Electoral Process Fair

Is the United States electoral process fair and effective? The answer will vary, depending on who you ask. There are many aspects of the election process that must be considered to determine its fairness and effectiveness- such as nomination process/primaries, voting methods, and much more. With this being said, the electoral process is effective but unfair due to elections being done by electoral votes and the power of money. Although democracy is spread out and is said “every vote counts”, majority of the people know that every vote does not count equally. It is the Electoral College, not the popular vote, that decides who will become the next president in the U.S. elections. How the Electoral College works is: each state is given a number of electors equal to the number of its U.S. senators and House of Representatives. It is a “winner take all” system where a candidate wins by gaining a majority of electoral votes not the popular votes. The delegates, being able to vote however they choose to, does not have to go with the popular vote. This system is considered effective as it gets the work done efficiently. However, it especially makes the process unfair. In …show more content…
Beliefs like these exist since it ultimately depends on one’s personal opinion and experience. However, these are not the only attributes that makes the process unfair. Either way, the process will be considered unfair. Limited polling hours causes many citizens who have work during that specific time to be shut out. In addition, one of the features the process must have to be effective is to be accurate. Yet, it does not seem that accurate as it is the Electoral College’s decision for the president, not the people. There are no statements that the delegates are always correct with their choice of who will be a better president and could be a biased