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0f9da56bc962 | EF0D75BF48DA | And thats why I favor in popularity votes because its more fair for the canidates and its a better system in electing a president. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
dca8929a00be | EF835E27D5A3 | My name is STUDENT_NAME and as you have been deciding on the choice of making community service a must, I have been asking to see how other people take their views on it | Lead | Adequate |
229d796f6765 | EF835E27D5A3 | for instance some people think that community service takes time and energy that they don't have it really makes it impossible for them to do anything. | Claim | Effective |
305777b6cb6e | EF835E27D5A3 | Can you imagine trying to balance band practice, basketball practice, play practice and community service you might manage for a couple of days but after a few days you will be getting very tired and it would be very hard to manage all of that. | Evidence | Effective |
9a1e1837cd34 | EF835E27D5A3 | Also some people don't live near the community and still go to this school which isn't bad but it sure isn't good when you have to do community service for this community not the one you live in. | Claim | Effective |
acd5b34e49e6 | EF835E27D5A3 | That would make it partially impossible for you to do everyday and some people have split parents (divorced) which means they are already moving back and forth between them they don't need to be having to go to community service things at the community that they might not even be in at the time, it would screw up the schedules of the parents of the kids and it would put a lot of pressure on the kids to make sure they get it right every time they have to do it. | Evidence | Effective |
5b5afaf51889 | EF835E27D5A3 | I also see the other side of it on how if we have community service it can bring families together to do something nice for the community. | Counterclaim | Effective |
7a55ee3e4d00 | EF835E27D5A3 | Plus it would help reduce our garbage near and around roads, highways, schools, homes, work places, and public areas which would help make a big difference. If you recycled everything you picked up then you would be reducing greenhouse gas emissions into our atmosphere and making a small step towards a green planet | Evidence | Adequate |
f519bfeda5bd | EF835E27D5A3 | It would be hard but we could do it, but it will affect the way people live greatly. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
5ee5df33102a | EF835E27D5A3 | In the end it would come down to your choice, will you affect people's lives greatly, or will you let our lives continue on like we are? | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
d76d30b4bb9c | EF9A07AA611F | I think it would be best to keep the Electoral College process instead of changing it to popular demand. | Position | Adequate |
4d1f5c508c1b | EF9A07AA611F | The reason why I think that is because I would rather have political experts who study the two candidates based on the speeches they give prior to election day make the decision on who should be our president rather than random voters across the United States. | Claim | Adequate |
62b060ce217d | EF9A07AA611F | I personally think that if we keep the whole Electoral College process our country will improve a lot. | Claim | Ineffective |
86a2b0c72b88 | EF9A07AA611F | On the other hand, if we were to use the popular demand process than voters could discriminate against one candidate and choose the other one. | Claim | Ineffective |
57f04d8fca00 | EF9A07AA611F | On top of that when you vote for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of candidates. | Claim | Adequate |
a76e62bf0f01 | EF9A07AA611F | So even if one candidate gets picked over the other, their is still a lot of voting left to be done. | Evidence | Ineffective |
37d11931c0a1 | EF9A07AA611F | I also think if we were to use the Electoral College process it would decrease a lot of arguments and controversy across the United States. | Claim | Adequate |
c5b4c2775631 | EF9A07AA611F | If we were to use the popular demand process their could easily end up being a tie, where as if we were to use the Electoral College process they judges could come to an agreement as to who won the election entirely. Also, if we were to use the Electoral College process their would be no such thing as a run-off election anymore. Usually when you use the popular demand process one state might get more attention then another state, where as Electoral College process will treat each and every state equally. When using the Electoral College process it would be easier to count up the votes because you only have so many voters, where as with the popular demand process there would have to be over 2 million votes counted up. | Evidence | Adequate |
