The Electoral College is a system that has been used by the United States for Presidential Elections since the very first election. The Electoral College is a group of people who represent different states and vote on behalf of that state for the President and Vice President. The process of the Electoral College can be broken down into three steps: 1. Selection of the Electors. 2. The meeting and voting of the Electors. 3. Counting the electoral Votes. Each state is entitled to a number of electors based off of the number of members in the House of Representatives and then two more, one for each senator. Each presidential candidate picks a group of electors for each state, and then based on which candidate the people vote for, the group of
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The first reason is that the Electoral College avoids a possible Tyranny of the Majority. Tyranny of the Majority is when when a group or large association or party with certain beliefs becomes more than 50% of the United States population, therefore the minorities in smaller associations have no say in anything and are left to suffer. Ignoring the minorities is a big issue in the United States that is frequently discussed, this gives them and the smaller states more of a chance to have their voices heard. The Electoral College helps avoid tyranny of the majority because it doesn’t allow absolute power to the people. It is harder for a minority to be ignored when the Electoral College is …show more content…
Today, there are still many people who are not educated about not only politics, but also national and local affairs; therefore, these people should not decide by themselves who should run the country. This is another reason I believe we should not abolish the Electoral College. Not everyone is uneducated, but there are very many who are ignorant. The Founders goal was to get a group of informed people to select the President, because everyone else was uninformed or just ignorant. This is still the case in the United States, therefore, the current policy we have that is the Electoral college should not
The first reason is that the Electoral College avoids a possible Tyranny of the Majority. Tyranny of the Majority is when when a group or large association or party with certain beliefs becomes more than 50% of the United States population, therefore the minorities in smaller associations have no say in anything and are left to suffer. Ignoring the minorities is a big issue in the United States that is frequently discussed, this gives them and the smaller states more of a chance to have their voices heard. The Electoral College helps avoid tyranny of the majority because it doesn’t allow absolute power to the people. It is harder for a minority to be ignored when the Electoral College is …show more content…
Today, there are still many people who are not educated about not only politics, but also national and local affairs; therefore, these people should not decide by themselves who should run the country. This is another reason I believe we should not abolish the Electoral College. Not everyone is uneducated, but there are very many who are ignorant. The Founders goal was to get a group of informed people to select the President, because everyone else was uninformed or just ignorant. This is still the case in the United States, therefore, the current policy we have that is the Electoral college should not