The Electoral College ruins the chances of a president being elected due to the amount of Electoral votes. This puts smaller states at a disadvantage due to the lack of campaigning in a certain state. The only states who even receive a slight bit of consideration when presidents run are the ones with the most votes. Such as Texas, California, Florida and New York. These states are key factors which have a huge effect on what candidate will win the Presidential Election. With this we can say that the Election Process is not fair. Or in better words the Electoral College is what makes this unfair. The president should be voted in by the people, if that is not the case then why are we considered a …show more content…
There is a small percentage of people who believe the process is fair. Some people state that either way, if popular vote was used as a way to choose the president it would be almost the same as the Electoral College. Their opinion is that they would just visit the cities with the most population in the U.S. Another key point that they decided to throw in is that the Electoral College has only failed three times. But three times is still too much due to the magnitude of the presidential elections. Probably the point that got its message across the most effectively, was the person who stated that the demographics of each state are key in deciding who wins. Also depending on what party in the past has won the state. A key example is Texas and California. These two states have a large amount of Electoral College votes. Texas has always been predominantly republican and on the other side California is a Democratic state. People had great points that made absolute sense, but overall the popular vote is more effective because the people choose who becomes