The Importance Of The Electoral College

The Electoral College has been part of the United States government since 1787. The framers of the Constitution debated on options of how a President is elected for office; in which was discussed and established during the constitutional Convention of 1787. Its purpose is for each member in the college to represent the people from of a State equally in a manner that is just. The Electoral College was created to prevent a single presidential candidate to gain advantage based on public popularity, favors, etc due to their persona; this was a concern for smaller state candidates as voting based on population would create a gap in votes, as well as have favoritism to a state 's candidate. When it comes to Presidential elections, voters are actually …show more content…
It has brought up whether the Electoral College is still relevant today as a system that works as a mediator between government and the people of the United States. It has surprisingly worked for many years; it is still capable of function for many years more due to the great foundation the system was developed on. An alternative to a direct election for president by the populous is what the Electoral College is and will continue to do so due to the complexity of Amending the Constitution. First, the abolishment of the Electoral College and proceeding to a majority of votes in an election is not the best approach to represent the people of United States. In fact, according to David Gringer on his article, Why The National Popular Vote Plan Is The Wrong Way To Abolish The Electoral College; mentions “no constitutional provision is as controversial as the electoral …show more content…
Sure, the Electoral College has faced trivial times, where its presidential decision had to be taken by the House of Congress. It does not mean that the current electoral system is incapable of making the decision base on the majority of votes cast by United States citizens. It is thanks to the framers of the constitution that holding on to this system has cause a few erroneous elections without doubt, it is to strike a balance between direct from of voting from U.S. citizens and letting the United States government choose the next president among candidates running for election. The Electoral College has been present since 1787 and has only been amended once to included a change of how votes are directed towards the president not letting a single elector cast more than one vote on a one individual.(McCollester). Eventually, in the future the system can possibly become obsolete, but it 's highly unlikely that it be easy to abolish since amending the constitution is a arduous process and it requires for mutual agreement between the branches of government; more importantly the American people must be immensely satisfied with the proposal of a new electoral system. A direct vote for presidential candidate will never be seen in the United States, due to how faulty it can be with candidate preference and