The Electoral College is the system used to elect the president and vice president of the United States to office. The system awards a number of electoral votes to each state based on the population of the State. Each party with a candidate selects a number of men and women to be an electorate. Majority of states will have all their votes go to one candidate or the other in order to strengthen the voting power of the state. A candidate needs to have majority of the electoral votes in order to become president or vice president. According to William Darity in the Electoral College, “Voters in the United States choose among candidates for these offices in November every four years, but the votes they cast are actually for another office, that
…show more content…
Those chosen as electors collectively constitute the Electoral College, a body that never meets as a group. State delegations of electors meet in early December in their respective state capitols to cast their “electoral votes” for president and vice president. These votes are then counted in early January at a session of Congress. If a majority of the electoral votes for president (at least 270 of a total of 538) is cast for the same person, that person wins the presidency. Likewise, if a majority of the electoral votes for vice president is cast for the same person, that person wins that office.” (Darity William 1) The Electoral College is outdated and broken in the modern era, while the rest of the United States government evolved one system stayed with it. The Electoral College remained steady through the twenty seven amendments to the constitution and a civil war, but now it is time for a change. The Electoral College was designed by those who were limited in technology. The Electoral College is hampering the progress of electing a new president and vice …show more content…
The disproportionate voting power of the states is also an issue. The various problems and there ramifications are highlighted in Donna Batton’s essay The electoral college, “the workings of the Electoral College have not gone unchallenged, significant challenges are infrequent. However, the 2000 presidential election between GEORGE W. BUSH and ALBERT GORE Jr. inspired calls to reform or eliminate the national Electoral College. The election on November 7, 2000, was one of the closest in U.S. history, and several media organizations erroneously announced Gore as the predicted winner before the election booths had closed. Bush gained significant ground, and by the end of the evening on November 7, it appeared he had won the vote through the Electoral College, even though Gore likely had won the national popular vote. The Electoral College consisted of 538 electors in 2000, one for each of the 435 members of the House of Representatives and 100 Senators, and three for the District of Columbia. According to the U.S. Office of the FEDERAL REGISTER , for the 2000 election, 26 states and the District of Columbia had laws in effect that bound their electors to vote for the same candidate as the majority of the general populace in that elector’s state, and 24 did not. In most states, the presidential candidate who won the most popular votes then received all electoral votes from that state, referred to as
Those chosen as electors collectively constitute the Electoral College, a body that never meets as a group. State delegations of electors meet in early December in their respective state capitols to cast their “electoral votes” for president and vice president. These votes are then counted in early January at a session of Congress. If a majority of the electoral votes for president (at least 270 of a total of 538) is cast for the same person, that person wins the presidency. Likewise, if a majority of the electoral votes for vice president is cast for the same person, that person wins that office.” (Darity William 1) The Electoral College is outdated and broken in the modern era, while the rest of the United States government evolved one system stayed with it. The Electoral College remained steady through the twenty seven amendments to the constitution and a civil war, but now it is time for a change. The Electoral College was designed by those who were limited in technology. The Electoral College is hampering the progress of electing a new president and vice …show more content…
The disproportionate voting power of the states is also an issue. The various problems and there ramifications are highlighted in Donna Batton’s essay The electoral college, “the workings of the Electoral College have not gone unchallenged, significant challenges are infrequent. However, the 2000 presidential election between GEORGE W. BUSH and ALBERT GORE Jr. inspired calls to reform or eliminate the national Electoral College. The election on November 7, 2000, was one of the closest in U.S. history, and several media organizations erroneously announced Gore as the predicted winner before the election booths had closed. Bush gained significant ground, and by the end of the evening on November 7, it appeared he had won the vote through the Electoral College, even though Gore likely had won the national popular vote. The Electoral College consisted of 538 electors in 2000, one for each of the 435 members of the House of Representatives and 100 Senators, and three for the District of Columbia. According to the U.S. Office of the FEDERAL REGISTER , for the 2000 election, 26 states and the District of Columbia had laws in effect that bound their electors to vote for the same candidate as the majority of the general populace in that elector’s state, and 24 did not. In most states, the presidential candidate who won the most popular votes then received all electoral votes from that state, referred to as