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ELECTORAL COLLEGE and its importance in the election process The election of the president of the United States is mediated by the Electoral College. It exists on the basis of the constitution and consists of 538 electors. Each state is free to select electors and their number equals the number of congressmen elected from a state. Under the 23rd Amendment, the District of Columbia received 3 electoral votes. Electoral College gives more importance to states that are less populated, so that candidates must gain wide support and not focus on the largest urban centers. However, there are many critics of this solution. They are concentrated mainly in the democratic party which has already been wronged by this system several times,. This happened in 2016 when Hilary Clinton received over 2% (2.87 million) more votes from Donald Trump and still lost the vote at Electoral College by 304-227 votes. In 2000, Democratic candidate Al Gore received over 0.5 million more votes than his competitor G...

  United States Bill of Rights In this post, I would like to describe the origin, content and significance of the United States' Bill of Rights. The United States Bill of Rights is the name for a package of 10 constitutional amendments adopted by Congress on September 29, 1789 . The original version of the constitution was widely criticized for not having fully guaranteed civil rights. The addition of the Bill of Rights to the constitution was a condition under which some states ratified it. The first amendment to the constitution gave citizens freedom of religion, speech and the right to peaceful assembly. The Second Amendment guaranteed the inviolability of the right to own and bear arms. The third and fourth amendments were intended to protect the private property of citizens against unjustified violations by the military and the police. Amendments 5 to 8 guaranteed Americans extensive rights in the courts, including the right to refuse to testify and the prohibition of imposin...

 Gerrymandering - divide and conquer In this text, I would like to explain the origin and meaning of the term gerrymandering. Gerrymandering means manipulating the borders of electoral districs by politicians to increase the chances of their victory. This curious name is a combination of the  politician name, 5th vice president of the USA, Elbridge Gerry and the word salamander.  In 1812, Elbridge Gerry as Governor of Massachusetts created a constituency of a very unusual shape to increase the chances of winning by the Democratic-Republican party[1]. The district created by him was supposed to resemble a salamander, and therefore journalists coined the term gerrymandering[2].  The term has entered political science and does not seem to be rejected any time soon as politicians continue to use unfair practices to hold power. In 2019, the gerrymandering case went to the Supreme Court, but the majority of 5-4 ruled that it is a political issue and it cannot decide o...

Interesting facts from US political and legal history