Electing The President

Author : Tara Ross
Publisher : Colonial Press L.P.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0977072231

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We Elect a President by Tara Ross Pdf

America's unique presidential election system is often misunderstood-and perhaps especially hard to explain to our children. "We Elect a President: The Story of Our Electoral College" will help you and your family discover more about the Electoral College and its remarkable history. Why was it created in the first place? Does it still work today? Written in straightforward language and complemented with playful illustrations, "We Elect a President" explains how the Electoral College works and why it is still needed in a great, diverse country such as our own: As the Founders intended, the system continues to protect our republic and promote our liberty. "We Elect a President" is written by Electoral College expert Tara Ross and illustrated by Kate E. Cooper. It presents a fun, yet educational way to learn more about America's too-often misunderstood presidential election system.

Author : Nancy Gill
Publisher : Fearon Teacher Aids
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 0822426889

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Electing Our President by Nancy Gill Pdf

Author : Peter Finn
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1502671514

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Electing the President by Peter Finn Pdf

The path to the U.S. presidency is a difficult one. The campaign is often years long, and getting enough support to succeed is difficult and expensive. And being the most popular candidate, or getting the most amount of votes, doesn't mean the candidate will get elected! This important book explains the process of the presidential election, including the electoral college, as well as the duties and responsibilities of the president. Historical anecdotes will further explain concepts. Sidebars, fact boxes, and photographs will engage future candidates as they learn about key parts of the social studies curriculum.

Author : Alexander S. Belenky
Publisher : Springer
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783319446967

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Who Will Be the Next President? by Alexander S. Belenky Pdf

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book addresses the peculiarities of the current presidential election system not yet addressed in other publications. It argues that any rules for electing a President that may have a chance to replace the current ones should provide an equal representation of states as equal members of the Union, and of the nation as a whole. This book analyzes the National Popular Vote plan and shows that this plan may violate the Supreme Court decisions on the equality of votes cast in statewide popular elections held to choose state electors. That is, the National Popular Vote plan may violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The book proposes a new election system in which the will of the states and the will of the nation as a whole are determined by direct popular elections for President and Vice President in the 50 states and in D.C. This system a) would elect President a candidate who is the choice of both the nation as a whole and of the states as equal members of the Union, b) would let the current system elect a President only if the nation as a whole and the states as equal members of the Union fail to agree on a common candidate, and c) would encourage the candidates to campaign nationwide. The second edition has been updated to include a proposal on how to make established non-major party presidential candidates and independent candidates welcome participants in national televised presidential debates with the major-party candidates.

Author : Alexander Keyssar
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780674974142

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Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College? by Alexander Keyssar Pdf

A New Statesman Book of the Year “America’s greatest historian of democracy now offers an extraordinary history of the most bizarre aspect of our representative democracy—the electoral college...A brilliant contribution to a critical current debate.” —Lawrence Lessig, author of They Don’t Represent Us Every four years, millions of Americans wonder why they choose their presidents through an arcane institution that permits the loser of the popular vote to become president and narrows campaigns to swing states. Congress has tried on many occasions to alter or scuttle the Electoral College, and in this master class in American political history, a renowned Harvard professor explains its confounding persistence. After tracing the tangled origins of the Electoral College back to the Constitutional Convention, Alexander Keyssar outlines the constant stream of efforts since then to abolish or reform it. Why have they all failed? The complexity of the design and partisan one-upmanship have a lot to do with it, as do the difficulty of passing constitutional amendments and the South’s long history of restrictive voting laws. By revealing the reasons for past failures and showing how close we’ve come to abolishing the Electoral College, Keyssar offers encouragement to those hoping for change. “Conclusively demonstrates the absurdity of preserving an institution that has been so contentious throughout U.S. history and has not infrequently produced results that defied the popular will.” —Michael Kazin, The Nation “Rigorous and highly readable...shows how the electoral college has endured despite being reviled by statesmen from James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson to Edward Kennedy, Bob Dole, and Gerald Ford.” —Lawrence Douglas, Times Literary Supplement

Author : Xina M. Uhl
Publisher : 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781499468564

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Electing a U.S. President by Xina M. Uhl Pdf

The president of the United States holds the most important office in the country. The person who is elected to fill this position represents the nation's highest commitment to the rule of law. The process by which this job is filled can be difficult for struggling readers to grasp, leaving them uninformed. With a focus on simple language and helpful graphics, this book makes the ins and outs of a presidential election easy to understand. Readers will be directed to the Constitution for ultimate guidance, but this primary source is explained with clear examples of its use, from the founding of the nation to modern times.

