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60c588a3b4b8 | 5AD3EAC6A195 | With the advent of new technologies, learning from the comfort of one's own home has become more popular. However, it cannot offer as much as a traditional school in terms of education, relationships, and mental health. More importantly, distance learning would rob students (and teachers) of the sheer joy of a snow day... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
2d90b28c7699 | 5AE4D1E1C5F6 | I believe that the election for our president of the United States should be chosen by popular vote and not by some random people we don't know | Position | Adequate |
24d7f6abf978 | 5AE4D1E1C5F6 | If I wanted to have someone to be in charge of what goes on where I live I would want to have a say on who should be in charge. I think that if a popular vote wasn't the determining factor in whom won the election; then that person didn't really win the election. | Evidence | Adequate |
04f60a981375 | 5AE4D1E1C5F6 | in the election of 2012 Barack Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Mitt Romney | Evidence | Ineffective |
18aaa5983726 | 5AE4D1E1C5F6 | the amount of electoral votes should not determine which of the nominees will win the election i should be whomever receives the majority of popular votes | Claim | Adequate |
15057c60d420 | 5AE4D1E1C5F6 | in the election of 2000 Al Gore received more individual votes than George W. Bush nationwide, but Bush won the election, he received 271 electoral vote compared to Gore's 266 electoral votes. | Evidence | Adequate |
a73d40313286 | 5AE4D1E1C5F6 | There are many people who travel to vote for our president and it would not be fair to them if their votes didn't really matter because someone else made the final decision | Claim | Adequate |
ed32502d50aa | 5AE4D1E1C5F6 | If our president isn't chosen by the citizens of the united states then the person that was chosen by unfair terms and bias choices isn't really the president of the united states; but is truly the president of the men and/or women in the electoral college who chose he or she. | Evidence | Ineffective |
e8d3f7612515 | 5AE4D1E1C5F6 | The president should be chosen fairly by a just and unbiased vote cast by the people of the united states. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
3319f097d08f | 5AEDBC21EF30 | I believe that choosing the president of the United States should be choosen by popular vote and not by the Electoral Collage | Position | Adequate |
7988ee1726c4 | 5AEDBC21EF30 | I believe this way because I think that the people should have the right to choose who represent their country, not the House of Representatives/Senate. | Claim | Effective |
a0e6c6447f7e | 5AEDBC21EF30 | The Electoral College in most cases is unfair to most voters because of the whole "winner-take-all policy". | Claim | Effective |
f233c955bfc4 | 5AEDBC21EF30 | Some states have less electoral votes given to them and that may seem unfair to some. | Claim | Effective |
02e89dc4097d | 5AEDBC21EF30 | The Electoral College method is basically electors that elect the president and not the people which I think is completely useless. | Claim | Adequate |
e31501037fd9 | 5AEDBC21EF30 | I believe that the best argument should be between the people and not members of the Electoral College. | Claim | Adequate |
83c80b32c077 | 5AEDBC21EF30 | The most worrying part of using the Electoral College to vote for the president and vice president insteded of using the peoples votes is that the elections are just being thrown to the House of Representatives, where the state delegates choose the president and the Senate will choose the vice president | Evidence | Adequate |
63c85916a34a | 5AEDBC21EF30 | Candidates dont't spend time in states they know will have no chance of winning. they only focus on the tight races in "swing states" that are most likely to pay closes attention to the campaign. | Claim | Effective |
3769239321be | 5AEDBC21EF30 | The Electoral College puts most of the weight on the large states because of their large populations.