21f5a0bcad1e | EF9A07AA611F | There are many other reasons why the Electoral College should be used over the popular demand process. So it shouldnt be hard for you to decide on what process should be used during the Presidential elections. That is why I think the Electoral College process should be used. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
b9916f48d11d | EF9E9C4E5D1E | Getting rid of the electoral college would be a bad idea | Position | Adequate |
4f619266452e | EF9E9C4E5D1E | because of the ease it puts on voting | Claim | Adequate |
26df6445b6b1 | EF9E9C4E5D1E | it makes the candidates work harder to becaome president. | Claim | Adequate |
871562b0129a | EF9E9C4E5D1E | When a person runs for president they are trying to take on the hardest job possible, running a country. When they are on their campaign they visit states individual amd they spen alot of time on swing states or the big states such as California, Florida, and Texas. without the electoral college it kinda defeates the purpose for them spending as much time as they do in those states because yes they have a large amount of people but so does every other state, the only large difference now is the amount of electoral votes each one gets. where as with the electoral college they spend more individualized time with each state to try to sway the majority to get all the electoral votes since they cant split them between the candidates. it all comes down to who the smarter candidate is and how they spend time and what they are trying to achive. | Evidence | Adequate |
fa642bc3fcb6 | EF9E9C4E5D1E | overall the way it is now makes them wotk harder to win the election. | Claim | Adequate |
b90cbfc0d5c4 | EF9E9C4E5D1E | with voting no one likes a tie and without the electoral college that can happen. | Claim | Adequate |
bb0a04a43fc3 | EF9E9C4E5D1E | In 2000 gore and bush had a fiasco with voting in the presidental election and it was the first time since 1888. Gore who had more popular votes than bush only lost because Bush had the most electoral votes. If it was only up to popular votes than it can easily come down to a tie, what then? recount after recount, or simple debate (but who decides that?). | Evidence | Adequate |
429466ed97d3 | EF9E9C4E5D1E | In some cases without the electoral college it could actully make the process because yes they dont have to spend much time campaigning in certain states they get to visit smaller states that tend to get neglected during the campaigns so everyone is more of an informed voter when it comes time to vote | Claim | Ineffective |
a94242984802 | EF9E9C4E5D1E | lets say bob and sally campaing against each other and with out the electoral college they can go ariund to smaller states and the big ones and when the voting results are in yes they can be closer or larger apart you also see how america feels whenit comes to politics, yes you can see it with the electoral college but it is a smaller amount of votes so it will always be close but seeing how america feels isnt as easy. | Evidence | Ineffective |
f25d6d2b4358 | EF9E9C4E5D1E | When it comes down to voting the Electoral College is an over all easier way to vote and makes the candidates work harder to win an already hard election to run the country. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
3a68a3c2a0f4 | EFA89B6E6F9A | The electorian collage is a very popular thing amonst states | Lead | Ineffective |
8102965d3742 | EFA89B6E6F9A | well some states have a just one law for it others are a lot more strict on there laws one of the ways they can win is by a winner take all vote but the other way is by a more popular vote where the people can vote and then the winners of the voting will vote agenst eachother and thoes two states are nebraska and maine | Evidence | Ineffective |
f27b60787d70 | EFA89B6E6F9A | So what is the electorial collage you might ask well what happends is voters vote not for the president but for a state of electors who in turn elect the president if you lived in texas and voted for john kerry you vote for a state of 34 democratic electors pledged to kerry. on the off chance that thoes electors won the statewide electon they would get 34 electoral votes and kerry would get 34 electoral votes. | Evidence | Ineffective |
cb11d70b3d3e | EFB450A2F170 | Do You Know What The Electoral College Is? | Lead | Ineffective |
4d61fab9a1d3 | EFB450A2F170 | The electoral college is not a place in united states. It is a process that the founing fathers made a long time ago. When they where first making the congress. It is a election of the presient by popular vote of the people in the united states.
The Electoral college is a process. That consists of people that are in congress that help vote for the Presient and Vice President.
The Electoral college consists of 538 elector, But there must be a majority of the 270 electoral votes to elect the next President. Your state's entitle allotment of electors equal to the members in the congress at a time. There most be one house of representetives plus there most be two senators in each states. In congress to make the vote go though.
