Electoral College
Date Submitted: 05/22/2004 20:58:54
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 6 pages (1589 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 6 pages (1589 words)
The Loophole in Democracy
The Electoral College consists of the 538 most important people that you don't know. Yet it is these people that elect the president of the United States, not you. In the recent 2000 presidential election, the country found out just how the American political system works. Along with that, America found out just how bad the Electoral College can be. The Electoral College has been part of a long debate ever since it …
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…meets to determine the real president of the United States of America
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