The Blessing Of The Electoral College

The Electoral College can be seen as a blessing or a curse to some candidates. Especially with this year's election. Trump may see it as a blessing, while Hillary may see it as a curse. How the Electoral College is less beneficial while also being more harmful. As how it is seen as unfair and why it needs to be changed to make it more fair and how the US can come upon this change.
First, when we talk about the electoral college we need to put in mind the reason why it was made and what it was like when it was established. When the electoral college was founded, the Founding Fathers were trying to solve multiple problems, they need to keep the large and the small states equal because the small states were becoming jealous of the power of the …show more content…
The rules state it cannot be a person of the House, Senate or of current office. While the Electoral College rules have been update a few times as the need has arised. The Electoral College still has its ups and downs, when it comes to the likes of the voting people. One dislike or maybe evening confusion is about the electoral responsiveness as in the recent election they are confused how Hillary won the popular vote against Trump but he still won the Electoral votes and in turn the presidency. As the article on FactCheck.org states, “U.S. citizens go to the polls to “elect” a president, they are in fact voting for a particular slate of electors. The electors, selected based on which party’s candidate wins the most votes in a state,”("Could Electoral College Elect Clinton?" ). This is alike in all the states beside Maine and Nebraska, where the electors don’t use the overall result of the popular vote they use the congressional districts to decide to whom their votes go to. This result in the 2016 election has happened more than once and will start happening more frequently. This happened because the voters’ power is changing because of the growth in population this article puts the change in population into understanding, “This distortion exists because the voters’ are moving into large cities …show more content…
It would be hard to amend the Constitution but Amy Sherman states in her article "Eliminating the Electoral College does not even require a constitutional amendment,” because all that needs to be done is a law needs to be passed by all the states including the District of Columbia. This way around the amending the Constitution is called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. This is how it would work “states Legislatures pass laws agreeing to award their electoral votes to the candidate who wins the national popular vote, but it only kicks in when enough states sign on to add up to 270 electoral votes” (Could states overturn the electoral college?). This way the Electoral College would still exist but it would work differently. Some states have sign to join the packed but others are still needed in order for it to maybe work. Because another questions arises is that would the Congress need to get involved after this change is applied. When and if the pact gets to its need threshold to be presented to Supreme Court it may not be seen as permissible because, “The Compact Clause of the Constitution states that "no state shall, without the consent of Congress enter into any agreement or compact with another state, or with a foreign power"’ (Could states overturn the electoral