Under the 23rd Amendment of the constitution, the District of Columbia is allocate 3 electors. They are treated like they are a state that is in the united states, But most people just call them District of columbia.
Each state has a candidate that running for president in there state. The electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party, but there a lot of states that are not like that and the vote on who they believe in. Who they think that is going to do the best job as president.
The president election is held every four years. no president can be president more then twice, but there was one person had more then two but that was a thing that happend because there was a war going on.
The presiential election is held every four years on the first tuesday after the first monday on November. you help choose the next president of the united state. but only if you are 18 you can not vote before you are 18.
Most states have a "winner-take-all" system that awards alll electors to the winning presient candidate. However, maine and nedraska each have a variation of
" proportional representation. "
After the president election, your governor prepares a "certificate of ascertainment" listing all of the candidates who ran for president in your along with the names of their respective electors. the certificate of ascertianment also declares the winner of the president election that in there state at the meeting of the electors in december of the election year. your state's certificates of ascertainments are sent to the congress an the national archives as a part of the official records of the presiential election. | Evidence | Ineffective |
18d3c9a417dc | EFC2879F0C83 | A very popular topic that has been floating around in recent political conversations is the process, or in more familiar terms: fairness, in the steps used in the Electoral College to select a President for the United States of America. Or, perhaps ironically so, lack therfore of directly selecting a President. It is this particular topic that has inquired me to send you this letter regarding the upcoming debate: Should the Electoral College Stay Or Go?
Now don't get me wrong here: I legitimately don't believe anything I say could really have a major impact on any type of consideration towards this debate, I just hope you read this and ponder it's words to fully make a positive choice-whichever path you choose to side with in this. | Lead | Effective |
3d439dfff7b0 | EFC2879F0C83 | Our Forefathers created the Electoral College because they believed it to be the best method in securing a true democratic result for the leader of the USA. People say that the Electoral College is outdated because the times have moved on | Evidence | Adequate |
15e803d25541 | EFC2879F0C83 | well then, if that's true, I suppose we should just drop America's image of Freedom because it was made by some stupid old guys. Ummm... No | Claim | Adequate |
e91bc0ae4ac0 | EFC2879F0C83 | It is LOGICAL that true DEMOCRACY would be the greater portion of the PEOPLE that VOTE for the PRESIDENT. | Position | Adequate |
cea90a2de04a | EFC2879F0C83 | The opposite side of this argument says that it is unfair some of the states are skipped over because defeat is guarenteed | Counterclaim | Adequate |
bc5cf6da1db7 | EFC2879F0C83 | Defeat is guarenteed... don't people understand what that means | Rebuttal | Adequate |
ea270c920128 | EFC2879F0C83 | Here, let me explain it to you guys reeeeeeeeeeeeall simple so you can understand it: 1+1=2. ther ya go. job well done. | Evidence | Ineffective |
6c350ce93cb1 | EFCA46E0BF9F | I think that Popular vote would be better than the Electoral College because then the votes would be fair. The Electoral College is not fair for some states. | Position | Adequate |
e229c7317877 | EFCA46E0BF9F | one vote cannot do the job. I agree because they should let the people decide what president they want to have. | Claim | Adequate |
e5830f841773 | EFCA46E0BF9F | Some people may disagree on that. Maybe other people want just states to vote, and get it over with. It would be an easier way to choose the president, | Counterclaim | Adequate |
8786c67e90c1 | EFCA46E0BF9F | i think popular vote would be a lot more fair than Electoral College. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
fec82a9f856f | EFCA46E0BF9F | The popular vote allows people to vote on what president they want to vote for, | Claim | Effective |
f5279c0bcdf4 | EFCA46E0BF9F | it would be kind of difficult to count all those votes, | Counterclaim | Adequate |
bd7c1a16a9e6 | EFCA46E0BF9F | but it would get the job done in no time. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
bd47e33e8610 | EFCA46E0BF9F | The Electoral College in the other hand, allows votes from states to be made. It is an easier method to get the states to vote for the president, and it takes less time. | Counterclaim | Ineffective |
81776a4d22d2 | EFCA46E0BF9F | Others may have different opinions, maybe they like the Electoral College better than the popular vote. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
