Abolish Electoral College

Many have concluded that the Electoral College should be taken away completely or just in some states. There have been cases where Electoral College has actually been bad for us, but there has also been equal amount of times were it worked in are favor. There have been a few cases where they try to abolish the Electoral College and even just remove it state wide. For example, in 2004 Colorado almost passed a bill that uses popular vote instead of the electoral votes. Another, case was in 2000 when an elector voted against the popular vote which hasn’t happen in over 100 years. There is a misunderstanding of why we the Electoral College actually works, for example it can help smaller states have more representation and a bigger impact on who …show more content…
A reason the prior bills before 1969 never passed was “The issue was not small states versus big states but slavery and racial discrimination.” (Keyssar) Around the 1960’s many legislations passed one being African Americans counted as a full vote this meant the south had less to lose in a popular vote. One of the most popular alternatives to the Electoral College is approval-based voting which “The issue was not small states versus big states but slavery and racial discrimination.” (Bolinger) Another short coming of the Electoral College is many large states feel their representation is disproportional, so many don’t vote because they feel their vote doesn’t matter and it was even stated that “The nine most populous states have 51.2 percent of the vote but only 241 Electoral College votes” (The Washington post) The only other way a popular vote system would gain traction again would be if another candidate wins the electoral vote, but not the popular …show more content…
In the 2000 election there was voter fraud which called for a recount in Florida if this was a populist vote it would call for country wide recount, but “The Electoral College reduces the possibility of a recount since popular vote totals are often much closer than the margins produced by the Electoral College’s “winner-take-all” system in 48 states.”