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What Are The Pros And Cons Of Holding Presidential Elections

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America has come a long way from when it first started out 240 years ago. According to George Washington in his farewell address, interaction or intervention of America in other nations problems would bring us no benefits as a nation (George Washington 1796). However, being a nation that prides itself upon self-innovation, America has since moved away from its premature notion of isolation. Today, as Americans, we live in such an interconnected world that many of our political events not only affect us but the rest of the world as well. When we host presidential elections to elect our country’s new leader, the world watches closely to see how they will be impacted. The outcome of our presidential elections this year between candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump can have either detrimental or beneficial effects on other countries around the world because of their platforms on foreign affairs. The tradition of holding presidential elections every four years is one that has been done since the first American presidential election in 1789. Although, when we first started out, there were no term limits to how long a president was able to serve in office. The tradition created by George Washington set the precedent that presidents would serve no longer than two four-year …show more content…

The Electoral College is composed of 538 electors; in order for a presidential candidate to be elected as president, they need a majority, 270 electoral votes. Each state is entitled electors, the amount each receives is based on their members in Congress. One elector to represent each member of the House and two electors for Senators. The electoral and popular vote usually align, however, electors are not bound to vote in correspondence with their states. The electoral college originally was set up as a safeguard, although states submit their votes the candidate that wins depends on electoral

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