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Opposition of the Electoral College

With technology making advances in media and making its way into our government to convey messages in our world. Working its way into our voting system to due away with the seemingly outdated Electoral College. The Electoral College has provided to be rather confusing and also unfair to those who do not seem to fully grasp the concept. For an earlier time the Electoral College was a great way to reduce time on counting votes for each individual state. The way the Electoral College seems unfair. The most recent election Texas gave 36 Electoral college votes for Trump while California gave 55 for Clinton. The size and population of a state can determine the number of votes, but the Electoral College is not a very good representation of the general public opinion. Hillary Clinton won the Popular Vote but with the electoral college being given to Trump he won the presidency. The System is flawed for the new times. George Bush won the Electoral College but caused an uproar when Al Gore had

Minds Thinking Alike

After reading the  Politically Correct-ish  blog from my fellow colleges I saw that we share the same views on the Trump Administration and his views on energy and Global Warming. I fully agreed with the fact that Trump and his administration are acting upon "say so" instead of the hard facts that are present. Scientist have been saying since the 80's that the environment is starting to go. To have a president that does not see this a top priority seems a bit scary in my opinion. It also shows where is head is at. He seems to keep shying away from the science and actual government of it all. I would credit this because he is not an actual politician.