Author : National Popular Vote Press
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 0979010713

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Every Vote Equal by National Popular Vote Press Pdf

Author : Alexander S. Belenky
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783642326363

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Who Will Be the Next President? by Alexander S. Belenky Pdf

This book addresses the peculiarities of the current presidential election system not yet addressed in other publications. It argues that any rules for electing a President that may have a chance to replace the current ones should provide an equal representation of states as equal members of the Union, and of the nation as a whole. This book analyzes the National Popular Vote plan and shows that this plan may violate the Supreme Court decisions on the equality of votes cast in statewide popular elections held to choose state electors. Thus, the National Popular Vote plan may violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The book proposes a new election system in which the will of the states and the will of the nation as a whole are determined by direct popular elections for President and Vice President in the 50 states and in D.C. This system a) would elect President a candidate who is the choice of both the nation as a whole and of the states as equal members of the Union, b) would let the current system elect a President only if no such candidate exists, and c) would encourage the candidates to campaign nationwide. From the contents: The initial design of the Electoral College: basic ideas, logical mistakes, and overlooked problems.- The Electoral College today.- Curbing contingent elections.- Inconvenient facts about the Electoral College.- The Electoral College and campaign strategies.- The National Popular Vote plan: a brilliant idea or a dead-on-arrival delusion?.- Equalizing the will of the states and the will of the nation.- Conclusion.

Author : Barbara T. Doherty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Elections
ISBN : 1566440688

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Electing a President by Barbara T. Doherty Pdf

Provides a comprehensive view of the office of the President of the United States and the election process.

Author : Heather Lehr Wagner,Mike Bonner
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781438107455

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How the President Is Elected by Heather Lehr Wagner,Mike Bonner Pdf

The election of a president is one of the most important events in American politics. While the concept is the same, the process of electing presidents has changed considerably since George Washington became the first president of the United States: polit

Author : Wallace Stanley Sayre,Judith H. Parris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015003508960

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Voting for President by Wallace Stanley Sayre,Judith H. Parris Pdf

Evaluates the effectiveness of the present system for electing the President, and studies the merits and defects of the four interesting alternatives.

Author : Harvey G. Zeidenstein
Publisher : Lexington, Mass : Lexington Books
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015003508994

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Direct Election of the President by Harvey G. Zeidenstein Pdf

Author : Betty See
Publisher : PRUFROCK PRESS INC.
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN : 1593630670

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Electing the President by Betty See Pdf

Electing our leaders is a basic right and responsibility of every citizen of voting age, yet the complexities of electing our president is not a concept that everyone understands. Students will experience the exciting process of electing the President and Vice President of the United States in this hands-on simulation. Grades 4-8

Author : William C. Kimberling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electoral college
ISBN : PURD:32754076105075

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The Electoral College by William C. Kimberling Pdf

Author : Joseph R. Biden, Jr.,Amy Klobuchar,Delegates of The Constitutional Convention
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781510767591

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Democracy Has Prevailed by Joseph R. Biden, Jr.,Amy Klobuchar,Delegates of The Constitutional Convention Pdf

Celebrate democracy and the inauguration of America's 46th President, Joe Biden, by reliving his inaugural speech, along with an introductory speech by Senator Amy Klobuchar, the Inaugural Address of President Barack Obama, and the full text of both the Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence. January 20th, 2021 will be remembered by all Americans as the day of the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States. His inauguration, and the powerful declaration in his speech—"Democracy Has Prevailed!"—marked the start of a new time of hope and potential change at the end of a dark four years marred by political unrest, economic and social turmoil, and the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, readers can remember and relive this incredible day with Democracy Has Prevailed. Presenting the full text of President Biden's inaugural speech, as well as Senator Amy Klobuchar's introductory speech, the Inaugural Address of President Barack Obama, and the full text of both the Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence, this commemorative edition is perfect for Biden voters, history fans, and anyone with an interest in US politics and society.