| Evidence | Adequate |
9ef78018e198 | 5AEDBC21EF30 | Getting rid of the Electoral College is a better decison for the people so they get a say in how they want their county to be and not how the goverment wants the country to be. | Claim | Adequate |
86c2c82955f9 | 5AEDBC21EF30 | If we use the peoples vote we would get more accurate votes and it would be fair for everyone. The Electorlal College is pretty much what the government wants rather than what the people want which is why many citizens have problems with our current president, so if the people could just get a say in who they think sho... | Evidence | Adequate |
65a75daf54dd | 5AEDBC21EF30 | Some of the smaller states don't get to see any campaign ads like the larger states do so they are basically putting the fate of the presidency in the hands of a few swing voters. | Evidence | Ineffective |
e3485103319d | 5AEDBC21EF30 | The Electoral College is hurting our county because we are not getting the accurate votes we think we're getting. Citizens are not going to want to vote anymore because of how unfair these campaigns are. Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think ... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
8753dbf33ead | 5B1604AE437E | I am in favor of changing the process in which America votes for its president; | Position | Adequate |
b5e88e6e2d59 | 5B1604AE437E | currently the when you cast your vote you are acctually voting for your candidate's electors whos votes do not become valid until [they] the electors are voted for by the [you] the people. A few problems with this process is expressed in an artical titled "
The Indefensible Electoral Colledge" | Evidence | Adequate |
186fdab0bd9e | 5B1604AE437E | . With useing this process citizens sometimes do not have control over who their electors vote for, also voters may get confused and vote for the wrong candidate. | Claim | Adequate |
a27aa9648938 | 5B1604AE437E | I can understand why other people may think my claim is wrong, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and should also be entitled to their own vote aswell which is why instead of voteing for someone who will vote for our president [
we
] the people should directly vote for our candidates. In the same article"... | Evidence | Ineffective |
5ff74a68f668 | 5B1604AE437E | It states "Back in 1960, segergationists in the louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replaceing the democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy". | Evidence | Adequate |
7cc389f948a8 | 5B1604AE437E | They did this as an attemp to take the popular vote from kennedy. This just shows how much freedom the electors have with your vote. | Claim | Adequate |
67b4ee132e86 | 5B225CED16B5 | In recent weeks, news of new, life threatening viruses (such as the Corona virus) has gone up at a rapid rate, causing a large amount of disarray and discomfort within the educational system; between the staff members, the students, and the parents, it seems inevitable that schools will close to keep the students and t... | Lead | Effective |
f999c54de4b9 | 5B225CED16B5 | when distance learning is applied to hard working students, it allows for significantly better results more consecutively, making it way more effective than the current system set in place. The reason for its better performance is because of two aspects: | Position | Effective |
5ff51c492c08 | 5B225CED16B5 | number one, it allows for students to learn and practice taking initiative, | Claim | Effective |
96ddca623333 | 5B225CED16B5 | number two, its allows for students to learn to identify what their individual work process is, learn to adapt to it, and apply it to the real world. | Claim | Effective |
2ff25dbe5d37 | 5B225CED16B5 | The controversial part about distance learning is one of its fundamental aspects; the distance. The system of learning that was in actions for decades was based on a word to mouth learning process, where you had to be instructed in multiple different classrooms, on multiple different subjects, by multiple different ins... | Evidence | Effective |
04e9dfa7c65e | 5B225CED16B5 | With distance learning, students can be in the comfort of their own homes and decide for themselves when they feel best to engage in a new topic. | Claim | Effective |
d26f6c1925e8 | 5B225CED16B5 | Regardless of what educational system is in place, whether traditional learning or distance learning, there will be the students that wont study, will copy their friend's homework, and will cheat on test, its unavoidable; | Counterclaim | Effective |
8be8e481beaf | 5B225CED16B5 | this is still true for distance learning, and with common sense, the side effects of it can be determined quite easily. | Rebuttal | Effective |
aeedd4defed4 | 5B225CED16B5 | When given the option to to stay at home to complete school, in opposition to going to school to complete school, nine out of ten students would agree in an instant to stay home. When further asking them their reasoning, the responses your most likely to receive consists of this : "Im going to go out and chill with my ... | Evidence | Effective |