f30d6798ab64 | EFCA46E0BF9F | Many people say that the Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and or irrational | Claim | Adequate |
6095ed5db438 | EFCA46E0BF9F | Even a person, that goes by the name of Bob Dole, said to Abolish the electoral college. | Evidence | Adequate |
4573bd828721 | EFCA46E0BF9F | The Electoral College also avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives majority of the votes cast. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
4d4f83c3c17a | EFCA46E0BF9F | this method may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state. It also requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. | Evidence | Adequate |
9624db84ba9f | EFCA46E0BF9F | They should really try to make the Electoral College the best method that there can be. Popular vote is already a challenge, but they should also try to improve the popular vote method. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
40825dd673aa | F00B4D036D97 | First and formost, it is my belief that we should keep the electoral college because,it has been around for so many years so the question is why consider changing it now | Position | Effective |
ed275c12f808 | F00B4D036D97 | In 1976 a tie would have occured if a merge of 5,559 voters from ohio and 3,687 voters in hawaii voted the other way | Evidence | Ineffective |
4a72f5dc7a0b | F00B4D036D97 | just let the popular vote idea be a thing of the past and move on. | Claim | Adequate |
8fe999d3d822 | F00B4D036D97 | The benifit of having the electoral college is that it is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non democratie method of selecting a president that will handle his job and do what he is supposed to do.
| Evidence | Ineffective |
0ea4ea657f13 | F00B4D036D97 | Thirdly,both the electoral college and popular votes are good options but in my opinion i think the electoral college is better and the electoral college has five reason why they are the best. The method is certainity of an outcome,everyones president,swing states,big states and avoid run off election so that is why i think we should keep the electoral method becuase those five reasons make up the lack of democratic pedigree. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
461450078cce | F00FF00D5C8F | Are you the kind of person that is really interested in political stuff? Politics can be a subject that will start fights, but not everyone is so interested. You must know what the electoral college is. It is a system where when you vote for your president you are actually voting for a group of electors that will then vote for the president(Source 1). This means that even if there is a majority in the popularity vote from the people. The electoral college can over rule that and vote for the other. | Lead | Effective |
b54413626072 | F00FF00D5C8F | Some say the electoral college is good because it prevents ties or because it will make sure there is a winner. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
34829c56613d | F00FF00D5C8F | But if they can over rule your vote are you really voting for your president? | Rebuttal | Adequate |
90f4a9aee7db | F00FF00D5C8F | I say the electoral college is a bad system and it needs to be extinguished. | Position | Effective |
3295ce7c2d43 | F00FF00D5C8F | There is no doubt that you should get to decide who your leader will be. And if the electoral college can over rule your vote do you really feel like it's your decision? | Claim | Effective |
a88f756251a5 | F00FF00D5C8F | In the 2000 presidential race, Al Gore lost because he recieved the most popularity votes from the people but the electoral college voted for Bush instead(Source 2). This means that the people thought Al Gore should be the president but instead they didn't get what they wanted because the electoral college thought otherwise. Do you think this is in anyway fair? The majority of the country ended up unhappy with the election because of ther electoral college. I say that alone is enough reason to abolish the electoral college. If it happens once it can happen again. Do you want to feel cheated and betrayed again? Let's get rid of the electoral college! | Evidence | Effective |
d52e83a9c35b | F00FF00D5C8F | Some others may say that they support the electoral college because it can't have a tie. "Because almost all states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, even a very slight plurality ina state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state."(Source 3) | Counterclaim | Effective |
9331745a867a | F00FF00D5C8F | It is still possible to have a tie though because there are 538 total votes and since that is an even number then it can happen. And if there is just a stlight difference and instead the electoral college creates a landslide then that isn't representing the actuall number of the votes by the people. Once again you are being cheated out of your sya it the election. The hardest thing to understand is why people would still support something that doesn't support them. The electoral college basically throws away your votes and replaces them with theirs. And once again, it is possible for ties in the electoral college due to the even number of votes. | Rebuttal | Effective |
