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In this essay on the electoral system of the United States of America, there will be a discussion how the electoral system works and there will also be a focus on the Pros and Cons of this system.

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In this essay on the electoral system of the United States of America, there will be a discussion how the electoral system works and there will also be a focus on the Pros and Cons of this system. This essay will also contain a brief discussion on the Origin of this system and why it was implemented in the American society. The Origin of the Electoral College system. Since the start of the United States of America, the constitutional convention considered many options for electing a president worthy of being the Chief of a powerful nation. The constitutional convention had thought about a direct vote of the general public - this meant that the president is chosen on the grounds of a majority votes - to decide who the president should be but that notion was rejected because the Framers of the Constitution was afraid that the general public would not...

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