Argumentative Essay On Electoral College

When I was playing the “Win the White House” game, due to the winner-take-all rules of the electoral college, I tried to spend more time and money on those states that have more electoral votes. However, there are some states that the other party has a very high percentage support, and I tend to not spending too much time and money on that state since I know it is very hard to change the voters’ opinions on those states. Also, based on my experience in this game, I think there are some tactics that are related to the real presidential elections. For example, since state has a larger population, which means that state has more electoral votes, and I focus more on those states when I am playing the simulation game. I tried to gain more fundraising from those states and had media appearance because I want to gain …show more content…
According to Posner, “only two officials are elected—the president and vice president. All the rest are appointed—federal Article III judges for life” (par.10). Based on this, we can know that even though the public does not directly vote for the presidents, but at least, they are being represented and their votes all count. Also, it is better to elect the presidents than appointing them because this assures democracy. Even though it is impossible to gain one hundred percent democracy, but using Electoral College to elect the president somehow still ensure some level of democracy. Posner mentioned this point in the article as well, which he stated, “No form of representative democracy, as distinct from direct democracy, is or aspires to be perfectly democratic” (par.10). I totally agree on this point that he made and since there is no way to maintain a perfectly democratic system, then using a system that can assure to maximize democracy is a better way for the public and society. Thus, I think Electoral College should