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[Sagot para sa’yo] Paano nagsimula at nagwakas ang cold war?
[Sagot para sa’yo] who was the commissioner of thr philipine musical play ang dakilang anak pawis
[Sagot para sa’yo] may maayos bang relasyon ang mga pulitika
[Sagot para sa’yo] Sino Ang ikalabindalawang pangulo ng republika ng pilipinas na nag layon maging Isang industriyalisadong bansa Ang pilipinas sa buong asya sa taong 2000.
[Sagot para sa’yo] who is the first president
[Sagot para sa’yo] The Rizal Law, enacted in 1956, seeks to (1) rededicate the lives of youth to the ideals of freedom and nationalism, for which our heroes lived and died. In what way this has been cultivated in you?
[Sagot para sa’yo] I don’t believe the electoral college represents the American people, in many ways. Many argue that the electoral college makes things more fair and gives smaller states equal representation to that of larger states, but the truth is, the electoral college wasn’t even made to create equal representation, and it still doesn’t do that today. For a state with a smaller population, their votes count as more because there are less votes - there are less people to represent. People would argue that this makes things “fair”, but giving a state - even if it does have a smaller population - more influence than a large state, still isn’t equal. One state still has more influence and power than another. Not only that, but the “winner takes all” strategy doesn’t correctly represent American’s decision, either. Even if one party wins a state by a single percentage (51%), that party stills gets 100% of those state’s votes. 49% of that state, while not the majority, is still a very large part of that state with zero representation. Yet another reason, is that while it may seem unfair that a state has more influence because of larger population, a state with more people residing in it also has more types of people residing in it, while states with a smaller population, and therefore less people to represent, may have less diversity but more influence. The Electoral College, explained states: “If we look at the states with a lot of electoral votes, for not a lot of people, and the states with little electoral votes for a lot of people, these states (the states with more electoral votes) are a lot whiter and less diverse than the rest of America.” The simplicity of it is that a greater population consists of a greater diversity. I also think the electoral college should be abolished. History shows that the main people benefiting from this system are republicans. For example, Donald Trump v. Hilliary Clinton (2016) and George Bush v. Al Gore (2000). Two examples of republican presidents who did not win the votes casted by their people, but did win the electoral college over. History also shows that despite majority of Americans wanting the electoral college gone, despite getting close to their goal in the process, republicans (who benefit from the system) defend the electoral college, and the abolishment ends up getting blocked. Despite both political parties being in agreement when trying to abolish the electoral college in 1969, it was, for the second time, blocked by white southerners. The history of the electoral college also isn’t doing it any favors. In a country proud of freedom and diversity, we continue to use a system built off racism and slavery, traced back all the way to the three-fifths compromise, where states with less population but lots of enslaved people wanted those enslaved people to count, despite not even being able to vote or express their opinion, they simply wanted more representation. A common pro-electoral college argument is that if smaller state’s votes didn’t matter as much as they did, then those smaller state’s issues might be given less attention or importance. But the fact is, despite these smaller state’s given more influence, they still aren’t a presidential candidate’s main priority - the swing states are. Swing states can be any state, big or small, so states with less population are never guaranteed to be given much attention. For example, The Electoral College, explained says: “But they (Hilliary Clinton and Donald Trump) both visited Florida 35 or more times.” Florida is a state with a large population and relatively little influence in the electoral college because of that, yet it was still both candidates priority because it was a swing state. Regardless of influence or representation in the electoral college, small state’s issues won’t gain attention anyways if a candidate knows regardless of whether or not they campaign there, that state is already theirs for the taking.
[Sagot para sa’yo] What was one provision of the Dawes Act of 1887? to stop American Indians from buying land to stop American Indians from resisting assimilation to divide and distribute land to American Indians to divide and distribute land to white settlers
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[Sagot para sa’yo] what is one thing benjamin franklin is NOT famous for
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