Essay On Electoral College Elections

When a person wants to run for president election, they announce it before the primary elections. The primary elections help decide the future president and the vice president. There is a convention held in the summer of the election year, where the party would choose its candidates. Once the candidates have been chosen, that is when the they go around the country meeting people, making speeches and making promises about what they will do for the people while they are in office, they usually have a plan for what they will do in their first 100 days in office as well. On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November is election day. After all the campaign people, usually have made their minds about who they want to elect for president. To vote a person must be an American citizen, at least 18 years …show more content…
Even though a candidate has won the popular vote it still does not mean they have won. It’s the electoral votes which decide who has won the election. To win the candidate must get at least 270 votes. The electoral college is a group of electors which the American citizen choose themselves. Each state has several electors depending on the population of the state. When we as Americans are casting our votes for the presidential candidates, we are casting our votes for electors, who will cast their votes for the candidates. When a candidate wins the election in a state he or she gets all the state's votes. It is uncommon but there are chances that a candidate might have popular vote but lose by the electoral college votes.
Some of the disadvantages of the electoral college votes are that it can be unfair to the candidate who has won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote. it can also discourage voter turnout because people will feel that their vote don’t matter. It can also give more power to smaller states even though they would have less