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195d5948c5d9 | F2FB7E31855B | many people get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate | Evidence | Adequate |
448b1f9e958a | F2FB7E31855B | not always do we get control whom we vote for , it all depends on the state. | Evidence | Ineffective |
76165c8e0def | F2FB7E31855B | We should be equal, Electoral college is unfair to voters. in the same source they state that the electoral college is unfair, outdated and irrational | Evidence | Adequate |
67a2acbd73a5 | F2FB7E31855B | Lets take a look at the present. President Obama who won the vote, got 29 electoral votes since were a large state we get more votes. take a look at map where its shows the breakdown of the number of electoral votes, it shows each state. many small state have less than 5 electoral votes simply because its not huge, but yet again you're voting for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors | Evidence | Ineffective |
c4350810cd38 | F2FB7E31855B | Popular votes have many benfits such as equallty and justice's. | Claim | Adequate |
4d342c3603dd | F2FB7E31855B | popular vote was very close in Florida (2012) | Evidence | Ineffective |
7e6d77a88553 | F2FB7E31855B | It have been said that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off a potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their states. | Claim | Adequate |
83cc235c96a9 | F2FB7E31855B | popular votes have a chance and will be picked based on popular vote. In source 3: states that they is no pressure for run-off elections ,It's provided a clear winner , sounds good doesn't it? One single vote can decide an election sounds stressful. Popular votes are bascially stress free and in the Democrats in Texas ,Republicans in california their vote have no effect they leave it to the popular vote. | Evidence | Ineffective |
6412e7c72faa | F2FB7E31855B | In conclusion, popular votes have such great benfits and had more justice and give better oppourity to those who bascially are in a sticky sitution. Electoral College have so much to do with the voce president and is indirect. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
386441260058 | F309843EDF56 | I believe the united states should get rid off the electorial college | Position | Adequate |
4544974ee1be | F309843EDF56 | the citizens of the U.S.A are technically not voting for the president but voting for the group of electors chosen by the candidate's political party in which as stated in source 1
"you are actually voting for your candidate's electors." | Evidence | Adequate |
6debcb0ca239 | F309843EDF56 | voters cannot always control who they are voting for and voters often get confused about the electors and voting for the wrong candidate. | Claim | Adequate |
798777fe3fa6 | F309843EDF56 | 2000 fiasco which was the biggest election crisis of the century. State legislatures are responsible for picking electors and that those electors could always defy the will of the people. Evidence form source 2 goes back to 1960 when segregationists in the louisiana legistlature almost succeded in replacing democratic electors with new electors that did not support and oppose John F. Kennedy thus proving that the electorial college cannot be trusted. Another reason why the electorial college is unfair to the people is because of the winner-takes-all system in each state due to the candidates not being in the state and focus only on the race between "swing" states. Evidence from the 2000 campaign states seventeen states didn't see candidates at all. | Evidence | Adequate |
b3c2abaa77e7 | F309843EDF56 | Most worrying would be the prospect of the tie in the electoral vote by any means in that type of case the election would be assigned for the House of Representatives where state delegations vote on the president because each state cast only one vote. | Claim | Adequate |
4354f5c400cb | F309843EDF56 | An example of this would be the representative from wyoming representing 500,000 voters would have more to say including the representative from california who represents 35 million voters. Those voters vote for one party for president and one for congress, the decision of the house can barely be reflected on the will of the people. supporting this is the election in 1968 in which a shift of 41,971 votes would have deadlocked the election another election in 1976 a tie would occur if 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had voted the other way. | Evidence | Adequate |
819e0a87eed9 | F309843EDF56 | Though the electoral college is an anachronism it is not democratic in a modern sense because the electors are the ones who choose the president not us the people though each party has to select of slate of electors who are intrusted to vote for the party's nominee. | Evidence | Ineffective |
93317124ddb5 | F309843EDF56 | the electoral college method despites its lack of democrastic pedigree is still used today its because of its certainty of outcome the reason is because the winning candidate's share of the electoral college exceeds his share of the popular vote, and also avoids run off elections to happen. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
24e912c56e39 | F309843EDF56 | Another reason why the electoral college method is still used today is as stated in source 3 because it restores weight in the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal- appointment of the senate decreed in the constitution. The electoral colege requires a president candidate to have trans-regional appeal no region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
cfd0a6d58f59 | F309843EDF56 | Even thogh these reasons oppose my claim as stated in source 2 the electoral college is unfair, oudated and irrational. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
3abb59b49293 | F309843EDF56 | An example of this was in 2012 when obama recieved 61.7 percent of the electorial vote against 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and romney
Basically what the electoral college method is a method where only the electoral vote is more importnant than the popular vote or the peoples vote.
