Outline: American Election System

Election? 18, directly on the candidates, electoral college, DK/USA ”Winner”

“Winner”? majority, red/blue, Minority, swing states

Swing states? Red/Blue/ swing, focus

Electoral college? Founding fathers, electoral votes, smaller state more influence, Wyoming 3 1-135, California 55 1-411, 3 times.

More democratic? Gerrymandering, picking winner before, redraw 10, House and state of legislature, elected by same as redraws, winner takes all.

Sources:

My project week assignment.

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http://www.trutv.com/shows/adam-ruins-everything/blog/adams-sources/election-special.html

Inspiration to talk show, Adam ruins everything sources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmRD9T-dXD8

Adam ruins everything, clip

http://scottberkun.com/2012/seven-problems-with-american-elections/

An article which describes the problems with the American election system.

http://scottberkun.com/2012/seven-problems-with-american-elections/

An article which describes the problems with the American election system.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/01/14/broken-american-voting-system-ranked-choice-voting/#7b3f03a660e0

An article about the problems with the American election system.

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/05/opinion/frum-election-chaos/

An article about the problems with the American election system.

http://www.electproject.org/

Data about the votes

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/data/turnout.php

Data about the votes

Own sources

Names

Description

Jacob Bechtold

An American Citizen from North

Sten Rynning

Professor in international politics

Rasmus Søndergaard

He has written several books about American politics writes for Kongressen.dk