The Pros And Cons Of Electoral College

Even after the signing of the 1965 voting rights act, which was intended to help African Americans and other racial minorities to have the constitutional right to vote, some laws still in the books throughout the United States discriminate against those who are not property owners. Of course, to be fair, this is exclusively certain election. But could this have a psychological effect on the non-property owners and depress turnout for other types of election in which virtually everyone above the age of eighteen could vote? In a district election, some officials are appointed, some are elected by property owners only and others are elected by everyone in the district. Roughly 40% of such district throughout the United States of America have

Each state has different amount of Electoral College votes based on the number representatives it sends to the United States Congress. Each state has two Senators in the United States Senate. The number of members a state can send to the United States House of Representatives is determined by population which is measured by a census that will be conducted once in a decade. But each state send at least one congressperson to the lower house. So, a minimum of Electoral College vote a state can have is three. In the 2000 election. Former president George W. Bush won the election while losing the popular vote due to the Electoral College. Electoral College will lead candidates to the presidency of the United States to focus on a number of states with high number of Electoral College votes to win at least a majority. It is currently 270 of 538. There is a concern whether the fact a person lives in a “safe” v. “battleground” state has an influence when it comes to whether or not to vote at all. A study has shown if the election is not competitive nationally, the gap will not be shown but otherwise it will be. It is not the case that citizens in the “safe” states participate less, but it is the case that those in the “battleground” states do so in a higher percentage. Those citizens in a “battleground: states are more likely to be contacted by the candidates than those who live in the “safe” states. Those who

Population size and its density is a topic that started to be studied recently. This is especially the case in terms of local elections. There seems to be a positive relationship between voting and the size of a jurisdiction that is to vote. The smaller a jurisdiction’s population is, the more likely it is that the rate will be higher for local election in comparison to a highly populated jurisdiction’s rate for local election. The reason of this result is said to be a discouragement in highly populated cities to focus on local elections and instead focus on national elections. The exception to this case is people from the largest cities in the largest metropolitan areas. Large metropolitan areas vote at a higher rate than metropolitan areas with smaller population size. People who live in a larger jurisdiction believe that the local government is not responsive to their needs.People who live in a larger community usually live in a gated community, making it harder for them to know their surroundings. Without that knowledge and the feeling of belonging, getting involved in a local government is hard. Different kinds of political activities like volunteering and voting have different magnitude of the relationship between the activity and the population size of the jurisdiction in question. Voting seems to have the least