Compare And Contrast Electoral College And Direct Elections

There are currently two different types of processes of electing a president in the United States. The two systems are the Electoral College and Direct Election both of these systems where first established back when the founding fathers also created the U.S. Constitution. The systems are a way for the government to keep their presidential voting and other political related issues well organized. Both of these are very efficient for the county, but one of them has yet a better outcome. But one of them has shown a better outcome. And the one to persistently show that is the Electoral College. Although both the Electoral College and Direct Election were created by the founding fathers, Electoral College has worked best. Some people feel that the Electoral …show more content…
Systems like Direct Vote/Popular Vote or others like it may not work for a country like the United States because there are large states to be represented in a certain way due to the size and population of the state. The Electoral College has an exceptional manner to handle both large and smaller states; for instance, it allows the rural areas to still participate in governmental actions. And by allowing the entire nation to decide the direction the governmental candidates go it makes sure that that the candidates a peal to the majority of our nation. The system of Direct Vote has been tried out by the government of the United States before. But it failed four different times (1824,1876,1888,2000) to succeed. Electoral College has endured many political issues before. Issues that the Direct Election couldn't fix, and besides the fact that the system cannot be able to endure problems. The system would also bring many unwanted problems like changing the number of votes on the ballots since the Direct Vote does not provide as much security as the Electoral