Ever since 1787, 11 years after America officially became a country and separated from England, America has decided who to elect for president of the United States by the electoral college. Over this past election, more and more Americans showed a discomfort in the system more than ever before. Too a point to where for a day, it was one of the trending topics on Twitter about how voters we’re almost mad at the system. America was almost confused and shocked about how the system can change an election. It has caused such an outrage and confusion over the past several elections, that it should be replaced with a new system. So the question that is puzzling america is, why do we still have an electoral college?
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Douglas Mcadam, professor of Sociology at Stanford University, was recently interviewed on CNN and was asked how he felt on the electoral college. He said “In the electoral college system, every vote certainly doesn 't count evenly. The votes that get cast in battleground states, in which half of those states usually determine the election, clearly count much more than say Democratic or Republican states.” There is one of many answers to this, how can America choose a president where our own system lets states have more power over others? As of right now Wyoming has 3 votes, Colorado has 9, Florida has 29, and California has 55. How are voters in Wyoming supposed to feel knowing that they won’t have an impact on the election when California has 55? Nevertheless, America still believes that this is the best way to choose our …show more content…
Even though people have gotten angry and frustrated over the system, it’s not going to change. It is a blessing and a curse that America was founded with very strong values and beliefs and we have stuck to them over the past 200 years. The electoral college is probably not going to change within the next 3 election cycles, but that doesn’t mean we as a country have to stick to the core method of the college. Plus as I mentioned earlier, we’ve tried so many times as a country to change it. Hopefully we get one method to change how the president chosen soon. But until then, the electoral college lives
It started with the basic backbone …show more content…
Douglas Mcadam, professor of Sociology at Stanford University, was recently interviewed on CNN and was asked how he felt on the electoral college. He said “In the electoral college system, every vote certainly doesn 't count evenly. The votes that get cast in battleground states, in which half of those states usually determine the election, clearly count much more than say Democratic or Republican states.” There is one of many answers to this, how can America choose a president where our own system lets states have more power over others? As of right now Wyoming has 3 votes, Colorado has 9, Florida has 29, and California has 55. How are voters in Wyoming supposed to feel knowing that they won’t have an impact on the election when California has 55? Nevertheless, America still believes that this is the best way to choose our …show more content…
Even though people have gotten angry and frustrated over the system, it’s not going to change. It is a blessing and a curse that America was founded with very strong values and beliefs and we have stuck to them over the past 200 years. The electoral college is probably not going to change within the next 3 election cycles, but that doesn’t mean we as a country have to stick to the core method of the college. Plus as I mentioned earlier, we’ve tried so many times as a country to change it. Hopefully we get one method to change how the president chosen soon. But until then, the electoral college lives