Popular Vote Essay

Supporters of the Electoral College claim a popular vote to elect the president would result in runoff elections. A runoff election occurs when no decisive winner cam be chosen, in other words, it’s too close to a tie to consider one candidate the winner. This claim is unquestionably valid—in a national-popular-vote-only election. No one wants to deal with re-votes and re-counts. That is why the choicest voting method is not a national popular vote where each person votes for their candidate of choice. Instead, the most felicitous method to vote would be the instant runoff ballot. The instant runoff ballot has voters filling out their ballot not by checking one box for their beloved leader of choice, but instead, voters will fill their boxes with a number, ranking the candidates from one, being the candidate the voter would most like to win, to—well however many possible candidates there are, for now let’s just say number five, being the candidate the voter would least tike to win. To count the votes, (hopefully) computers for efficiency will tally organize the candidates based off how many first place votes they got. If a majority vote does not lie with the candidate who received the most first place votes, eliminate the candidate with the least first place votes and keep doing so until a candidate is left with a majority vote. Let’s create a small sample size example. 33 voters vote for 4 candidates—A, B, C, and E. Ten Voters call the contest C>A>B>D, eight vote B>D>C>A, seven vote A>C>D>B, three vote D>A>B>C, and five vote …show more content…
If no majority winner is clear in the initial election. The top two candidates will be selected for another election where now voters must choose between the two. This system is currently implemented in over 40 nations according to the Electoral Reform Society, a United Kingdom based organization that aims to maintain