Should Electoral College Be Replaced

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.

There are several people within the states that have the power to chose the President. There is a system to help it is called Electoral College. People would vote as normal and then all the votes for the state would determine the states candidate. This can help or hurt the the people for the opposing candidate. There need to be changes to the Electoral College and how many electoral votes are determined.

Prior to reading these articles, my thoughts on the Electoral College were primarily negative. Evidenced by all types of outrage following the 2016 presidential elections, I thought the idea of the Electoral College seemed genuinely unfair. I understand that its original purpose was to help create a sense of fairness for less populous areas in addition to other factors, but I maintain that this model is outdated, and should be replaced.

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 Research suggests that the Electoral College system should be amended because it poorly illustrates democracy, is outdated and the majority of Americans are in favor of abolishing the system.

What do you think the founding fathers thought about our citizens as voters? Shortly after the country’s government was formed, framers of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 did not believe that the People should directly decide who becomes the president of the United States. They made this decision because during 1787, the government was dealing with opinions from small and large states, and slave and free states. Now, though, all of the states have extremely similar rights and regulations, so I believe that there is no reason for the Electoral College to still exist. The question being answered here is whether or not the Electoral College should be abolished due to its effects on the People and

The electoral college system is unnecessary at this point in time. When the electoral college system was thought up in the 1700s by the framers of the constitution, they believed that electors to represent the peoples’ vote would be more efficient since it was extremely difficult to get information to and from places quickly, meaning that citizens would be late on news. To to combat that, the framers created the electoral college system, a system where electors elected by a political party would represent the peoples’ vote, gather in Washington, and vote on their behalf. Because of the lack of technology, this method wasn’t a bad way to vote for presidents efficiently. But technology improved, negating the problem of Americans not knowing the news in Washington and concerning their candidates. Today, Americans have access to current and reliable news regarding their candidates and are generally up-to-date with politics. So with the technological advances present today, why do we still employ an electoral college to vote for our next president? There isn’t a pressing reason to keep it.

Your vote should mainly matter! Yes, the electoral college should be abolished. The delegates did not believe the president should be chosen by a direct population vote (of the people). They didn’t trust voters would have enough information to make a good choice. The Electoral College is where the president and vice president are chosen indirectly. This system is where all states and the District of Columbia get one electoral vote for each of their US senators and representatives. Also, each state has a slate of electors for each presidential candidate. Another way this system works is by winner-take all method. The winner-take all method is where whichever candidate wins the most votes in the state, wins the state electoral votes. Lastly a candidate must receive a majority (one more than a half) of the electoral votes to be declared president. That is how everything goes in the electoral college. The electoral college should be abolished because 12 states and D.C. total have double the amount of electoral votes but less people than Illinois. Also, the winner of the 1876 presidential election isn’t what people wanted, it was based on the number of electoral votes. Another reason the electoral college should be abolished is that the states with the same representatives dont have the same number of voters. All these issues that continue to happen, need to be resolved by getting rid of this system.

A debate has been brewing in recent years about the way we elect our president. The first system is the Electoral College which is very complicated. Americans are not knowledgeable about it and worry that one candidate can win the popular vote and not the Electoral College. The opponents of the Electoral College propose a new plan called the National Popular Vote (NPV). The pro-Electoral College party think the bill’s risks and costs are not worth the possibility of some gains for certain states.

Former President Obama said, “We need to ensure peaceful transfer of power from one freely elected president to the next” (“Obama Farewell Speech”). The sincerity of a peaceful transition of power is decaying because of the Electoral College. The Electoral College was set up by Article II clause II in the constitution, which laid out how the president and vice president would be elected (Kimberling). The only major change it went through was in the form of the 12th Amendment. It stated that the electors would cast one vote for president and one vote for vice president, instead of naming the second place finisher vice president. Other minor changes came at the state level. An example being the winner-take-all system in most states. This

But the result of the Electoral College today is to give too much power to the small states. In fact, they have more power than the largest states in the union. For instance, California's population (the largest) is approximately 70 times that of Wyoming's (the smallest). But California only has about 18 times the Electoral College votes (55 to 3) (Raasch 1). According to writer Chuck Raasch, that means a vote in Wyoming has potentially four times the impact in the Electoral College (1). Also, in 1988, the combined voting age population (3,119,000) of the seven least populous states (Alaska, Delaware, D.C., North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming) had the same number of Electoral votes (21) as the 9,614,000 voters in Florida (Kimberling 1).

The electoral college is an outdated rigid system of voting for president made by the founding fathers of America. In 1787 the constitutional convention approved the federal Electoral College System based on the lack of education of the colonial people on politics. Times have changed and people are more familiar with the political system. Presidential candidates promote their campaigns through social media, television and news articles which allows people to gain knowledge of the candidates and their presidential duties, themselves instead of relying on elected officials to make the decision for them. The electoral college should be abolished for reasons of it inhumanly disenfranchising the people of America, unconstitutionally defying: the

The United States, well known for its democracy, holds elections every four years to elect its President. Every American citizen over the age of 18 has a right to cast a vote in the presidential election. The voting process, although it seems easy and straightforward, can be very complicated. In the 2000 election, Al Gore captured the majority of votes, but George Bush won. The reason for this strange outcome and why Al Gore lost was because of the Electoral College. The Electoral College is voting system where different states are given a certain amount of votes in the election, and which ever candidate wins a state, is given that state’s votes. The Electoral College is out of date, and should be replaced by the Popular Vote system,

When the Electoral College was put in place as part of the voting process it seemed a good idea. “Our framers distrusted democracy and saw the Electoral College as a deliberative body able to correct bad choices made by the people.” (Anderson 519). Times have changed and today’s society is a lot different that it was when George Washington was President. It’s about time that the U.S eliminates the Electoral College and makes America more of a democracy by making the popular vote the deciding factor in electing the president.

At first, when the founding fathers created the Electoral College, it was meant to be an effective method of choosing the president, but now, this system only does harm to the nation. Back when most citizens in the US were not educated, this group of representatives was to cast votes for the president in a professional, knowledged way. Theoretically, the delegates were supposed to represent their state and its people while expressing their own thoughts; however, in reality, it only contradicts the idea that people are the source of the government’s powers. To make matters worse, it does not work in our society today or like it was intended. Not only is this system outdated, it has created many errors and political inequality in recent years.

Every four years, Millions of Americans cast their vote to see who the next presidential candidate will be. But how would you react if the candidate you voted for received more of the popular vote than his or hers competitor; While the other Candidate with the least popular vote, takes away the victory and becomes the next president of the United States. As an American citizen, it is known that one of our most vital rights is to vote, and by us voting, we, the people should have a say on who we want our next president to be. When looking at state, and federal elections, According to Akhil Reed “No state uses an Electoral college for its governor” (States Don’t Use an Electoral College to choose their leader, neither should the Nation) they utilize a direct voting system where the people vote and decide who our next governor is. However when it comes to the presidential election, the final decision is not upon the people (Although we cast our votes as proceeded). It is upon the 538 electors who are chosen by each state of the U.S. to decide who the next president will be.