Since the 2000 Election, the question of whether the electoral college does more harm than help the country has been a widely debated topic. While the question never left people’s minds, people seemed to believe it would not happen again especially after Barack Obama’s two successful wins in both the popular vote and electoral college. However, the recent 2016 Election truly has people outraged and thinking of the question more every day as the current President is constantly in the news for doing things that are either not presidential or doing things that could be harmful to the country. The electoral college either needs to be abolished or modified in a way that supports the people more because its original reason for being created is no
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Duncan, the electoral college was created by the founding fathers were still fearful of democracy and “set up a system of election with more than a few fail-safe structures to prevent this from happening—to keep The People from running amok (Duncan 2016).” While this argument would have been valid at the time of the creation of the Electoral College, it is no longer valid today. The fear of democracy has long disappeared with the fear of witches and the plague, today democracy is what all Americans want to keep. Which proves the point that the Electoral College no longer serves its original purpose and when something no longer serves its purpose it must be rid of. Also at the time of the creation of the Electoral College, there was a strong belief that political parties are wrong and that the candidates should not campaign for the presidency, it was believed that “The office should seek the man, the man should not seek the office (Kimberling 2008).” If this belief has gone out of the window, then shouldn’t the electoral college? Not only is there no purpose for it anymore but it has failed the American people five times over the past 193 …show more content…
On the day of the voting, only 9 electors would vote and the remaining elector would serve as a replacement for an elector not present or a tie breaker. Besides signing a petition to have the Electoral College abolished, I would like to gather more evidence on whether the Electoral College is effective and if it truly aligns with most Americans definition of democracy. Secondly, I hope to become a Congresswoman to effective push for this change so we don’t have to see history repeat itself and see that our votes ultimately do not
Duncan, the electoral college was created by the founding fathers were still fearful of democracy and “set up a system of election with more than a few fail-safe structures to prevent this from happening—to keep The People from running amok (Duncan 2016).” While this argument would have been valid at the time of the creation of the Electoral College, it is no longer valid today. The fear of democracy has long disappeared with the fear of witches and the plague, today democracy is what all Americans want to keep. Which proves the point that the Electoral College no longer serves its original purpose and when something no longer serves its purpose it must be rid of. Also at the time of the creation of the Electoral College, there was a strong belief that political parties are wrong and that the candidates should not campaign for the presidency, it was believed that “The office should seek the man, the man should not seek the office (Kimberling 2008).” If this belief has gone out of the window, then shouldn’t the electoral college? Not only is there no purpose for it anymore but it has failed the American people five times over the past 193 …show more content…
On the day of the voting, only 9 electors would vote and the remaining elector would serve as a replacement for an elector not present or a tie breaker. Besides signing a petition to have the Electoral College abolished, I would like to gather more evidence on whether the Electoral College is effective and if it truly aligns with most Americans definition of democracy. Secondly, I hope to become a Congresswoman to effective push for this change so we don’t have to see history repeat itself and see that our votes ultimately do not