In which It supports my claim when I said the people are not voting for the president but for the group of electors who support the candidate. In the example of 2012 obama vs romney obama won because of the percentage of the electorial vote which means that a candidate that is running for president can win the election if the electoral vote surpasses the popular vote. | Evidence | Adequate |
8132785f161a | F30B7DE35BBC | Due to the following situation on being able to use phones in free time such as lunch or to not allow students to use phones at all. As a result I am writing to you telling you what I think they should do for this policy. | Lead | Adequate |
ede8ac4c4c66 | F30B7DE35BBC | I support the following situation on allowing students to use their phones during lunch and other free time, but has to be turned off during classes | Position | Adequate |
16a299fcee30 | F30B7DE35BBC | because students may need to contact a parent or guardian, | Claim | Adequate |
b3a9f30e77df | F30B7DE35BBC | some students just feel more comfortable having their phones with them, | Claim | Adequate |
e71114ed4a65 | F30B7DE35BBC | also some parents might want them to have the phones with them in case of an emergency. | Claim | Adequate |
e0d966b05cfd | F30B7DE35BBC | To start with, because students may need to contact a parent or guardian and the school wont let them use there phone, because they don't think it is important. | Claim | Adequate |
063cd1ec38f1 | F30B7DE35BBC | Also some people need to call their legal guardian and ask them if they can stay after school, to study, do a project, or watch a sports game after school. Since the school won't let them call home and ask they either don't go or go and don't call home. | Evidence | Effective |
34944b52a125 | F30B7DE35BBC | In addition, some students just feel more comfortable having their phone on with them. | Claim | Adequate |
b8a046d7cbe1 | F30B7DE35BBC | Most people feel safer because it is always on and if they needed call anyone in case of an emergency. I know my mom would like me to have my phone on with me in case anything bad happened and I needed to call someone for help.
| Evidence | Adequate |
82de543b8067 | F30B7DE35BBC | In conclusion, most parents would feel more comfortable knowing that their kids phone is on and charged, | Claim | Adequate |
005c4cac4b55 | F30B7DE35BBC | so if they ever needed them they would call them and they would answer right away. | Evidence | Adequate |
af2b17345237 | F30B7DE35BBC | Don't forget to think about my ideas and I hope they put a big difference on you allowing phones to be used during free time like lunch and off during classes. | Evidence | Ineffective |
9ca4ea27b8f5 | F30B7DE35BBC | Remember I support the following situation on allowing students to use their cell phones in free time during the school day and off during the class period because students may need to contact a parent or guardian, some students feel safer with their phones on, and some parents would like to know that their kids phones are on in case of an emergency.
| Concluding Statement | Adequate |
a43d76327b8e | F32A0A41B697 | You have made the decision to take out all sports and other activities completely from the school due to the C average, as opposed the B average needed to participate in the activities, that most of the students have. I am writing this letter to you to give you my, and the students, opinion on this decision.
| Lead | Adequate |
95247dce75a7 | F32A0A41B697 | Taking out sports and other activities from the school due to grade averages being lower than they should be to even participate in the activities, is a reasonable cause | Position | Ineffective |
5b9561f677ff | F32A0A41B697 | Students play sports because it gives them a way to express themselves while doing something they love | Claim | Adequate |
19a650b7106a | F32A0A41B697 | If a student is doing poorly in a subject they do not particularly care for, the sport they participate in after school makes them feel better about what they do. It also gives them incentive to do better in the subject they aren't doing so well in.
