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The United States: institutions, politics, economy and society · niveau 3 (difficile)

Énoncé

Résumer en anglais, en 150 mots environ, les deux textes suivants (écrits pour ce livre), en dégageant la question commune, la thèse de chacun et leur point de désaccord. Document A : « The Electoral College is a relic. It allows a candidate to win the White House with fewer votes than his opponent, it lets a handful of swing states decide for the whole country, and it tells millions of Americans in safe states that their vote does not matter. A democracy should count every vote equally. » Document B : « Critics of the Electoral College forget that the United States is a federation, not a single nation that happens to have states. The system forces candidates to build coalitions across regions instead of piling up votes in a few big cities. Abolishing it would require a constitutional amendment that small states would never ratify, and for good reason. »

Corrigé

Proposition (environ 150 mots) : Both documents address the same question: should the United States keep the Electoral College? Document A calls for its abolition in the name of political equality. It points out that the system can hand the presidency to the loser of the national vote, concentrates campaigns on a few swing states, and effectively disenfranchises voters in states whose outcome is certain; for A, a democracy must give every vote the same weight. Document B defends the institution as an expression of federalism: the country is a union of states, and the system obliges candidates to win support across different regions rather than in large urban centres. B adds that abolition is unrealistic, since it would need the consent of the small states. The two texts therefore disagree less on the facts than on the principle: A treats the nation as one electorate, B as a federation of states.

Ce qui fait la note. La question d'emblée ; des reformulations (effectively disenfranchises pour « leur vote ne compte pas », large urban centres pour big cities) ; un point de désaccord formulé en termes de principes. Aucun exemple extérieur (2000, 2016, 2024) : ils seraient bienvenus dans un essai, pas dans un résumé.

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