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Electoral College Project

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1. What aspect of the project did you most value or appreciate? The aspects that I most valued and appreciated the most was researching about my chosen candidate and decorating/creating the poster. I have always admired Michelle Obama (my chosen candidate) as the First Lady from the way she spoke, but I did not know much about her. Thus, I really appreciated that this project required me to do in-depth research about her. Through our research, I learned many things including what her platform is, her stance on certain issues in America, as well has what her values are. Another aspect that I really appreciated was creating and decorating the poster. I have always enjoyed making things from scratch, especially about something I am not very familiar with. This was a great and effective way for me to learn more about politics, especially since this is such a complicated topic. 2. What did you learn from the project that you did not already know? From this project, I leaned a variety of different things …show more content…

Do you believe the Electoral College is a fair method of electing our president? Why or why not? In my opinion, I believe that the Electoral College provide a fair method of electing out president. Without the Electoral College, smaller states and less populated regions/area would be ignored completely. Candidates would concentrate on densely populated areas such as New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Thus, the Electoral College ensures that all parts of the country are involved in the election process. This will also ensure that groups in rural areas and small towns such as Iowa farmers and Ohio factory workers will have their voice heard. Rather than giving more power to the national government, the Electoral College directs more powers to the states. The states are given the power to choose their delegates for the Electoral College which allows them to be more involved in the presidential elections. Thus, this maintains the representative form of

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