| Evidence | Effective |
970f7d111a46 | F32A0A41B697 | Another subject to take into consideration is the students health. | Claim | Adequate |
bb850dd5cea9 | F32A0A41B697 | Physical education class gives some physical activity in school, but when the subject is volleyball and the student prefers basketball, they tend to not do well and to not give it their all. Keeping the sports gives the students a chance to be on an actual basketball team rather than having them on a team where students aren't taking things seriously. The students that make the basketball team are participating in physical activity that they enjoy doing.
| Evidence | Adequate |
47b501661229 | F32A0A41B697 | Taking out other activities such as an academic quiz team would hurt some of the students who were doing it. | Claim | Adequate |
87f10596837f | F32A0A41B697 | The students on the quiz team study hard to do well during their matches. Taking that away from them would hurt them and possibly even discourage them from studying for their schoolwork. Students on the quiz team take pride into what they do. In a way they set an example for the other students to do well in school. | Evidence | Adequate |
a9948a29835e | F32A0A41B697 | An alternative to taking away the sports all together would be to set up a tutoring group made up of students helping other students having similar interests in school and outside of school | Claim | Effective |
9230ce90dd9e | F32A0A41B697 | This could bring up averages quite a bit. Students may not like the idea at first, but if quiz games were added within each subject the students may like that more. You could also have certain days for certain subjects to focus in on problem areas within the subject.
| Evidence | Adequate |
fb2c724ff42a | F3310A0DE614 | I believe we should start using the popular vote method. I like this method its mostly the peoples vote getting credit and not the elector's. | Position | Adequate |
2690e5c3354e | F3310A0DE614 | In a election with popular vote the majority of the peoples vote will win. Which in sence makes it fair. | Claim | Adequate |
8a9d78a446ac | F3310A0DE614 | In a electoral college every state gets its own number votes and thats the president and others are voted for today. The electoral college consist of 538 votes and need a majority of 270 for them to get heir winner. Also "under the 23rd amendment of the constitution, the district of coumbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purpose of the electoral college". | Evidence | Ineffective |
5f9c2c867721 | F3310A0DE614 | If oneday we adapt the popular vote the of this nation would be so satisfied with their vote because your is worth more in a sence. | Claim | Adequate |
7afd26c562f4 | F3310A0DE614 | our states wouldn't have to have a certain number of votes they can have. The people will do the voting for them. sence the people will be doing the voting for them, whoever will have the majority of the people. on a side note you cant keep everyone happy. but there would be the majority happy. | Evidence | Ineffective |
2ca1e2a8adfc | F3310A0DE614 | In conclusion that's why i beleieve we go to the method of popular vote. The biggest portion of the people will be happy and there be a longer process in picking our next and future president | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
70f47e2cd51b | F33EB52BBB43 | I have read some articles and understand what the Eletoral College does for this contry. I agree that this state needs this system instead of a popular vote. I understand that people have the right to pick and choose the president but if you think about it how many people do vote? And how many poeple vote for what they truly think is best. I have leardned that most people follow the crowd. | Lead | Adequate |
02f78a518668 | F33EB52BBB43 | An Electoral College is just what we need to keep the poeple safe. | Position | Adequate |
56ef312bc3ca | F33EB52BBB43 | The Electoal College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appel. | Claim | Adequate |
7ffa45e2ff4b | F33EB52BBB43 | the canidate gains no electoral votes by increasing his plurailty. that is a desirable result because a candidate with only regional appeal will umlikely succed to be a president. | Evidence | Ineffective |
d6db82906ace | F33EB52BBB43 | I understand the positive and the negative part of popuar votes and Electoral College. I also understand that just one vote can change hthe futrue of most states. | Counterclaim | Ineffective |
56499cd29625 | F33EB52BBB43 | It's quite simply one vote makes one person win the presidentcy. | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
6688b7565cbc | F33EB52BBB43 | What if that one vote changes our basic ways to live. What if that one vote can take away some of our rights. What if one vote can make the world turn into yet another great depression. | Evidence | Ineffective |
95620322dafe | F33EB52BBB43 | "Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in the states they know they have no chance of winning focusing only on the tight races in the 'swing' states." | Counterclaim | Ineffective |
