Ashford 4: - Week 3 - Discussion 1
Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and
you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your
grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the
depth of your responses. Reference the
Discussion Forum Grading Rubricfor guidance on
how your discussion will be evaluated.
| The Electoral College |
Discussion Title
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Prepare:Prior to beginning work on this discussion
question, read Chapters 5 and 6 in
American Government. In addition, read the following
articles: “
What Are the Arguments Made in Favor – and Against
– the Electoral College?,” “
GOP Leaders United in Defense of the
Electoral College,” and the ProQuest article “Why the Electoral
College is Bad for America.” Also, please watch this week’s videos,
Episode I - A More Perfect Union
and
Episode II - It’s a Free Country
regarding the U.S. Constitution.
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Reflect:As the textbook author asserts, the
Framers intentionally designed a process for selecting presidents
that would minimize the president’s political power – the Electoral
College. They hoped this institution would insulate the chief
executive from the public because they feared the power of
presidents who might be elected by the people. However, the
Electoral College has also spawned a long ongoing debate about
whether the Electoral College should be abandoned in favor of new
methods, which would ensure that the candidate elected has the most
popular votes. The controversy over the Electoral College must be
understood in order to better understand how and why U.S.
presidents are elected.
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Write:In your initial post, summarize how the
Electoral College works. Explain some of the main pros and cons in
the debate about whether to keep or abolish the current Electoral
College process. In addition, evaluate one proposal to change how
the system works
without formally abolishing it. Would this
proposal effectively address some of the cons that you identified
earlier in your post? Please explain your response.
Fully respond to all parts of the question and write your response in your own words. Your initial post must be 200 to 250 words. Support your position with APA citations from two or more of the assigned resources required for this discussion. Please be sure that you demonstrate understanding of these resources, integrate them into your argument, and cite them properly. |
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| Respond to Peers:By Day 7, respond to at least two of your classmates' initial posts. Your peer responses should be 75to 100 words each. As your reply to your classmates, attempt to take the conversation further by examining their claims or arguments in more depth or responding to the posts that they make to you. Keep the discussion on target and try to analyze things in as much detail as you can. For instance, you might consider comparing your classmates’ proposals for changing the Electoral College against your own proposal. |
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