In the most recent election Donald Trump won, even though he got 380,000 fewer votes than Hillary Clinton. Most people who came out to vote on election day wanted Hillary Clinton to be the president, but still Trump ended up winning. How is this possible? What kind of system is this in which the person who gets more votes actually ends up losing? This scenario is only possible through the Electoral College. In Electoral College, each state gets number of electorates based on the number of senators and representatives (Wilcox). A presidential candidate just needs to win more electoral votes instead of popular votes to win. The Electoral College has been under increasing criticism since the presidential elections of 2000, when George W.Bush won the presidency over Al Gore. When, unlike the most election, Al Gore won a majority popular vote but not electoral votes (Wilcox). People still have not completely abolished this because its is a very long and tedious process. America the front face of democracy in the world has, as some call it, a flaw in its voting system which needs immediate attention because the Electoral College does not support a true democracy.
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Even though, it is a long process to abolish the Electoral College, it should be eliminated because it does not democratically represent America and it was made under and for circumstances which do not exist anymore. Some argue that removing a system which has been around in this nation for several centuries is not easy. They are right. Process of electing an amendment is so tedious that since 1789 there have only been 27 amendments have been elected. A Professor of Political Science in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at University of Kansas, Burdett A. Loomis, said “We should go to some kind of popular vote system, but we won't” (Bernardo). First of all, to elect a constitutional amendment and a call from congress is required, which is a long drawn out process that is not easily done. Then, two thirds majority vote is required in House of Representatives and the Senate. Then it is passed on to the states to be approved, where three-fourths of the states must affirm the proposed Amendment. Removing slavery for example, wasn’t an easy process either. However, now America as a nation have overcame that barrier and is ever grateful for that. As they say, Great rewards awaits outcomes through struggles. Even Though it is a hard process, it can be achieved. Elections without electoral will represent true democratic nation which is ruled by the people not the place. Electoral College should be amended because it does not democratically represent america. People have different value of their votes depending on where they live. First of all in a democracy leader is chosen by people’s votes and most of the times the person who gets more votes ends up winning and becoming a leader. And America believes in this concept so much that it spent most of 20 century to spread it around the world. “We are the greatest democracy on the planet, and it seems to me that in the greatest democracy, the person who gets the most votes should win the election,” (Kelkar). If leaders are chosen by the people, in the most general sense leader should represent the majority of the people. Electoral College system does not include the fundamental principal of the constitutional, concept of “let the people rule”(Hall). In this system, leader isn’t picket by the people but it is picked by the place, their votes are worth a lot more in some than other. For example, a single vote is worth a lot more in large state like California than a vote in New Hampshire. A map in slate.com shows the value of vote by dividing states legal voters by number of electoral votes a state has. In that chart people per electoral votes, change throughout United States and range all the way from 140,000 PPR to 520,000.This demolish the whole idea of equal vote power for everyone. Other than its threat to democracy, the Electoral College was created (about a century ago)
Even though, it is a long process to abolish the Electoral College, it should be eliminated because it does not democratically represent America and it was made under and for circumstances which do not exist anymore. Some argue that removing a system which has been around in this nation for several centuries is not easy. They are right. Process of electing an amendment is so tedious that since 1789 there have only been 27 amendments have been elected. A Professor of Political Science in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at University of Kansas, Burdett A. Loomis, said “We should go to some kind of popular vote system, but we won't” (Bernardo). First of all, to elect a constitutional amendment and a call from congress is required, which is a long drawn out process that is not easily done. Then, two thirds majority vote is required in House of Representatives and the Senate. Then it is passed on to the states to be approved, where three-fourths of the states must affirm the proposed Amendment. Removing slavery for example, wasn’t an easy process either. However, now America as a nation have overcame that barrier and is ever grateful for that. As they say, Great rewards awaits outcomes through struggles. Even Though it is a hard process, it can be achieved. Elections without electoral will represent true democratic nation which is ruled by the people not the place. Electoral College should be amended because it does not democratically represent america. People have different value of their votes depending on where they live. First of all in a democracy leader is chosen by people’s votes and most of the times the person who gets more votes ends up winning and becoming a leader. And America believes in this concept so much that it spent most of 20 century to spread it around the world. “We are the greatest democracy on the planet, and it seems to me that in the greatest democracy, the person who gets the most votes should win the election,” (Kelkar). If leaders are chosen by the people, in the most general sense leader should represent the majority of the people. Electoral College system does not include the fundamental principal of the constitutional, concept of “let the people rule”(Hall). In this system, leader isn’t picket by the people but it is picked by the place, their votes are worth a lot more in some than other. For example, a single vote is worth a lot more in large state like California than a vote in New Hampshire. A map in slate.com shows the value of vote by dividing states legal voters by number of electoral votes a state has. In that chart people per electoral votes, change throughout United States and range all the way from 140,000 PPR to 520,000.This demolish the whole idea of equal vote power for everyone. Other than its threat to democracy, the Electoral College was created (about a century ago)