e8a63684ead6 | F33EB52BBB43 | The Electoral has its flaws but so does the popluar vote. | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
96f9c65af67c | F33EB52BBB43 | Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a polical prefrence rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election. | Claim | Ineffective |
3b4d19437e3a | F33EB52BBB43 | No one wants run-off elections or an uncertainty on the outcome. Everyone want to feel safe that we're going to have a president and have no rebellons for it. | Evidence | Ineffective |
936bbb577bf0 | F33EB52BBB43 | The system has its flaws but it also has there advantages . | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
71c4ac683f1e | F3454E01E31C | More and more frequently, classrooms across the country are embracing technology. From laptops distributed to the student body to 3D printers, technology changes, and education changes with it. Today, the United States is at a point where it can safely be said that, most likely, every school in the country has computers. This is an era of communication unlike the world has ever seen. Some schools even allow distance learning via online and video conferencing. A common question asked is "Is home learning a good thing?" To answer that question, not exactly. | Lead | Effective |
1c50b08dc198 | F3454E01E31C | Learning through online attendance of a class can be a good thing, but for many students, it can devoid them of the attention and social interactions they so desperately need. | Position | Effective |
5f3cbeb1b2d7 | F3454E01E31C | To start, online learning would be especially detrimental to ADHD learners | Claim | Effective |
ad245c12a469 | F3454E01E31C | ADHD is short for Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. Though it is different for everyone with it, the most common symptoms are fidgeting, high levels of activity, struggling to sit still/cope with boredom, a short attention span, and on top of that, being very easily distracted (I can back up this, as I have ADHD myself) . In their own home, distractions would be everywhere for an ADHD student, and going further, often ADHD students need structure, which working from home cannot give them. ADHD students often benefit from one-to-one help. which working online can't give them. Students without ADHD can have the same problems.
| Evidence | Effective |
78bb853156da | F3454E01E31C | On top of that, there is the issue of money. | Claim | Adequate |
94397998482c | F3454E01E31C | Many schools in America are already under-funded, and wouldn't be able to afford the extra cost. Along with that, the students and their parents might have to buy their own laptops and such to go online with, which not everyone can afford. A wireless connection is another problem for those families, as a good plan can cost anywhere from about 20 dollars per month to 90 per month. That is 240 to 1800 dollars per year, and many families can't afford that. | Evidence | Effective |
749e2e9d35c8 | F3454E01E31C | It's not all negative, though. Some students have medical conditions which require them to stay at home, like diseases that suppress the immune system, and they would benefit greatly from this | Counterclaim | Adequate |
ac1d0d722327 | F3454E01E31C | Busy schedules often are undermined by school hours, and learning from home could help ease those schedules, and on top of everything, many students work best in a relaxed environment, which school is often not.
| Evidence | Adequate |
2d4d960bf036 | F3454E01E31C | To conclude, this is a very nuanced issue. Many students would benefit from this, but just as many, if not more, would suffer through their education. There is a clear course of action presented, however. Have classes of people working from home, akin to an online conference room, and have regular classes for the others, leaving it up to the students to decide. Though it can be harmful, if implemented right, it can help a great many students who might not get nearly as good of an education otherwise. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
e8460863e581 | F36CC3998B8C | The Electoral College is a process that consists of the selection of the electors. The Founding Fathers established it in the constitution as a compromise between election of the President. | Lead | Ineffective |
6253cdd7b790 | F36CC3998B8C | Electors have refused to vote for their party's candidates and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please | Claim | Adequate |
cb9dd7db129d | F36CC3998B8C | "This is the single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster fact". I Think The Disaster Fact is What Has the Office of the Federal Register questioning the Electoral College. Although, The System Allows For Much Worse. | Evidence | Ineffective |
00db25e234ee | F36CC3998B8C | The Electoral College is widely regarded an anachronism. a non-democratic way of selecting our president. | Evidence | Adequate |
aeaa2b8db3c5 | F36CC3998B8C | I Think The Electoral College is Unfair Because of The Winner-take-all system in each state | Claim | Adequate |
f78b8c613e96 | F36CC3998B8C | The Winner-takes-all system is the system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate | Evidence | Adequate |
