Electoral College Argumentative Essay

The Electoral College was a system outlined in the United States’ constitution by the founding fathers, as the method in which they believe the president should be elected. But with the progression of time the views on the necessity of the Electoral College has become a controversy, as now two factions exist with one faction believing that the Electoral College is an illegitimate method for the election of a president. Though this faction exists and believes the Electoral College is an unfair system that gives a disproportionate voice to different United States’ citizens, but is it truly unfair and unjust. As the Electoral College is a part of the United States constitution where it can be found in Article II, Section I along with a few clarifications …show more content…
Though this is a good inference it is not completely true and would not facilitate the elimination of the Electoral College, as the major reason for the creation of the Electoral College was to combat the majority (A). This is because the founding fathers believed the majority may cripple the minority and create the start of a civil war. This situation had actually occurred during the American civil War, as one of the major cause of the American Civil war was the north’s ignorance of the south’s well-being since the north who possessed the majority of the population caused hardships onto the south by passing laws unfavorable towards the south. The laws were truly unfavorable, as it created higher tariffs causing the south to pay steep amounts to purchase manufactured goods created in the north, as foreign manufactured goods were heavily overpriced. And since manufactured goods were already more profitable than agriculture it caused an economic imbalance that initially start with North Carolina threating to secede from the Union back during Andrew Jackson’s presidency, as the North had voted on setting a higher tariff which would continue the harm and plague the south’s economy to the civil war