6b76ebf4fa53 | 5B225CED16B5 | Work is of key importance to success; with out working, you can't attain a great majority of success. Evidently though, work comes in many different forms and styles, usually deriving from how that person had grown up and been raised; so, a work process that may come as natural to one person, may be foreign to another.... | Evidence | Effective |
59cb3c33e1dc | 5B225CED16B5 | Learning what a person's work process consists of is fundamental to attaining consecutively good results; distance learning allows for students to be able to distinctly figure out what schedules and work patterns works for them. | Claim | Effective |
ebb07083127e | 5B225CED16B5 | While still in the traditional educational system, the process of work during that educational period is at the will of the instructor, if the instructor isnt going at a speed you can comfortably retain knowledge, then a lot of information that is being taught will not be remembered; when this process is repeated, it c... | Evidence | Effective |
75814b0f9cca | 5B225CED16B5 | In conclusion, if distance learning were to be put into action nationwide, the outcome would be very beneficial. Students that take initiative for themselves will become more prosperous and successful then the ones that don't; even then, the students that don't take the initiative are given the opportunity to learn how... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
f57c8a43b0df | 5B23F7961CC0 | Everyone has a role in the community: such as citizens , mayors , senators , or even presidents. These high roles are selected by the citizens within the community. Some people have a technique of who they vote for but everyone follow the same system, the Electoral College. "The founding fathers established it in the C... | Lead | Adequate |
3c4ad2f766c8 | 5B23F7961CC0 | The Electoral College is a system use for citizens to pick who they would like to make and force the laws. "The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congess."- Source ... | Evidence | Ineffective |
8821aa23efa5 | 5B23F7961CC0 | The Electoral College has many flaws that can happen | Counterclaim | Adequate |
d8cb0623712d | 5B23F7961CC0 | but is unlikely to happen. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
4f18c45bfa9f | 5B23F7961CC0 | The citizens really don't vote for the president, they put they trust in an electors hand to choose the right President. "But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee (and that trust is rarely betrayed). . ."-Source 3. Its unlikely for the trust to be betrayed but it has happened d... | Evidence | Adequate |
8f3a85c4da69 | 5B23F7961CC0 | "At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters." | Evidence | Adequate |
8abe9e7b29df | 5B23F7961CC0 | While others may want to get rid of the Electoral College due to the unfairness it brings | Counterclaim | Adequate |
77da87d10ff2 | 5B23F7961CC0 | others may feel different and would like to keep it going due to it given the citizens a choice. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
0a75a0ad8e0a | 5B23F7961CC0 | You help choose your state's electors when you vote for President because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidates's electors." | Evidence | Ineffective |
4628ae092cf3 | 5B23F7961CC0 | "Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political prefereance rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election. . . ." | Evidence | Ineffective |
d382b4f9906e | 5B23F7961CC0 | The electoral college should continue to help citizens vote for campaign runners role in the community because it provides the citizens a choice and also a voice. | Position | Adequate |
ee01d264f8f7 | 5B23F7961CC0 | A vote may not change a election but every vote will count and make a difference. | Evidence | Adequate |
fa9122c6c3c5 | 5B2EAD37D5A8 | Hi, I am My'Ajah i am a scientists at NASA i am here to talk to you about the false claim about a face being on mars. At first i myself thought there was a face on mars me and my team thought it was very cool. And the attention we (NASA) got was tremendous, but we still had to look into it because if the world found ou... | Lead | Adequate |
3c1c93b90de1 | 5B2EAD37D5A8 | So, me Henry and many other NASA scientists look into it and we figure out this is not a face | Position | Adequate |
bab87e3c2501 | 5B2EAD37D5A8 | but if this is not a face what is it? That's what your thiniking right. We had to find out | Claim | Ineffective |
7563d64c1a48 | 5B2EAD37D5A8 | "so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global surveyour flew over Cydonia for the first time,Michael Malin and his (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper then the orginal". Once we recived the photo from Michael and his team we dug in to see what this really was. | Evidence | Adequate |
