An Electoral College Isn't an Actual College

     In the past couple of months, American Governtment has taught me so many different things that I didn't even know existed. Most recent though, would be that an Electoral College isn't a college in which kids go for 4 or plus years and get a degree, but something totally different. So I guess what they say is true, you learn something new everyday.

     The Electoral College was created as an function of Federalism, which means allowing the Feds and the States to conduct the election. The states handle the voting as they fit to see it. It also has the Feds mandating the electorates. In case someone needed a complete outline of what the Electoral College is, then I would direct them to article 2 of the constitution. Another term that people could connect an Electoral College with is, indirect democracy. - presidential voting funneled through a system - All in all, to some it up clear and fast, it protects the elite (wealthy) from the poor.

     The whole thing came to be due to the fear of factions. Some of the rules or regulations that it comes with is that it prohibits the largest faction (group of people) from being able to unfairly or (in reality) protect the people with money and power. Of course within any new rule, there was some fear from the forefathers such as, fearing masses of poor and the security of private property.

     I think that the Electoral College is fair because without it, we wouldn't be living in the world that we know today. Over the past few blogs that I have written, I have come to the conclusion that without some of the rules and regulations that we have today, the way we live would be totally different. Some people would like to know what the world would be like without some of the rules in our country, but do they think about the consequences that might follow? There would be many different problems without the Electoral College and one of the main problems would be that the President could win with the popular vote and that would cause even more problems. In the end, not having the Electoral College would cause our country many problems, problems in which people would rather not deal with.

May's Gilliam Wins the Epic Presidential Race

      In the movie Head of State, Chris Rock plays just another average man who is seemingly nothing, until he approached by a presidential team who want him (Mays Gilliam) to run for President. At first people laugh at the fact that Mays is even running due to the fact that he has no knowledge of politics and or any facts about what is happening around the world. Mays is "a little rough around the edges" but his political team changes that with the snap of the fingers. He usually wears just a t-shirt and a pair of jeans, but now that he is seen as a presidential candidate, he must dress and act the part. Suits, ties and nice shoes (not sneakers) is what one should be wearing.

      He begins his campaign by following everything that he told by his team. Whether that be, what to say, how to act, what to wear, and or following speeches that his team has come up with for him. He soon realizes that running for President that way is not the way he had wished, He soon tells his team that he will be running the way that he wants to run and if they have a problem with that, then he'll show them the door himself.

      Mays starts dressing the way he feels he should dress and starts to talk the way he feels he can get the message across the country more effectively. Of course his team is outraged and feels as the more it continues, they will loose the race even worse then they had imagined. People need jobs and his team soon realizes that if they want to keep working, then they are just going to have to be right by Mays' side the entire race.

      Mays started off his campaign by following the rules and just simply, playing by the book so that he would be safe and just another average candidate. Towards the middle of his campaign though, he realized that the way of playing is safe wasn't the way that he wanted to run. He changed his look back to the way it was in the beginning and started doing everything his way.He started to belive that he actually had a shot at being the president (in which case he did) but one of his team members admitted that he was only here so that his opponent would have someone to run against. Mays kicked them off the team but soon realized that he needed them to win, Although he didn't completely go back to the way things were at the beginning, he did go back to the suit for the big debate.

      Mays finally realized that one could wear a suit and look nice and at the same time, get his/her message across the country the way that he/she wants. He demolished his opponent in the big debate and it was only a matter of time before he knew if he had one or not, At the end of the movie, Mays won the race (happy ending-predictable) and knew that all the hard work and all the sweat and tears was worth it in the end, because while his opponent was punching everyone on his team, May's was celebrating and getting the kiss in which he had hoped for throughout the whole move,

                  ...And of course became the first African-American President in history...