Electoral College

Abolishing the Electoral College: is it wise? Many people have no idea what the Electoral College is. Those that are informed tend to want it gone since it does not allow the people to have a single vote. It is definitely a weird system that the U.S. uses to elect a president. The Electoral College is like a secret organization in the sense that no one really understands is. The problems that this system have been apparent the more and more that the people can be informed. The internet has…

vote but lost the electoral college; this had only happened four times in history. This brought out a lot of controversy between people who didn’t understand how the electoral college worked. The electoral college is made up of representatives of each state, who vote for the president and vice president. Each representative is voted for by their individual state voters, whom they will represent. Currently, there are 538 total electors, 271 votes needed to win the electoral college. This process…

signed by our forefathers. Since we were to become a democracy, we faced many problems in how this was to be. Many factors were put into place, however, one of the most important factors was how the president is to be elected. The birth of the Electoral College was soon to come. The idea of majority rule, or “popular vote” was ridiculed because there have been other forms of democratic governments that have fallen to tyranny due to popular vote. In the end, the Founding Fathers decided what was…

The electoral college system is used to elect the president. The candidate who wins the majority of votes (270) wins the election. The electoral college is made up of electors chosen by each state that is equal to the number of representatives in congress. The electoral college should not be changed at all because it protects from uneducated decisions, it protects equal votes for states, and insures a fair vote. The electoral college is here to make decisions the general public can not. The…

Many have concluded that the Electoral College should be taken away completely or just in some states. There have been cases where Electoral College has actually been bad for us, but there has also been equal amount of times were it worked in are favor. There have been a few cases where they try to abolish the Electoral College and even just remove it state wide. For example, in 2004 Colorado almost passed a bill that uses popular vote instead of the electoral votes. Another, case was in 2000…

The Electoral College should not be replaced. Albeit, the Electoral College is a complicated system and many citizens do not vote because of this and the candidate popular among the people does not always get the electors votes, but the Electoral College has many benefits that outweigh these negative aspects. The benefits range from giving minorities voices to state power. Firstly, the Electoral College allows minorities to have a voice. It takes into consideration areas with lower…

our constitution called the Electoral College. This system permitted eligible and competent citizens, who use the national popular voting system, to compromise with the votes of Congress in the election of the President and the Vice President of the United States. Although the Electoral College has been in place for more then two hundred years, there are a number of conflicting opinions about whether or not it should be eliminated and replaced. The way the Electoral College functions is American…

currently has 29 Electoral votes along with New York. California has 55 and Texas has 38 and Florida and New York are tied for third place for the most Electoral votes based on the 2010 Census. Most states use the all or nothing approach. The state will cast its vote for only one candidate. While Maine and Nebraska may split their vote proportionately. “Unlike other states Maine and Nebraska are different because they use a congressional district method for voting,”( Split Electoral Votes).…

An additional source that I used for my research was a YouTube video called “The Trouble with the Electoral College” by a channel called “CGP Grey” and was published on November 7th 2011. This source gave me insight into the background of the electoral system in addition to the disadvantages of the electoral college. The video was extremely beneficial as it provided me with insightful information regarding the issue, while also being easily accessed and simple to understand. However, as…

political events in America. The Electoral College, established in the Constitution by James Madison, has survived over two centuries, helping decide the fates of over … elections (cite). In recent years, the College has been reintroduced to the criticisms of the public because of its ability to decide very intense elections. In the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore and George W. Bush had both earned a relatively equal amount of electoral votes in the Electoral College, but neither had a…