c15ef5cffbbb | 5B2EAD37D5A8 | After months of research we finally found what it truly is a mesa | Claim | Adequate |
28ad6d85cff5 | 5B2EAD37D5A8 | for those who do not know what a mesa is a mesa is kind of like a landform made by dirt been blown by the wind. | Evidence | Ineffective |
a127d1e9b9ac | 5B2EAD37D5A8 | Well "on a cloudless summer day in Cydonia----Mar Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look."we had to roll the space craft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view" Said Garvin. "Malin's team captured and extraordinary photo using the cameras absoulute maximum resolution." Each pixel in the 2001 im... | Evidence | Ineffective |
beea85e8c9f4 | 5B2EAD37D5A8 | Many companies and people still belive that it is a face but, finally we have the truth! | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
2a5768f138cf | 5B38B644790E | Even though you may believe that keeping the electoral college is a great idea and a benefit to all, its not. | Position | Adequate |
2a810b1fbfcf | 5B38B644790E | Americans votes no longer count when having the electoral college and do not vare for our opinion on whom we believe should become our president, they decide in what they think is bvest for us. "The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irtrational". | Evidence | Adequate |
5bf399cebc06 | 5B38B644790E | Most americns believe that the elcetoral college is unfair and voting has become a waste of their time | Claim | Adequate |
7cc68b6d23d5 | 5B38B644790E | and that there is no neeed to vote if their votes no longer count. | Claim | Adequate |
54f94ab00358 | 5B38B644790E | Our votes do not count and we are no longer in control. | Claim | Adequate |
5c32160fc171 | 5B38B644790E | "Most states have a winner take all system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate." (The Office Of The Florida Register, paragraph 7) Therefore no matter who wants what iif that is what the electoral college decides thats what goes, And many americans are getting tired of doing pointless voiting... | Evidence | Adequate |
fb31a783ee67 | 5B38B644790E | Yes, The electoral college might be voting for what they think is best for us | Counterclaim | Adequate |
c46a2f52ef72 | 5B38B644790E | but whats best for us might not be want we want, it might not be what we think is best for us why does are vote no longer count? | Rebuttal | Adequate |
a19450bc7651 | 5B38B644790E | "But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the partys nominee - and that trust is rarely betrayed ... [; however,] is is entirely possible that the winner of the elctoral vote will not win the national popular vote" ( Posner, paragraph 16) | Evidence | Adequate |
a52b2205ad4f | 5B38B644790E |
Our votes are just a back up plan and we are not important. | Claim | Adequate |
5c9e5edcd316 | 5B38B644790E | "The electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast." (Posner, paragraph 22) | Counterclaim | Adequate |
d87478b827de | 5B38B644790E | If the eclectoral college leads to a tie our votes become the tie braker but that method has never been use so why are we even voting? | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
75df0647a028 | 5B38B644790E | It is the electors whyo elect the president, not the people." (Posner, paragraph 15) Because the electoral college is voting for which "package" they think is best they believe that our opinions are unimportant and they know what is best beyond what we believe. "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for t... | Evidence | Adequate |
08f4e6a896ee | 5B38B644790E | All in all the electoral college should not be kept. Most americans now believe that we are not important and voting is just a waste of time which is currently true and fighting againt the truth is not going anywhere. Loose electoral college or loose active americans. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
b941c7396c42 | 5B43D8B934CC | Started with the founding fathers. The Electoral College was founded and swung into the constitution, as a compromise between Congress and the President with a popular and electoral vote. Now that time has evolved and the world has changed. The Electoral College is not in the favor of everyones expectations, it seems l... | Lead | Effective |
a3b3924e063c | 5B43D8B934CC | The Electoral College should be changed to election by popular vote, | Position | Adequate |
8028b054ce26 | 5B43D8B934CC | it is an unfair way of choosing the president | Claim | Adequate |
1d38b6462c32 | 5B43D8B934CC | it is also known as a non-democratic method of having one side favored | Claim | Adequate |
0a596d134450 | 5B43D8B934CC | it can cause catastrophe. | Claim | Adequate |
5096eb445c75 | 5B43D8B934CC | Intially, the Electoral College should be changed to election by popular vote, because it is an unfair way of choosing presidents | Claim | Effective |
