Submission Type
Poster
Start Date
4-22-2020
Abstract
The electoral system in America is inherently undemocratic due to campaign finance corruption and the electoral college. Due to super PACs and large corporations donating unlimited money to fund campaigns, the values and opinions of citizens aren’t being heard. I propose four changes to the electoral system that would give substantial power to every American citizen, as well as theorize the impact of such drastic change. I attempt to summarize what reforms are and how they highlight the corruption in certain aspects of the American electorate system.
Recommended Citation
Meccariello, Vincent, "395— Problems of Representation: How Reforms can Change Democracy" (2020). GREAT Day Posters. 16.
https://knightscholar.geneseo.edu/great-day-symposium/great-day-2020/posters-2020/16
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395— Problems of Representation: How Reforms can Change Democracy
The electoral system in America is inherently undemocratic due to campaign finance corruption and the electoral college. Due to super PACs and large corporations donating unlimited money to fund campaigns, the values and opinions of citizens aren’t being heard. I propose four changes to the electoral system that would give substantial power to every American citizen, as well as theorize the impact of such drastic change. I attempt to summarize what reforms are and how they highlight the corruption in certain aspects of the American electorate system.
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Sponsored by Jeffrey Koch
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