The Electoral College

     The Electoral College was created for two reasons. First was that the rich were afraid that the poor would vote for a tyrant that could manipulate them into voting for him, because the poor outnumber the rich they use the electoral votes to control this. It could be used as a safety to make sure the "right" candidate would be chosen just in case. Also another reason is that it gave more power to the smaller states because every state gets a minimum of three votes to put in. I do not believe this system is fair because a candidate can win the popular vote but lose the election if they score high enough.
     In 2000, Al Gore had won the popular vote against George W. Bush but only had 251 to Bush's 271 electoral votes so he lost the election. This just depicts how unfair the electoral college system is and that the decision of the majority of Americans can be ignored to fit a candidate for the rich.    

Head of State

          The movie Head of State satirizes real political parties throughput the movie. For instance at the fundraiser party, Mays whats to get the party going so he starts playing loud music and dancing because it was too dull and serious and was in fact not a "party". Also Mays does not wear a suit and tie during his campaign instead he wears jumpsuits and rolls around in a party bus. The person he is running against is made to look like the typical politician who just says what the people want to hear. He says god bless America for everything, sometimes avoiding the question asked.

         Gilliam evolves as a politician throughout his campaign. In the beginning he was reading off of the cards that were given to him even if he didn't believe in what he was saying. Then after talking to his brother he began to go off the script and start saying what he believed in. He stood for the people with his motto of "that aint right!". He started to gain a following and went from being blown out to becoming the president.