f0df0624f1d5 | 5B43D8B934CC | Electoral College has been around for centuries, but now people feel as if the way presidents are being chose to run our country is unfair. The Electoral College is an unfair way of choosing presidents, by it being known as a winner-take-all system. Stated in the passage, "Candidates don't spend time in the states they... | Evidence | Effective |
2dfca7d5e487 | 5B43D8B934CC | Also, the Electoral College can be known as a non-democratic method | Claim | Adequate |
63c5cac0b37d | 5B43D8B934CC | When something is non-democratic, it means that it is not in the democrats favor. It is a rap for them, its already set for the Republicans to win. Stated in the passage, "In a modern sense . . . it is the electors who elect the president, not the people. When you vote for presidential candidate you're actually voting ... | Evidence | Ineffective |
ea61dd9175c8 | 5B43D8B934CC | Next, the Electoral College should be changed, because it causes catastrophe | Claim | Adequate |
2684ff6781d2 | 5B43D8B934CC | When voting for president, it puts the electors in charge. "Electors can be anyone not holding public office." One may never know how much the elector is trustworthy, and responsible. Some may not even feel comfortable with leaving the electors in charge of such cases. People feel uneasy, because they do not know what ... | Evidence | Adequate |
133ad8a679de | 5B43D8B934CC | But, as much as the Electoral College may not seem beneficial and fair to some it can be a good thing also | Counterclaim | Adequate |
e9e28c70f235 | 5B43D8B934CC | Stated in the passage "Election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where delegations vote on the president." Us people, us as citizens would not even be in charge or have a say so in who runs our country. We would not even have a choice or chance to vote and see who is worthy and most honorable in our eye... | Evidence | Ineffective |
a04ba05f473f | 5B43D8B934CC | Finally, the Electoral College should be changed to election by popular vote, because it is an unfair way of choosing the president, it is also known as a non-democratic method of having one side favored, and it can cause catastrophe. The Electoral College shows a wide range of it either being a good or a bad way on vo... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
ad7ae6abb9e5 | 5B4D05042A6B | Dear State senator , You should keep the electoral college | Position | Adequate |
f5a364674ee5 | 5B4D05042A6B | beacuse For one theres alot of electors like around 538. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. Then after the presidental election , your governor prepares a 'Certificate of Ascertainment ' listing all of the candidates who ran for president in your state along with the names of their re... | Claim | Ineffective |
c4cf9e606678 | 5B4D05042A6B |
To begin with under the 23rd amendment of the constitution ,"The District of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the electoral college" and for that saying , in the following discussion , the word state also refers to the district of columbia. Also Each and every candidate that ... | Evidence | Ineffective |
70be2d5f0df2 | 5B4D05042A6B | To end with , Thats why you should keep the electoral college because , You should keep the electoral college , beacuse For one theres alot of electors like around 538. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. Then after the presidental election , your governor prepares a 'Certificate of A... | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
e8f83a623ef0 | 5B55BC4B128C | I disagree with the Electoral College and believe we, the voters, should be souly responsible for determining our President. | Position | Adequate |
64758d1afb38 | 5B55BC4B128C | The Electoral College is not fair to the citizens of our state | Claim | Adequate |
e76b4cf7b9af | 5B55BC4B128C | When we vote for something, we want our vote to determine our President, not determine who our electors will vote for. | Evidence | Adequate |
d99020c66f1d | 5B55BC4B128C |
When a member of their party votes, they may not always vote for that particular party's candidate | Claim | Adequate |
38ced1515476 | 5B55BC4B128C | For instance, if the Democratic elect for 2016 had an aspect he planned to bring to Washington D.C., that a member of the Democratic party didn't agree with, they should be able to vote for whoever they please. Same goes for the electors, who may swing to the opposite party that particular year.
| Evidence | Adequate |
ab677c4fa9b2 | 5B55BC4B128C | In the case of a tie, I do however agree that it should then be up to state senators to take into consideration both candidates and go over their key aspects | Counterclaim | Adequate |
e26470e51fe4 | 5B55BC4B128C | Then they can choice what will be most beneficial to our country and what will in the long run help our great state and country as well. | Evidence | Adequate |
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