Proposal To Abolish The Electoral College

The presidential election was established in the United States Constitution each four years. There are several predefined requisite for candidates to be eligible for presidency, markedly, the candidate have to be above 35 years old, born in the United States or have took up residence in United States for 14 years. If candidates have fulfilled these criteria, they will continue with the general procedures for presidential election. The first step of a presidential campaign is the nomination campaign in attempt of gaining corroboration from the delegate. Soon, the locals participate in nominating presidential candidates through caucuses and primary in the states. Candidates who have successfully nominated in the election are declared at national party conventions. After the convention, the second stage of the presidential campaign begins: the election campaign. In this stage, presidential candidates from distinct parties vie against each …show more content…
I have chosen two features of the current system that deserve more discussion and possible reform. The locals covet for easier balloter registration and easier balloting. Supposedly, institutions or organizations who involved in the presidential election figure out solutions to facilitate the voting process, instead of just focusing on the presidential election procedure. Another key point, the proposals to abolish the Electoral College, though frequently put forward, have failed largely because the alternatives to it appear more problematic than is the College itself. The fact that the Electoral College was originally designed to solve one set of problems but today serves to solve an entirely different set of problems is a tribute to the genius of the Founding Fathers. These two elements which I discuss work, but the question is, whether they deliver the best candidates that we can hope for. Hopefully, more research will be carried out on these issues and give us the