The Electoral College

The electoral college was created for many reasons.  The main reason being the huge fear of factions.  By creating the electoral college it would not allow big groups or factions to rule unfairly.  The forefathers did not want large masses of poor to have all the power and wanted to protect those with money and power.  It also allows the federalists and states to run their own elections.  This is another effort to protect the elite, rich people from the poor.  Another reason the electoral college was created was because the forefathers wanted a distinct population when selecting a President for the United States.  I think that the electoral college is fair because it allows each individual state to choose their vote based on the overall vote not just if the rich wants someone to be president or who the poor wants.  It also gives a candidate to have a major chance at winning an election.  For example, in 2000 Al Gore and George Bush were running against each other for presidency.  Even though Al Gore won more Americans vote George W. Bush won the election because he won the electoral vote.  In the end, the electoral college was made to help with the presidential election and continues to play a huge role in today's elections.

Head of State

In the movie Head of State, Chris Rock plays an average guy, Mays Gillian, blending in who then turns into a top candidate running for president.  He is chosen as a candidate because he is all about the people.  The movie starts off with him saving a cat and rescuing a woman from a house that is about to be blown up.  This act caught the eyes of a party who just lost their candidate to a plane crash.  At first Gillian thinks that these people are crazy asking him to run for president but he still agrees to run with them.  His opponent Lewis thinks that their idea is crazy because Gillian has no previous political experience and was sure that he could win the presidential election by a landslide.  

Mays Gillian evolves greatly throughout his candidacy.  Mays’ political team at first just told him all he had  to do was read the speeches they wrote and do what they say.  He began to listen and follow their lead but then realized that he needed to be himself and focus on what the people actually want and not just attire what they want. Throughout his campaign he listened to the people and was all for the people while his opponents just told them what they wanted to hear. In the end Gillian win the presidential election because the people thought he would actually help them instead of just saying what they wanted to hear.