Electoral College Failure

As citizens of the United State of America, one of our most important rights is that of which to vote. By voting, the general population has a say in who its leaders are. Votes for local, state, and even federal representatives directly reflect who the constituents want in office. However, America’s highest office is not elected by a vote of the people. Instead we use a confusing and outdated system called the Electoral College. Our president is not elected by the people, but by 538 electors who can legally vote for whomever they choose. Several times in our nations history an elector has voted against the people’s will. Three presidents have been elected into office by the electoral college and

Have you ever wondered whether or not the people's vote was the only one that mattered in the presidential election? No? Me neither. That is, before I read the articles "It's Time To Abolish The Electoral College" by Taylor Brodarick and "In Defense of the Electoral College " by Richard A. Posner. I didn’t even know there was even such thing as the Electoral College.

What would you do if you didn't have a say in who runs America and how it is ran. What if you were promised freedom, and told that you had a government ran by the people but you didn’t get any input in the decisions? The direct popular vote doesn’t give the smaller parties a chance, but the electoral college does. Some people believe that the electoral college should be abolished; however, it gives people in rural communities a stronger voice, it allows the President a mandate to meet people’s needs in every state, and it reflects the political opinions of more Americans. Therefore, America should keep the electoral college.

The voting process in America appears straightforward, but it is a very complex, complicated system. The Electoral College is America’s current voting system. The Electoral College still serves its intended purpose, but with increasing political activity among Americans it has caused a need to reform this process. Research suggests that the Electoral College system should be amended because it poorly illustrates democracy, is outdated and the majority of Americans are in favor of abolishing the system.

Background: In this last election, the electoral college’s vote was contrary to the american population’s vote, which

The Electoral College system has been in place for over 200 years and Americans are still not sure how it works or if it is the best system. Many Americans feel they go to the polls every year and vote for the president, and in the long run they are in control of the fate of our executive branch. With the 1992 election it was clear that many people had little understanding for how a president is chosen; the 1992 election came close to having no majority of electors due to Ross Perot and his third party. However, after this last debacle over the presidency, many people are crying "foul" even though they still understand little or nothing about the benefits of the Electoral College. We

The Electoral College is, perhaps, the most traditional aspect of the U.S. However, as structured as it is, there are major complications occurring because of it. Even though the Electoral College is tradition and serves as a structured way to vote, it should be abolished because it is undemocratic, it can allow the loser of the popular vote to win the nomination, and third party candidates have a major impact in the winner-take-all system. First, the Electoral College should be abolished because it is undemocratic. “The Electoral College was created by the Founders because they did not trust people enough to allow them to directly elect the president.”

The other reason why Electoral College can’t best represent the people is because only majority of the state's votes count, but the rest are not important or used. This is very important because the smaller states do not really get a say in government while the larger states are in control. Although most people’s vote count toward the state's votes same do not. I think it’s a big problem that not everyone is getting represented and that needs to change. Everyone should have an equal say in who they want to be president and the Electoral College System needs to change for the better of the

`Every four years our country elects a new president. Many people believe that when we cast our votes on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, the way we cast our votes will determine who the next president of the United States will be. That belief, however, is not the case. The truth is that we are only voting for “presidential electors, known collectively as the Electoral College” (history.com). It is this group of people that actually elect to president. Each state is given a number of electors based on how many representatives they have in Congress, for a total number of 538 members of the Electoral College as of the time this paper was written. It is imperative that we maintain our Electoral College, so as to minimize

Despite the Electoral College system being founded by the founding fathers in America and being there as long as the Constitution exists, many people still do not have sufficient knowledge on how it works. The Electoral College does not provide honest presidential elections rather it has the potential to undo the will of people at any point from the selection of electors to the vote tallying in Congress (Shaw, 3). Electoral College in the United States has played a major role in depressing the voter's turnout. Every State is given an equal number of electoral votes despite the population and in turn, the system has put in place no measure to encourage the voters to take part in the elections. Besides, the system distorts

No more for the “people” or by the “people”! The Electoral College is a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president. Many Americans declare that this system should not decide the outcome of an election and that their voices should be heard.

Two hundred and twenty-nine years ago, our founding fathers had debated on which route to take when electing our President. In 1787, the “Committee of Eleven” had come to a compromise, and created the Electoral College, which is a group of individuals elected by the people to cast votes for the presidency. The Electoral College is described as “a compromise between election of the president by Congress and election by popular vote” (Price). The reason behind the Electoral College was to preserve “the sense of the people,” while ensuring that our president is chosen “by men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the station, and acting under

“Our vote will not count! Our voices are not being heard!”, is a rallying cry heard at this moment in our nation as the conversation of whether or not we should keep the electoral college as our founders had designed it is taking place. Disregarding what our architects of the constitution wrote, there is a change in the air for how we as a country vote and decide who becomes our next leader. As it stands now, the electoral college votes for the presidency, which can lead to frustration for the many who vote. The last election should be a case in point. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote while Donald Trump actually achieved the presidency by receiving the required 270 electoral votes.

Who did you vote for this previous Presidential Election? Statistically, there is a greater chance that you voted for Hillary Clinton. To illustrate, our current President, Donald J. Trump, actually received almost three million less votes than the majority candidate, Hillary Clinton. Whereas, you might be wondering how this is even possible, that the loser of a vote could win, and furthermore, on such an important election as the for the President of the United States of America. The system that is responsible for this is the Electoral College. In other words, the Electoral College is, in short, the breaking up of American people and assigning them different amounts of votes based on their population. However, this system can lead to the uneven distribution of each Americans individual voting worth. Since some people’s votes are now worth more than others, what is the point in appealing to other Americans, whose vote is not worth as much? Consequently, this makes the Electoral College an unfair system for the American individual and it should be modified in order to elect a more legitimate President.

The electoral college has been an integral part of our government ever since its creation, but the debate of its relevance has been further propelled by the most recent election. Its supporters believe the Electoral College provides a fair and accurate representation of America’s opinion, while keeping bigger states from dwarfing smaller states. Meanwhile it’s critics say it’s an outdated and undemocratic method of electing a president. While I believe the Electoral College was once an useful tool of government, it needs to be replaced with a more effective system.