Vice President of the United States

the popular vote when we have had to select a president and vice president. In this essay, we will be examining the structure and function of the Electoral College, comparing the Electoral College to the popular vote and assessing the value of the individual citizen’s vote under the Electoral College system. The Electoral College was created in 1787. The reason, the Electoral College was created, was to give the power of electing a president to the states and not to the people themselves. “The…

The United States presidential election of 1828 was between John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson. Jackson and supporters stabilized their grounds and took down Adams. The Democrats joined forces with their backbone from the previous supporters of Jackson and their partnership with the supporters of the "Old Republicans" and Vice-President Calhoun. The election expected the reign of Jackson’s Democratic Party, which started the changeover from the First Party System to the Second Party System.…

inflation. During this time period chronic energy shortages were a big problem in the United States and Gerald Ford had to ensure that these…

historical presidential campaigns of George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, and modern day hopefuls, some tactics and strategies have changed, while other aspects are surprisingly quite similar. One difference is America's first three presidents did not personally campaign, rather political party newspapers, their media of the day, did both the debating of the issues and "mercilessly criticized their respective opposing candidates" on their behalf ("Thomas Jefferson: Campaigns…

The Electoral College is the system of voting that the United States of America uses to elect its President. The Electoral College is also used to elect the Vice President of the United States of America. Every four years in America the time comes when its citizens cast in their votes for who they want as their future President. But the Electoral College does not depend on the popular vote, it depends on the votes of officials in each state. The Electoral College is unfair as it overrules the…

it would not happen again especially after Barack Obama’s two successful wins in both the popular vote and electoral college. However, the recent 2016 Election truly has people outraged and thinking of the question more every day as the current President is constantly in the news for doing things that are either not presidential or doing things that could be harmful to the country. The electoral college either needs to be abolished or modified in a way that supports the people more because its…

group of people that represent the states of the US. This group of people are the ones who cast votes for the election of the president and also the vice president. The Electoral College has a total of 538 electors. 270 electoral votes are required to elect a new President. ” The Constitution assigns each state a number of electors equal to the combined total of the state’s Senate and House of Representatives delegations; at present, the number of electors per state ranges from three to 54, for…

Every four years the United States holds a general election for President. Voting is a right that all Americans cherish. The electoral college, which helps with the selection of the President, has many downfalls, but also greatly helps with the election process. What exactly is the electoral college and how did it start? The electoral college is an indirect way of voting. Americans do not directly vote, but choose from “slates of electors” that have been chosen many months before. “A group of…

The Electoral College has been part of the United States government since 1787. The framers of the Constitution debated on options of how a President is elected for office; in which was discussed and established during the constitutional Convention of 1787. Its purpose is for each member in the college to represent the people from of a State equally in a manner that is just. The Electoral College was created to prevent a single presidential candidate to gain advantage based on public popularity,…

attend Harvard, and decided to study law. Two years after he graduated Harvard, he was admitted into the bar. John Adams soon later became the 2nd President of the United States, but before he became the 2nd President, he was the first vice president of the United States, next to George Washington. During his presidency, he wasn’t a popular president so he only had one term, and Thomas Jefferson replaced him. After his four year term, he and his family settled down on a family farm and he soon…