The Electoral College distributes their votes unfairly, causing some smaller states to have more of a say in the election than larger states. This was originally intended to balance out population differences, but in our modern country, this compensation has become over compensation. A main point in the Electoral College is to make sure none of the states are favored, but instead, the smaller states are getting more power than they should have. In a video stating the troubles with the Electoral College, “The Electoral College violates a principle by making sure that some people’s votes are more equal than…
It favors some citizens over others.” This document also shows that 12 states including Washington D.C that have a population of 12.5 million will get a total of 44 electoral votes, but Illinois which has a larger population than the 12 states combined only gets 20 electoral votes. This proves George C. Edward’s point of how the citizens of the 12 states are favored more than the entire population of…
The electoral college should allow the larger states to have more electoral votes. The electoral college is based on how many representatives and senates the state has. The house of representatives is based on the population of that state.…
The electoral college should have to changed to 538 votes to win or make it more like ¾ of the votes. But to have a less than half of the votes go to the majority does not seem right for those states who voted the opposition. There is also Faithless Electoral Voters, even though it is very rare these people will go against the state’s majority voter and vote for the opposing party. Most states have a sort of federal binding that prevents the electoral voter to vote for the wrong party with stiff fines and possible jail…
A state 's number of electors are determined by the state 's total number of members in congress. This means each state 's gets one elector per representative in the House, plus two electors for the two members in the Senate. The method of election for the electors is not specified in the constitution. Many states have adopted a system where the party that wins the majority of the popular vote chooses the electors. Another way states have chosen electors is giving the choice to the state legislature.…
Represented in Document D, the District of Columbia combined with twelve other states have less people than Illinois, but have other electoral votes. That’s unfair. Illinois should have an accurate representation of their votes and be subpar compared to the other states and D.C just since one might be bigger or smaller than the other might be. As stated in Document G, the House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams in 1824. John Quincy Adams did not even win the popular vote or the electoral vote.…
Dear State Senator, the electoral college is an obsolete system of election. Although the electoral college was an idea set by the founding fathers in the constitution, this form of election is not effective any longer. People have the right to vote, but this form of election is not directly voting for a representative. The electoral college essentially makes the people vote for electors who then have the opportunity to vote for whom ever they would like. The electoral system is an archaic system that needs to be exchanged for the popular vote because the people do not vote for an actual representative, the system has failed before, and the system has the opportunity to have an even greater mishap.…
The Electoral College should be abolished. One reason why is that the system favors some citizens over others. To prove my point, if you were to take 12 states + DC, you would get a population total of 12,500,722, and an electoral vote total of 44. But, if you take a state, in this case, Illinois, that has a higher population,12,830,632, than the 12 states and DC, you get only 20 electoral votes. How does that make sense?…
Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the Electoral College has a body of people who elect the president and vice president of the United States. The Founding Fathers created the Electoral College as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and by the citizens. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 votes is required to become President. Each state has a different number of electoral votes that equals the number of members in its Congress.…
Most electors from the states vote on the winner take all based on which candidate won their states election. That means the candidate that wins the most citizen votes from their state will then get all of the electoral votes from that…
It became that a democratic election determines each state’s vote for president in the Electoral College. The incorporation of the Electoral College means that a candidate cannot focus all of their resources and time on the larger states (Reed 1). It forces the candidates to appeal to the entire population in order to secure each Electoral…
In 1876, Hayes received 47.95% of the national popular vote, in 1888, Harrison received 47.82% of the national popular vote, and in 2000, Bush received 48.56% of the national popular vote (Jost, Giroux 993). These three presidents have something in common. All three of these presidents won the presidential election without as much as gaining the plurality of the national popular vote. This is the biggest issue concerning how the United States of America elects the office of President through the Electoral College. The creation of the Electoral College worked well in the time when society was more Agrarian, because voters in those times may not have much knowledge of national politics.…
The Electoral College was a system outlined in the United States’ constitution by the founding fathers, as the method in which they believe the president should be elected. But with the progression of time the views on the necessity of the Electoral College has become a controversy, as now two factions exist with one faction believing that the Electoral College is an illegitimate method for the election of a president. Though this faction exists and believes the Electoral College is an unfair system that gives a disproportionate voice to different United States’ citizens, but is it truly unfair and unjust. As the Electoral College is a part of the United States constitution where it can be found in Article II, Section I along with a few clarifications…
We as a nation, we should be able to decide the president and vice-president for our country. The Electoral College is a way for the Government to control the way politics are decided. People should decide the president, because people know the truth. The electoral college takes away our right to vote, and it is sound a little bit weird but it is the reality, some of the reason is because most of the time the popular vote it does not count in the reality, the smaller states favored the Electoral college because of the number of electors that they have and also, in the reality our votes do not count.…
Additionally, there are specific combinations of states needed to claim the electoral victory. With the current electoral practice, there is a possibility of a…