | B56ABAADC95A | Also, when this talks about how it requirs a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal is also a good thing | Claim | Effective |
a61c9096934f | B56ABAADC95A | it says in this passage," No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president." Again this is saying that none of our votes get uncounted for, we are all counted as one. | Evidence | Adequate |
95147110ea5f | B56ABAADC95A | Some might say that they dont know where their votes are going to | Counterclaim | Ineffective |
74d452f00f4c | B56ABAADC95A | but when you think about they are all going to the same place in one factor. | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
0a659a7ffeb8 | B5BFAD94E4E7 | of course because this is america (and because were idiots) we have a problem. no not taxes,no not jobs or health care. its the president,how we elect the president that is. | Lead | Adequate |
62ffa2bf8434 | B5BFAD94E4E7 | the electoral college that is. it changes the way we elect our president,and a lot of people don't like that,me being one,and i think we need to just have a straight forward election. | Position | Effective |
fac88c4d2c0b | B5BFAD94E4E7 | of course you know the electoral college is a bunch of representitives from every state tha have a president in mind when they go to vote in the meeting of the electors. it basically mean your not voting for the president directly,your voting for the electoral to (hopefully) vote for your canidate that you supposedlly "voted" for. | Evidence | Adequate |
5437e36064a4 | B5BFAD94E4E7 | this system is wrong because it is unfair to those who vote for the other president,but still suceceed in helping the electoral college vote for whatever president they feel like voting for at the time. | Claim | Ineffective |
75909fe143ed | B5BFAD94E4E7 | this is why i think we should ban it becuase it isn't the fairest (or smartest) way to handle the goverment. | Claim | Adequate |
1eb7179bcd0a | B5BFAD94E4E7 | yeah,it is a idea created by the "great" founding fathers. and yeah,it is a conveinent way sort and group people like a "who's with who" method.
| Counterclaim | Adequate |
5cf030a0c55a | B5BFAD94E4E7 |
but there are a few things that can be problematic like i don't know say bribery from the president to the electoral college,i mean come on it's not like that hasn't happened before, | Rebuttal | Effective |
91d31b2ed99c | B5BFAD94E4E7 | like the whole nixon thing,and Kennedy pretty much cheated on his wife with Marlyn Monroe. but,this can be stopped just with a simple petition to get rid of or change the electoral college. then,this could stop some presidents before agreed with me like Jimmy Carter,Bob Dole, and groups like the U.S Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO according to source 2. Al Gore didn't win because of the electoral college,even though he won the popular vote! | Evidence | Effective |
0832e96f000d | B5BFAD94E4E7 | yeah it was created by the founding fathers,and we should respect there great legacy, | Counterclaim | Effective |
402b650c6127 | B5BFAD94E4E7 | but that was then and this is now. this is coming from the guy who faught for independence and peace...but had over 200 slaves himself,yeah not much of a hero. | Rebuttal | Effective |
492ea402851a | B5BFAD94E4E7 | 60% of voters prefer a direct election over a electoral college according to source 2. | Evidence | Effective |
e0e73edd6141 | B5BFAD94E4E7 | please mister senator,please make the right choice and choose to abolish the electoral college because it is unfair and calls for curuption. the information will tell that more voters will be happier with a direct election than a electoral college,isn't that what you want? whats's best for the people? it can be changed if you choose to ban it. they may have been the founding fathers in the past...but who are the fathers of today? | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
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