The forms for thesis judges are on the Edmodo page today, so I will be searching for judges from now on.
Continued editing the term paper today.
Reading one of the papers I put in the "to read" folder.
Notes:
The plans for abolishing or amending the electoral college were found to be destabilizing.
A national primary would increase turn out but would result in the waging of a national campaign and minimal contact with the candidates, completely destroying any chance of a media effect.
The Delaware plan passed the Republican National Committee Rules Committee in early 2000 but failed at the July 2000 Republican Convention in Philadelphia. Its concept is good (it splits the states into pods based on population size, with the smaller states voting first. It allows the states to choose between having a primary or a caucus as well) but it doesn't account for the geographically disparate locations of the states, which are a fund hurdle as well as a campaign problem because the platforms for the states would be different (issue focus is usually regional as opposed to population-size based).
It also extends campaign time, which causes funding hurdles to rise even more.
The rotating presidential primary plan splits the USA into 4 regions, rotating which votes first. However, Iowa and New Hampshire still go before the rest of the states. It addresses some flaws in the Delaware plan by grouping the states by region, allowing candidates to focus on regional issues and get to know more about the states they are campaigning in. Unfortunately, it may extend homesteading (focusing on certain states or areas, such as "swing states" in the present) into a several year cycle, since the candidates will know years in advance which region is voting first.
The regional lottery system eliminates homesteading by randomly choosing which region votes first only a few months before the primaries. Also, Iowa and New Hampshire are not going first. This approach does rely heavily on the media and campaigns would be national, which gives reason to the funding hurdle.
The modified regional lottery system involves an additional lottery to pick two small states to go first (since Iowa and New Hampshire aren't).
More product plans:
I feel some sort of paper will be necessary in order to expand upon the pros and cons of each plan as well as the details on how each plan words. However, the paper might have a pro-con chart at the end so it's easier to retain the information. Perhaps I can incorporate some graphics as well.
In other news, I'm scheduled for a thesis presentation on January 9th, after the break. I think since it'll be a shorter presentation I'll use my favorite reforms for each stage and present those and their benefits.
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