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Why would members of Congress vote against campaign finance reform?
Members of Congress vote against campaign finance reform because it negatively affects their campaigns. The current law are very advantageous to those with the right fundraising contacts.
Has a state electoral vote ever gone against the states poplar vote?
Yes. In early elections, there wasn't necessarily a "popular vote". Some states selected their electors based upon a vote in the state legislature. In those cases, I'm not sure if it make sense to say it "went against" the popular vote, but it also certainly was not the same as the popular vote, because there was no popular vote. Also, there have been "faithless electors". These are electors who, basically, promised to vote for one candidate, and voted for another. This is a sort of "going against" the popular vote. In a sense, in most states the electoral vote always "goes against" the popular vote in the sense that the popular vote might be split 55/45, but the electoral vote will be 100/0. Only a couple of states "split" the electoral vote. It's arguable that we should abolish the electoral college and just use the popular vote directly to determine the President, but this would effectively weaken the major parties, so don't hold your breath waiting for it to happen.
Who could vote when the country was founded?
White men
Who would you vote for and why?
I would vote for the Conservatives, which is Stephen Harper's team. Just because.
Why was the Senate vote to declare the War of 1812 so close at 19 for and 13 against?
The Senate vote to declare the War in 1812 was so close because the Federalists in Congress did not support the war, therefore didn't vote for it. Others in the Senate voted against the war as well.
