Electoral College

Welcome to America, where your opinion matters, or so you'd think. Every four years, we hear about The Electoral College, but we never talk about what it is, or at least how unfair it is. When we vote, we're actually just voting for the people that vote for president. Then, those people get together and cast their ballots for president, and can basically vote for whoever they want, regardless of who we vote for. In the year 2004, there was an elector who cast his ballot for someone called "John…

Electoral College Vs. National Popular Vote The recent 2016 presidential election, has caused the population to question the electoral college, more than it ever has before. Those who disagree with the electoral college have propelled the National Popular Vote (NPV), a movement that started in 1969. Although many disagree with the electoral college, the vast majority do not truly understand its purpose, and even less know who or what it is composed of. The lack of knowledge about the electoral…

handed the victory to George W, Bush. George Bush won the electoral college in the 2000 presidential election, but Al Gore won the popular vote so,Did Al Gore really win?…

debate, is the way in which Americans select their President. This complex system election system is called the electoral college. This debate although fading at times in the mind of the typical American voter, has once again been brought to the forefront of political discourse. Many believe that the electoral college is out of date and have proposed alternatives to the electoral college. Although these alternative methods regarding the presidential election may be…

constitution, there is a system called the Electoral College, which assists in electing a President and Vice President (Patterson, 2013). The Electoral College can be disadvantageous, however, it is functional, is comparable to popular votes in regards to elections and can be assessed in respects to a citizens votes under the system. The Founders of the Constitution, also known as the Founding Fathers created the Electoral College…

The Electoral College is a system that has been used by the United States for Presidential Elections since the very first election. The Electoral College is a group of people who represent different states and vote on behalf of that state for the President and Vice President. The process of the Electoral College can be broken down into three steps: 1. Selection of the Electors. 2. The meeting and voting of the Electors. 3. Counting the electoral Votes. Each state is entitled to a number of…

Illegitimacy of The Electoral College According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of democracy is “government by the people; especially: rule of the majority.” Democracy has always been a substantial element of The United States policy. The U.S. support for democracy has aided in the creation of a dependable and a flourishing world economy (“Democracy”). The United States is a democratic nation, yet we have a system known as the Electoral College which hinders democracy. It is a system…

As of now the way the U.S. elects its president is through a system called the Electoral College. Other systems like the direct popular vote or the national popular vote may work in democracies, but the United States is a federal republic not a democracy. While allowing states to be represented in a manner consistent with their size, the Electoral College has the exceptional power of allowing small states and rural areas to still maintain their influence in the government. This allows us to have…

The way Electoral College system works:- Electoral College System is the process to elect the president and the vice president of the United States. The Electoral College is consists of 538 electors. The 538 elector is the total of 435 Representatives, 100 senators and 3 electors given to the District of Columbia (*1). However, the candidate whoever able to win majority electoral votes which is 270, he or she get elected for the president of United States of America (*1). The Electoral Systems…

is the electoral college, which is something that we honestly shouldn’t use anymore. Today, we live in a well-informed society, where almost everyone can reasonably form their own political by virtue of everyday resources like the media. Trying to figure out why a president should lose the presidency if they win the people’s vote is genuinely bewildering. After all. electoral votes are based on population and a census is done every ten years for states…