The Electoral College: A Flawed System

The Electoral College is a flawed system which should be disbanded as soon as it is practical. It causes people’s votes, in many cases, to be rendered irrelevant in a presidential election. In order to keep people’s equality and importance as voters, it is vital that this flawed part of our electoral system is removed. Many people will argue that this isn’t possible in today’s government. This, however, is untrue, as the reasons for its disbandment are beneficial to all americans.

A common misconception is that states such as Louisiana and California are immensely one-sided on the political spectrum. This is, generally, untrue. In fact, states are often, with exception, relatively balanced in political opinion. Liberal states such as California and New York always end up voting for a liberal elector, which renders all of the votes of the other party pointless. Removal of the electoral college would make people’s votes in such states that are outweighed by the other party still matter, as they would all count toward the …show more content…
They are made up of, primarily, old political figures and rich family members of the powerful. This is made worse by the fact that they don’t have to choose for the candidate which they were intended to choose for. While this doesn’t occur too often, it still has happened many times. For these reasons, I feel it is a safe and reasonable action. It is safe to say that most liberals would agree with this idea, but Republicans and third-party voters/ moderates may disagree. They may say that it is too hard to do now, ` and that this is how America has always been. They may say that the electoral college doesn’t truly affect the outcome of the elections regardless. It would not be too hard to do however, it would simply take an agreement on base sides. Regarding it as tradition, tradition that defies the sanctity of our freedoms as voters ought to be