e180a72c3fb3 | F36CC3998B8C | it's basically a gamble. you come with electors, hope for the best and if your luck is good you leave with a jackpot, but sadly if you dont get the jackpot you lose all. | Evidence | Ineffective |
78c8092ba1ac | F36CC3998B8C | I Agree That "The Electoral College Is Unfair,Outdated,And Irrational."-
| Claim | Adequate |
b163e62166a3 | F36CC3998B8C | states paragrah 14
Certanity of Outcome, Everyone's President, Swing States, Big States,Avoid Run-Off Elections are the "Five resons to keep our despised method of choosing the president", | Counterclaim | Ineffective |
dd6cacf9a375 | F36CC3998B8C | These reasons still dont give us any solutions. | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
3891b91c76a8 | F36CC3998B8C | The five reasons arent about being fair its about what comes along with winner-takes-all. | Evidence | Ineffective |
97b48ad3a875 | F36CC3998B8C | I think that we should change the way the voting system for the electoral college, | Position | Adequate |
83c85a7f872a | F36CC3998B8C | This is why i think the Electoral College should change the election by popular vote for the president of the United States. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
89705d05244f | F3A197A8348C | In my perspective as a student I honestly like policy one better because I use my phone a lot out of school. | Position | Adequate |
dcb0df6c14c8 | F3A197A8348C | I believe that it would be a good policy if students followed this policy, though most student don't follow most of the rules in school anyways. | Evidence | Ineffective |
ac74bd903be3 | F3A197A8348C | I support policy one because I would like to be able to use my phone during lunch and text others who are on the other side of the room, instead of walking over there. | Claim | Adequate |
ba5ca44e6802 | F3A197A8348C | This is also another good policy because sometimes the duty aids will make us go back to our seat even if we just wanted to ask a quick question. | Claim | Ineffective |
d1ed05b30221 | F3A197A8348C | As I said earlier, as a student I like policy one better | Rebuttal | Adequate |
9a7e31c75c52 | F3A197A8348C | but I believe the staff of our school would personally like policy two better. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
55ad74eea580 | F3A197A8348C | I believe they would like policy two better, because how I also said earlier, some of the students don't even follow most of rules at school, especially the current cell phone policy.
I think the staff would probably end up taking more cell phones if they established policy one because students wouldn't turn their cell phones off because they were just currently using and they didn't have enough time before class to turn it off, or they forgot. | Evidence | Adequate |
779f3cacaf13 | F3A197A8348C | Once I rethink the cell phone policy, I believe it would be better if they kept the original cell phone policy that it has to stay in your locker. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
00a9adc48b7a | F3D1C6C6C574 | Students around the world say that they hate school and rather stay home well, here's and option students finally can. There is an ongoing debate that students should take online classes rather than being in school. Those who disagree state students should go to school because they will meet new people and it would improve their social skills but this is not true. | Lead | Adequate |
d5ece760c38b | F3D1C6C6C574 | Although some may disagree it would be more beneficial for students to participate in online classes. | Position | Adequate |
cd5a2a36e9ba | F3D1C6C6C574 | They are various reasons why students should participate in online classes. | Claim | Ineffective |
1403fab124ba | F3D1C6C6C574 | Students would have less behavior problems because, they are not around other students to cause problems. Also, it would be more likely for students to pay attention if they don't have as many distractions that being in school causes. Students would be in their houses so, it would be easier for them to stay focus and stop them from causing disruptions. | Evidence | Adequate |
932b463ee6d1 | F3D1C6C6C574 | They are further reasons why students should participate in online classes. | Claim | Ineffective |
78d32723120b | F3D1C6C6C574 | Student's are in school for hours they will focus better if they are in a more comfortable environment. Maybe some students are introverts, being in school causes stress and pushes students to do things they don't want. Student's are more likely to participate if they are under less stress. | Evidence | Adequate |
4312548dbd7f | F3D1C6C6C574 | Finally, it would be more beneficial for students to participate in online classes due to, less behavior problems, easier for students to pay attention, and it's less time consuming. | Claim | Adequate |
d9c1a57e7d9a | F3D1C6C6C574 | Those who disagree state students should go to school because they will, meet new people and it would improve their social skills | Counterclaim | Adequate |
4f7ba8acb712 | F3D1C6C6C574 | but this is not true. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
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