text: In the end the voting system of the United States is built on trust. If we have the popular vote voting system everyones vote would go to the candidate that wanted it to go to and not have their vote be wasted on a slate that may or may not win. With the popular voting system the president would win on popular vote and not electoral vote; therefore, the president could not cheat his way to power by targeting big states.    The author started out the article very well before jumping into how studing Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger. He told you about venus to drag you in on why its such a interesting place now the reasoning of me sayiing this is cause the author states. That venus the brightest in the night sky even though its a planet, And the actual name isnt even Venus its Evening Star to kind of get you to the place of the thought. Where your like since its the brightest in the night sky thats why it's called a star. He pulls you in on it being the brightest by sayin even "Amature Stargazers to spot". So for the begining he started off by beginning to support this idea.