7dcf62517ba7 | F00FF00D5C8F | "Because each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much to say as the 55 representatives from California, who represent 35 million voters."(Source 2). This alone shows that your votes are being represented equally. It is saying that 500,000 votes are equal to 35 million votes. Isn't it obvious that those two numbers are very different and they could have a very large effect on the popularity of each canidate that they are voting for? but instead they have they same effect and the 34.5 million voters that don't get their fair say could very possibly be unhappy with the turnout of the president. The people are supposed to be the ones that vote for their leader, not a group of 538 "qualified" polititians that can over rule the entire country's vote. | Evidence | Effective |
f1beb3893616 | F00FF00D5C8F | I know i want my fair share of input and the electoral college won't allow that. | Claim | Adequate |
bf71351d443d | F00FF00D5C8F | There are supporters who say that they support the electoral college because it avoids run-off elections. Because even if there is a tie in the majority votes from the people it is unlikey for there to be a tie in the votes from the electoral college. | Counterclaim | Effective |
a50db10659d8 | F00FF00D5C8F | "For example, Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the electoral College..."(Source 3). | Evidence | Effective |
ed19b1ac35ba | F00FF00D5C8F | In my opinion if there is a tie in the popularity votes then they should revote, it may take longer but it will still be a decision by the people. Just because it makes the procces faster doesnt mean it makes the procces better. They can create a better system in the event of a tie instead of electors over ruling the people and picking whoever they think is best. That isnt government for the people, by the people. | Rebuttal | Effective |
408f71d281ad | F00FF00D5C8F | In conclusion, the electoral college needs to be extinguished for many reasons. those reasons are because it doesn't let the people vote for who they want and it over rules a notions votes. And because it doesnt show the number of votes as equall. Some may say that it is good because it prevents a tie but if there is a tie then I'm sure htere are better ways to revote. we need government for the people, by the people and that isn't what the electoral college is. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
2ab788db34a6 | F0949D854B5F | I firmly belive that the electoral college is no longer applicible in todays political world. | Lead | Adequate |
1769f21c951d | F0949D854B5F | There have been a number of occations in the past were the electoral college has failed. | Claim | Adequate |
fade4ff327c1 | F0949D854B5F | For example in 2000, al gore won the popular vote, but lost the presedency. | Evidence | Adequate |
9c086df9b9bf | F0949D854B5F | If we live in a deomcorcy the people should be the wons deciding our leader and in this case they did not. The electoral college must be fixed or exsponged imediatley. | Position | Adequate |
490d2bb2cb23 | F0949D854B5F | The electoral college is unfair to voters. | Claim | Adequate |
9008d6ed2336 | F0949D854B5F | The cannidates can take advantage of a states population by only campaining in the states that "matter" to them. The president should not be determined by a couple people here and a couble people there. It should be determined by everybody that lives in america. Not a individual state.
| Evidence | Adequate |
8e3db549d257 | F0949D854B5F | The biggest problem here is that we (america) are so much more advanced then the system we have right now. Over 200 years later and were still using the same system. | Claim | Adequate |
aa0bbf46ca7c | F0949D854B5F | There is so much more room for improvment but that is not happening. The advances weve made in so many aspects of goverment are not being translated into the electoral college. Its time for a change in our favor. | Evidence | Ineffective |
73c7cd20f814 | F0949D854B5F | In conclusion, the entire electoral college needs some major renovations. I ask for the issue to be reconzied and for a change to happen. I thank you for lisening to my opinion.
| Concluding Statement | Adequate |
d18847ead52c | F09F6824032D | I belive we should change the way for election | Position | Adequate |
80b68384be6f | F09F6824032D | Under the electoral colloge system voters vote for a state of electors who turn elect the president, and that not right | Claim | Adequate |
3890f355bc21 | F09F6824032D | Say if i were to buy a big pizza ,and it was cut into 4 big pices and 8 small. The 8 people ate there pizza but it didnt really matter but when the the other 4 people ate there pizza it did . ok say if i weree to have a even pizza 4/4 . one half where the people and the other half was the big people in charge so u can say....no matter what the people say its only going to have like 25/100 effect.
