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How is the electoral college an example of representative democracy?
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∙ 12y ago
U.S. Const., Art II, Sec. 1, Cl. 2:
"Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector."
The 538 electors in the Electoral College form an intermediary between the electorate and the office of the President, for the purposes of election to the office. Traditionally, each elector is bound to vote as the electorate is deemed to have voted through that elector. Examples of faithless electors have occurred in American electoral history. These occur wherein electors have declined to vote the way the electorate under them is supposed to compel them to vote. This has prompted cases before the Supreme Court of the United States and conclusions by academics and others that the Electoral College is an archaic and unnecessary institution. However, the Electoral College could only be done away with by Constitutional amendment.
Other offices in the U.S. are voted into directly by the electorate. Both structures are considered creatures of American representative democracy.
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∙ 6y agoThe U.S. Electoral College system is an example of indirect election. In accordance with Article II of the United States Constitution, electoral votes determine the President and Vice President of the United States. The electors are elected by direct popular vote in each state and each candidate for elector swears in advance whom he will vote for. The electors from each of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia then cast their electoral votes to elect the President and Vice President of the United States.
Examples of direct popular elections are elections of the representatives in the U. S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
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∙ 7y agoPeople are elected to represent the people of their district, city, local, federal or state governments.
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Which countries are democracies without an electoral college?
The United States is the only example of a country in the world which uses an electoral college to indirectly elect the executive, so every other democracy is one without an electoral college.
Is the individual vote for president of the US more recognized than the electoral college's vote?
Simply put, no. The popular vote would be the only thing that mattered in a direct democracy, but we have a representative democracy. A perfect example is Gore v. Bush in 2000. The majority votes were for Gore. But the electoral college, which is supposed to vote for whoever their constituents vote for, decided that they would rather have G.W. Bush, so that is how the cookie crumbled.
An example about a representative democracy?
America
How the national government of the US an example of a representative democracy?
We elect people to represent us, therefore, it is a representative democracy.
The US is an example of?
A developing nation.
Two reasons why the electoral college hasn't been abolished?
There are a number of reasons why the electoral college has not be abolished. The electoral college is quick and easy to understand for example.
Is a dictatorship that pretends to be a democracy is an example of a representative democracy?
No they are still a dictatorship. If the representative aspects of their supposed democracy are fictitious or an invention to facilitate their dictatorial rule they are simply a dictatorship.
What is a example of electoral college?
rule of law
Which is the best example of the influence of Athenian democracy on later governments?
The representative democracy of the United States.
What country is a good example of representative Democracy in the world?
Canada and India
What kind of govornment does the US have?
The United States is an example of a representative democracy.
What is an example of a government run as a representative democracy?
The United States of America.
