Voting in a presidential election is one of the key duties of a citizen in the United States, but the method for choosing the president is outdated and unnecessary. The current method, the electoral college system, contains various flaws that can be solved by changing the voting system. In the electoral college system, there are 538 electors in total. This number comes from the 438 members of the House of Representatives, and the 100 members of the Senate. Each state gets one elector for each senator it has, and at least one to 53 more electors based on population. Votes are given to states rather than people, so a voter from a smaller state like Wyoming has his vote count for more than a voter from Texas (“Problems With the Electoral College”). Some smaller states should only have one or two electors, but due to the electoral college rules, they receive a minimum of three. The electors are taken from larger states and given to smaller states ("U. S. Electoral College, Official - What is the Electoral College?").
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According to the Pew Research Center, approximately 74 percent of Internet users performed some sort of research on whom they voted for, albeit news providers, conversations with others, and even social media. For those without Internet, television and radio shows are available to listen to the speeches and debates of presidential candidates. In the recent Republican presidential candidate debate, on September 16, 2015, approximately 21.3 million viewers, when the previous number was 8.3 million in 2008 (Stelter, "23 million watched GOP debate, a record for CNN"). This is a serious increase, especially considering it is over a year before Americans will vote. The resources are widely available for Americans, therefore, this possibility is highly
The electoral college system was created by our Founding Fathers in …show more content…
According to the Pew Research Center, approximately 74 percent of Internet users performed some sort of research on whom they voted for, albeit news providers, conversations with others, and even social media. For those without Internet, television and radio shows are available to listen to the speeches and debates of presidential candidates. In the recent Republican presidential candidate debate, on September 16, 2015, approximately 21.3 million viewers, when the previous number was 8.3 million in 2008 (Stelter, "23 million watched GOP debate, a record for CNN"). This is a serious increase, especially considering it is over a year before Americans will vote. The resources are widely available for Americans, therefore, this possibility is highly