Poli Sci 1 Students: Help with the paper!

paniikd
Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:29:17 +0000

I agree that both sides should be addressed however the OP should choose a side that they mostly want to argue with and then before the conclusion they should go into a paragraph or two (well depending on the length of the paper) explaining the main points of the other side. Of course, unless the teacher specifically said to argue both points equally…

Also, I agree that congress represents smaller groups and sometimes special interests, however since they are elected through direct vote and since individual congressmen represent the attitudes of their smaller regional areas and can bring focus to those local issues that a president can’t, then the people of that area are much better represented through their congressmen. Also, since congressmen are directly elected they are more motivated to follow the will of the people of their region in how they vote since they have to rely on every single vote in order to keep their job (which comes into question more often then the president due to shorter term limits). The president has to worry about re-election as well but they generally only care about those on their party lines and those that are moderates, they only represent one party and rarely reach out the the entire spectrum of voters. Besides, just by the way congressmen are elected compared to the president shows that they are more represented. However in regards to your historical argument, I understand that history has displayed our electoral college to be somewhat functional, however that is only because we are lucky enough to not have had an overly corrupt government and/or government officials in the electoral college thus far. We have generally been lucky enough to have electors that have voted on the side of their voters, however their is no law that requires them to do so. So even though we have, luckily, mostly elected a president reflective of the popular vote, as stated before: there is not law that requires electors to vote in the direction of the majority, therefore it is less representative in regards to the process. Also, if each individual vote doesn’t count towards electing your official then its not a representative election in my opinion. Also, congress represents multiple different groupings of people across all party lines while the presidents is only from one party and thus only represents that one party at the time he/she is in office. You can’t tell me that a republican president while in office represents all Americans? Or vice versa with a democrat? If so their wouldn’t have been a campaign or an election!

Good luck on your paper! ( :