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Electoral College
Title: Electoral College
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
Details: Words: 778 | Pages: 3.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Electoral College
Electoral College
The framer's intent of setting up the American Government will never be
know for sure, but it is gathered that they preferred a republic over a
democracy. In the constitutional convention the drafters had to decide how much
power they would entrust with the people of the United States, and how much
should be controlled by representatives. They chose to have Congress Make the
laws, and congress would be selected directly by the …showed first 75 words of 778 total…
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electoral votes gets the remaining two electoral votes. Then all of the votes are
counted, and if a candidate gets more than half the votes, he/she becomes the
new president. If there is no majority then the election gets thrown into the
House of Representatives. There each state is given one vote and they vote on
the top three candidates. if a candidate gets a majority vote, the he/she becomes
president.
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