The Electoral College, the institution that elects the President and

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The Electoral College, the institution that elects the President and the Vice President of the United States every four years, is often regarded among Americans as an anachronistic method of electing a President. The advocates of this position argue that the Electoral College method is not democratic in a modern sense and should be superseded by a simpler, popular institution prevalent in many democracies. The Constitution provides that “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress.” It is the electors who elect the President, not the people. When you vote for a presidential candidate, you’re actually voting for a slate of electors.

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage above?

(A) It is possible that the Electoral College would be replaced by a different institution.
(B) The Electoral College is non-democratic.
(C) The Electoral College will be soon replaced by a more popular, accepted form of democracy.
(D) Through Electoral College, one can directly vote for a presidential candidate.
(E) The people’s choice for presidential candidate generally differs from the electors’ choice.

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MAJJOY · Answer

Please explain why the answer is A and not D?

VandiniTated · Answer

Why is solution A better instead of option E?

idiot01 · Answer

I'm unsure why the answer is A. However, Option D gives us a statement that directly contradicts the stimulus above.

Lhamo · Answer

My 2 cents from what I understood:

Which can be an inference/ can be deduced from the argument- The answer is A.

(A) It is possible that the Electoral College would be replaced by a different institution - best answer choice as it can be inferred because firstly it says "it is possible" meaning there is a chance of EC being replaced and also the argument is favoring this position as a maybe.

(B) The Electoral College is non-democratic - cannot be inferred as it is mentioned that some people find it undemocratic in a modern sense so nowhere the indication of EC being non democratic is there.
 
(C) The Electoral College will be soon replaced by a more popular, accepted form of democracy - cannot be inferred as only some people find the concept of Electoral College old and there is no surety that it will get replaced as per the argument.

(D) Through Electoral College, one can directly vote for a presidential candidate - cannot be inferred as it is clearly mentioned in the argument that through this method one elects the electors who then chose the president. So wrong choice.

(E) The people’s choice for presidential candidate generally differs from the electors’ choice - cannot be inferred as there is no indication of this possibility in the argument + no surety of this happening + presidential candidate can be the same too for both people and electors so 'generally' is a wrong choice of word here (50-50 chance).

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aadarshkaushik · Answer

How come it not option E as it is mentioned in the passage that "often regarded among Americans as an anachronistic method of electing a President" that means it generally differs from people's choice.

ReedArnoldMPREP · Answer

What do you mean by "it" generally differs from people's choice? What is the 'it' in your thinking, here?

It's true the passage says that the ELECTORAL COLLEGE is considered 'anachronistic' (meaning, 'out of time,' or 'outdated'). And we know from the passage that at least some people want to replace the electoral college, so we can say that the ELECTORAL COLLEGE differs from some people's choice of HOW to elect a president.

But Answer "E" says that the candidate the Electors choose generally differs from the candidates people choose. We actually don't have any reason to say that.

Bunuel · Answer

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Ilanchezhiyan · Answer

IMO No where is it hinted that the electoral college is likely to be replaced; I could not understand why A; Could you help?  KarishmaB

KarishmaB · Answer

The only appropriate option here is (A). We are given that the electoral college is an anachronistic method. 
Option (A) says " It is possible that Electoral college would be replaced..."
Well, it is certainly possible. Whether it actually happens or not, we can't say.

For example, if someone says: It is possible that it will rain tomorrow - This is true. It is possible. Until and unless you have data that shows that it cannot rain in this region tomorrow, it is possible.

VasundharaS · Answer

Why not E?

What if the electoral college is already representative of what's already there in the constitution?

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