After reading a text its says "when you vote for a presidential candidate you're actually vothing for a slate of electors' | Evidence | Ineffective |
83fa132cf713 | F09F6824032D | other reason u should change the electon collge is lack of democratic pedigree are all reason that this is not reliable | Claim | Adequate |
03ebee2c5157 | F09F6824032D | despite its almost happing its not really a good way to do it. am give i an exaple Obama recived 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 precent of the popular votes. | Evidence | Ineffective |
bc7d42e96d4e | F0AA6B265B6F | As a deadly disease, COVID-19, sweeps across the globe many school systems are looking to a extend period of time were the majority of their students will be in isolation. One way that school systems have attempted to avoid set backs in education during this time has been the use of online education resources. This system is effective in times were students can not physically attend school but would have catastrophic results if implemented into long-term plans. Although many supporters of online education would argue that it reduces the likelihood, and effect, of social problems that are commonly seen in schools, | Lead | Effective |
aadb3b0271c6 | F0AA6B265B6F | distance learning would cause major problems to students and destroy the positive developments the current education system has encourage. | Position | Effective |
6f7b73d7c1f4 | F0AA6B265B6F | Some of the developments that would be removed from the education system are: an equal access to physical school resources across the school, | Claim | Effective |
0fe61cba4a9d | F0AA6B265B6F | the ability for students to preform in after school activities, | Claim | Adequate |
35469d2faecf | F0AA6B265B6F | the current sociological benefits of doing school work at a physical school.
| Claim | Adequate |
14f334d06cc4 | F0AA6B265B6F | The problems that education faces across the country may be chronic, but schools still provide an equal access to help outside of the classroom across the school. | Claim | Effective |
73641da1fc3e | F0AA6B265B6F | A major resource that all students have access to is a school library. In some communities school libraries are the only libraries students have access to so they are the sole gateway to information outside of classes. Another resource is students access to teachers, this is critical to their learning and allows for them to conference about difficulties they are facing in the class. Most current forms of online school would eliminate teacher conferencing from schooling though. Finally some areas of the country lack internet access for many reasons. In these areas the implementation of online schooling would be impossible without major invest by the school system which in most likely is underfunded. The physical resources that can only be present at a school serve as a strong argument against online schooling. | Evidence | Effective |
4d1b76fb17e5 | F0AA6B265B6F | With the implementation of online schooling the ability for students to participate in extracurriculars is immediately called into question. | Claim | Effective |
237da8132f6b | F0AA6B265B6F | Without a physical building to meet in everyday many extracurriculars lack the funds to rent out a separate property and would quickly fold. Even students that were invested in an after school activity before a switch to online schooling occurred would face the difficulty in their ability to travel to the new meeting place of their activity. Many students do not have access to a car, either for financial or legal reasons (they do not have a license yet), so busing is the only way these students are able to travel to and from the school. With online schooling this busing would no longer be consistent and many after school activities would see huge drops in participation or fold entirely. This would be detrimental to the students who any have the talents to successes in other activities outside of the school. This would limit the opportunities students have causing the diversity of experiences the rising generation would have.
| Evidence | Effective |
764e60948207 | F0AA6B265B6F | A common challenge that schools face is the maintaining of a "learning environment", although this may be difficult to deal with, this would be impossible for online education to fix. The transfer of learning from schools to the home would cause the "learning environment" to cease to exist. | Evidence | Adequate |
f8a97eda8ed6 | F0AA6B265B6F | Although schools can issue computers that can only access education resources, | Counterclaim | Effective |
07d9031a75a2 | F0AA6B265B6F | there are still physical distractions that schools cannot stop. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
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