The Pros And Cons Of The Electoral College

To conclude, the Electoral College does not give power to the third-parties. Because the House and Senate pretty much revolve around the two-party system, the representation given to third-parties makes it nearly impossible to win the outcome of the election. In the case of a given third-party winning over a state, maybe the party would affect the outcome of the candidate’s runs. However, seeing it as it has been established over time, the winning of an election by a third-party is highly unlikely.

Though our founding fathers created the Electoral College over 200 years ago, it has been changed with time to accommodate modern needs and is still an important and necessary part of our electoral system. The Electoral College ensures political stability in our nation by encouraging the two-party system and also protects the interests of minorities. Furthermore, the Electoral College helps maintain a united country by requiring widespread popular support of a candidate in order for him or her to become president.

This system needs to be put to an end. The American people are well enough informed to elect their own president without the aide of an Electoral College. The electors in the Electoral College do not actually make decisions anyway. They are just figurative for they should vote along their state’s popular vote, even though most are not legally bound to do so. Even though the electors’ votes reflect that of their state’s popular vote, the views of the people are not always represented. If one candidate receives 50.1 percent of the popular vote, and the other candidate receives 49.9 percent, the candidate with only .2 percent more of the popular vote receives all of that states electoral votes. This system is also very unfair to the third party candidate. He/she has very little chance of receiving any electoral votes. In 1992, Ross Perot won 19 percent of the national

There are advocates for the continuation of the Electoral College; however, there are also advocates for the subversion of the system. Many feel that the Electoral College turns away people from voting. Democrats in dominantly conservative states such as Texas or Alabama may feel that there is no point for them to vote. Republicans in dominantly liberal

Those who are for the Electoral College have their own interesting host of points to make on the subject. They make mention of it contributing to the cohesiveness of the country, that it enhances the status of minorities, that it encourages political stability, and that it maintains a federal system of government and representation (Leip) . Regarding the Electoral College affecting the cohesiveness of the country, the concern is that without the Electoral College states with lower populations are devalued and that having the college ensures that they have some value and stake in its votes towards the election. This makes some sense, but it is just worth noting that the votes of the college are determined in some degree by population anyway.

After researching and learning about the Electoral College I have noticed some pros and cons of it. Manly I have found pros to why we need the Electoral College, but there are still cons to it. One of the biggest pros is that it promotes a two-party system. Once we try to get a third or fourth party into mix it just makes it harder to maintain and chose a side. Looking at the con side though, some will say that the Electoral College makes it hard for these independent parties’ voices to get heard and that they don’t have even have chance to Presidency. I don’t think that the intent was to not give voices to other parties, it is just less complicated to deal with just a two-party system. The intent of our Founding Fathers was to have a check

In addition, the Electoral College’s outcome does not demonstrate how a Democratic System should work. Third parties often get discouraged to run for presidency since they are unable to gain any strength do to the way the Electoral College is structured. Voters are often dissuaded to vote on states with a clear favorite, for they feel like their vote would not have an effect. The Electoral College gives power to smaller less populated states, which in turn boosts the electoral strength, thus traditionally favoring the Republican party. An advantage the Electoral College provides is the support of checks and balances as well as deliberation. This relates to the opinion of undermining the other government branches, thus preventing a tyranny. Often many people believe the Electoral College keeps the two-party system in place, and the third parties out of the election. Therefore, it provides our country with stability. The system also allows states to have freedom in designing their own laws regarding voting, thus offering them the ability to effect

In the “Point: Abolishing the Electoral College,” Benjamin Bolinger, a licensed lawyer who can practice law in Colorado and Pennsylvania, argues that the Electoral College needs to be abolished for the American democracy. Bolinger examines that some states with a little population have large number of electoral college compare to those states with larger populations. He believes that the Electoral College damages the value of democratic government by leaving

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.

The Electoral College was created in 1787 to protect this country’s voting system. It is a group of 538 members that directly cast the votes to determine who the next president will be. (Green) However, the issues of the present day can’t help but wonder, is the Electoral College’s system outdated and corrupt? My dialogue’s purpose is to defend the Electoral College and show how it still protects us to this day by using evidence from the most recent 2016 election, and prove that it gave us the best candidate suited for the role of the President of the United States.

One of the greatest accomplishments in the history of the United States was the creation of the Constitution. It was created by the Framers who included many important and specific rules to make sure that the government would be able to sustain itself. The Idea of the Electoral College was first introduced in this constitution as a way to make sure that there was a buffer between the population and the selection of a President. They did not want a dictatorship to arise due to a manipulative candidate. In recent history, the Electoral College has been a very controversial topic. Many people do not agree with it and believe that it should be abolished due to varying factors such as the unequal distribution of votes per state. When the Framers first created the Electoral College, I believe that there hopes of what it would become have not been met and that they would not be pleased with it in today's government.

Most Americans think the Electoral College is a nuanced and complex system designed to safeguard democracy. It seems that dividing electoral votes among states and awarding each state's electors to one of the primary candidates would be an effective system and one that would preserve our nation’s freedom. And so society blissfully forges on believing our current system of election is both impartial and up to date. But little do most American citizens know that they are lacking the knowledge and context to understand how malignant the Electoral College is. The Electoral College needs to be abolished because it ignores the popular vote and what most citizens want, it causes candidates to focus too much on swing states, and the old reasons for using are now irrelevant.

Every time there is an election in the United States, the debate of Electoral College always heats up, and suddenly everybody seems to know about or at least they are interested in learning about it. The Electoral College is firmly established under the United States Constitution to elect the president and the vice president of the United States indirectly. A slate of “electors” are chosen from each state, and they are the ones responsible for voting for president in the general elections depending on which party the candidate is vying with. From this statement, what it means is that one does not choose his or her preferred leader directly and this has made many suggestions that the Electoral College is not a true representation of democracy. This paper will look at the strongest arguments for and against the Electoral College, analyze whether the current Electoral College should be re-engineered or scrapped in favor of direct vote and finally determine if the Electoral College is consistent or contrary to democratic principle.

There are many advantages of the Electoral College. First, the existence of the Electoral College allows states with a smaller population to have a larger role in the general election. For example, Wyoming does not have enough people in the state to significantly influence an election. However, because it has 3 electoral votes, it can play a role in candidate’s campaigns. “Without the Electoral College, issues pertinent to Wyomans would not likely make it to the national conversation during presidential campaign season” (Wilcox). In 2012, Republican nominees focused on the issue of military bases to gain the electoral votes from South Carolina and Florida (Wilcox). Without the Electoral College, the nominees may have never learned and advocated for that and many more issues. Next, the Electoral College allows for a two-party system. Third-party candidates can only gain the electoral votes from a state if they win the plurality of votes from that state. This is very unlikely because third-parties do not receive the funding and media attention that Republicans or democrats receive. This is positive because it creates more stability in the United States government and citizens are not overwhelmed by all of the parties and their issues. Also, the small

Another problem surrounding the Electoral College system is that it allows one-party states, states that almost always go to one party. In this context, a Democrat who casts a vote in a mostly Republican state feels that his vote is wasted because of no way that state will be won by a Democrat. Besides, the system is based on two-party elections, the Democrat and the Republican leaving Americans with two candidates to choose (Belenky, 364). The voters end up picking the candidate with fewer issues rather than the one they support. In my opinion, people feel that Electoral College has single-handedly defeated