Eliminate the Electoral College
What if it was possible for a presidential candidate to win the race for the white house with less than twenty-three percent of the popular vote? This is mathematically possible by manipulating America’s electoral college system just by winning whole states and not individual voters. Though not to this degree, this has before in America’s political history a total of three times. The Electoral College should be abolished because it uses a winner take all system. Moreover, it advocates candidates avoid states with big margins, thus the electoral college makes candidates interested in the needs of a few states instead of the needs of the whole nation. It also causes the election to be placed in the hands of state …show more content…
The Electoral College is wired to America’s constitution and would require a constitutional amendment to abolish. Plus Surprisingly enough, after years of dead ends and failing the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) was drafted in late February 2006 (Ncsl.org). To put it in a way to be easily understood, the compact allows states to give all of their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. This system will only come into effect when it can promise this result. In other words, this compact needs a majority of the states to pass it into law to have any legal weight. Currently, ten states and the District of Colombia have had this legislation travel through and pass. These states are Maryland, New Jersey, Illinois, Hawaii, Washington, Massachusetts, Vermont, California, Rhode Island, and New York. For a grand total of 165 electoral votes. Of which, the bill needs only half plus of the total number of electoral votes. Which is 270. This compact is 61% of the way to changing the way America votes. As of now, Michigan and Pennsylvania both have this bill in house and it is currently pending. All of this can happen because of article two section one of the constitution that gives all states this power where it reminds us “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors…” (Archives.gov). Having this hand written into the constitution gives this bill an enormous legal power without even landing the president’s desk in the oval office. This bill makes sure that every vote will matter in every state and in every presidential election counts. Unfortunately, this bill does not eliminate the electoral college all together. The electoral votes are still in effect to a point. To reiterate, all of the electoral votes are just given to whoever wins the popular vote. This eliminates the electoral college without constitutional amendment
What if it was possible for a presidential candidate to win the race for the white house with less than twenty-three percent of the popular vote? This is mathematically possible by manipulating America’s electoral college system just by winning whole states and not individual voters. Though not to this degree, this has before in America’s political history a total of three times. The Electoral College should be abolished because it uses a winner take all system. Moreover, it advocates candidates avoid states with big margins, thus the electoral college makes candidates interested in the needs of a few states instead of the needs of the whole nation. It also causes the election to be placed in the hands of state …show more content…
The Electoral College is wired to America’s constitution and would require a constitutional amendment to abolish. Plus Surprisingly enough, after years of dead ends and failing the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) was drafted in late February 2006 (Ncsl.org). To put it in a way to be easily understood, the compact allows states to give all of their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. This system will only come into effect when it can promise this result. In other words, this compact needs a majority of the states to pass it into law to have any legal weight. Currently, ten states and the District of Colombia have had this legislation travel through and pass. These states are Maryland, New Jersey, Illinois, Hawaii, Washington, Massachusetts, Vermont, California, Rhode Island, and New York. For a grand total of 165 electoral votes. Of which, the bill needs only half plus of the total number of electoral votes. Which is 270. This compact is 61% of the way to changing the way America votes. As of now, Michigan and Pennsylvania both have this bill in house and it is currently pending. All of this can happen because of article two section one of the constitution that gives all states this power where it reminds us “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors…” (Archives.gov). Having this hand written into the constitution gives this bill an enormous legal power without even landing the president’s desk in the oval office. This bill makes sure that every vote will matter in every state and in every presidential election counts. Unfortunately, this bill does not eliminate the electoral college all together. The electoral votes are still in effect to a point. To reiterate, all of the electoral votes are just given to whoever wins the popular vote. This eliminates the electoral college without constitutional amendment