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Q For the initial post, respond to one of the following options, and label the beginning of your post indicating either Option 1 or Option 2: ?Option 1: List the ways in which contemporary presidential campaigns have used social media as a campaign tool. Do you consider social media as a successful tool? Explain your answer. Do you see social media as an unsuccessful tool? Explain your answer and provide examples. ?Option 2: There are numerous discussions involving the Electoral College. There are some people that want to abolish the electoral college while others want to keep it. What do you think? Keep the electoral college or abolish it? Explain the reasons for your choice. Be sure to make connections between your ideas and conclusions and the research, concepts, terms, and theory we are discussing this week.

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According to my fully abolishing the electoral system, replacing it with the direct popular election, or mending perceived defects in the existing process is the better option. The direct election would replace the electoral college with a single nationwide count of popular votes. That means the candidates who will get the majority of votes will win the election. The voters of America indirectly elect the President and the Vice president, through a process known as the electoral college system. The electoral college system consists of a complex blend of constitutional provisions, state and federal laws, and political party rules and practices. Although the electoral system has del