Many Americans today say that they do not vote because their vote does not matter, and while others may oppose this view, people should truly ask their self if their vote does really matter? There are two different votes that come into play with each presidential election. They are the Electoral College and the popular vote. Popular vote is the number of actual individual votes that each candidate receives from American citizens. The Electoral College is a body of representatives from each state who make the decision on which presidential candidate will receive their states votes. Each state receives a different number of votes based on their population and how many representatives that state has in the House. A candidate can beat their opponent
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Would it not make sense that if a candidate receives more votes from actual American citizens that they should become president because it is clearly who the majority of people want? The Electoral College puts the power in the hands of only a small group of representatives instead of the American citizens. Source A shows that Al Gore won the popular vote with 50,456,062 votes, but since George Bush won the Electoral College by 5 votes, Bush won the presidency. Clearly, the majority of United States citizens wanted Al Gore to run the country. These numbers show that it is truly not the American citizens’ decision on who becomes president, but instead the small amount of representatives from each state. The Electoral College contradicts the democratic principles that this country was founded on …show more content…
“The latter will never be sufficiently informed of the candidates’ characters…” (Source C). These claims may have been true in 1787 when Source C was written, but in the 21st century any American can grab their phone or computer and look anything they want to up about a candidate and find out in a matter of seconds. There is almost always information running across the news that millions of Americans watch each day about the presidential election. Technology allows for citizens to be more informed about the candidates and therefore allowing them to make a more educated and informed choice on who they agree with
Would it not make sense that if a candidate receives more votes from actual American citizens that they should become president because it is clearly who the majority of people want? The Electoral College puts the power in the hands of only a small group of representatives instead of the American citizens. Source A shows that Al Gore won the popular vote with 50,456,062 votes, but since George Bush won the Electoral College by 5 votes, Bush won the presidency. Clearly, the majority of United States citizens wanted Al Gore to run the country. These numbers show that it is truly not the American citizens’ decision on who becomes president, but instead the small amount of representatives from each state. The Electoral College contradicts the democratic principles that this country was founded on …show more content…
“The latter will never be sufficiently informed of the candidates’ characters…” (Source C). These claims may have been true in 1787 when Source C was written, but in the 21st century any American can grab their phone or computer and look anything they want to up about a candidate and find out in a matter of seconds. There is almost always information running across the news that millions of Americans watch each day about the presidential election. Technology allows for citizens to be more informed about the candidates and therefore allowing them to make a more educated and informed choice on who they agree with