Should the electoral college be abolished? To answer the question of rather or not to abolish the electoral college one must first understand the basis of how it works and how it is made. The history of the electoral college and how it came about is needed before deciding which side to choose. The electoral college was made to protect separation of powers over the government and as a country we have advanced past the need for protection of power. The electoral college is a group of people that represent the public of their state. The electoral college is made up of 538 electors who vote on the candidates to see who becomes president. In order to win an electors vote a candidate would have to appeal to each state rather than the nation as
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The idea of a democracy was a scary thought in 1787 because the founding fathers had no idea if a democracy was going to work or not. The electoral college is the framers idea of a failsafe for democracy in case it failed. A group of people bigger than 50% of the population could control the government and have excessive power over the minority. This was a scary thought mainly because if someone has the full power of the government he can control whatever we do as a country such as Hitler or in North Korea did to their countries, but that is only if they have a corrupt agenda. "The electoral college was a compromise on two important issues. The first was how much power the people should have, and the second was how much power small and large states should have."(Walbert, 2012, part II) This quote shows that there were two main problems that needed to be addressed before completing the constitution and these problems were dealt with by creating the electoral college so that these states could not be too powerful and give the smaller states a say in the government. The people needed to be blocked from too much power because it is dangerous to give all the power to one section or person there needs to be many roadblocks in order to stop a
The idea of a democracy was a scary thought in 1787 because the founding fathers had no idea if a democracy was going to work or not. The electoral college is the framers idea of a failsafe for democracy in case it failed. A group of people bigger than 50% of the population could control the government and have excessive power over the minority. This was a scary thought mainly because if someone has the full power of the government he can control whatever we do as a country such as Hitler or in North Korea did to their countries, but that is only if they have a corrupt agenda. "The electoral college was a compromise on two important issues. The first was how much power the people should have, and the second was how much power small and large states should have."(Walbert, 2012, part II) This quote shows that there were two main problems that needed to be addressed before completing the constitution and these problems were dealt with by creating the electoral college so that these states could not be too powerful and give the smaller states a say in the government. The people needed to be blocked from too much power because it is dangerous to give all the power to one section or person there needs to be many roadblocks in order to stop a