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Should Electoral College Be Replaced

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Should the Electoral College be preserved or replaced? A question monopolizing all of us. The Electoral College has been around 1788 and American democracy would be far stronger without it. This form of representation is old, and on behalf of the U.S., we need an improved portrayal of the citizens that accounts for our updated uses of technology. The Electoral College underrepresents states and allows some votes to count more than others. Rather than providing a true democracy we elect “Electors” to vote in our favor. This is unreliable and doesn’t account for those who don’t vote.to Electoral College The Electoral College was created by “Framers” also known as our Founding Fathers. This system is made up of 538 electors, or delegates, who …show more content…

California receives 55 electoral votes, and each singular vote accounts for 712,000 people. However, Wyoming receives 3 electoral votes, and one of those singular votes accounts for 195,000 people. Based on the way the Electoral College is supposed to work, Wyoming is slightly over represented and California is extremely underrepresented. No states get an accurate amount of votes (H). This completely defeats the purpose of “equality among states”. “While the electoral college is based on population, only a fraction of that population is eligible to vote — and even a smaller portion actually votes” (M). The way this system works, leaves out almost half the population, making the Elected President most likely false. Due to the fact that many people have strong opinions on both sides of the argument, there are those that will say the Electoral College encourages coalition building (G). But, what is coalition building anyway? The word ‘coalition’ defines as an alliance in order to achieve a common purpose. Throughout the entirety of the 2016 Election, there has been continuous riots, marches, and protests online or in person that prove that statement to be false. If there was a time that the Electoral College should have worked, it would be

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