The Electoral College is controversial. Many say that it is undemocratic because there have been five instances in American history. This means that more individual voters voted for the candidate's opponent in the election, but the opponent still lost. These elections occurred in: • 1824: J Adams was elected over Andrew Jackson. Jackson called this election "the corrupt bargain." • 1876: Rutherford B. Hayes was elected by 1 electoral vote as a result of "the backroom deal" which helped ensure that federal troops would be withdrawn from the Southern States (and ended Reconstruction). • 1888: Benjamin Harrison defeated Grover Cleveland with the electoral vote, while losing the popular vote by approximately 91.000 votes • 2000: George W. Bush defeated Al Gore with the electoral college vote, while losing the popular vote by approximately 544,000 votes. • 2016: Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton with the electoral college vote, while losing the popular vote by about 2.9 million votes. create a T-Chart that outlines these pros and cons.

The Electoral College is controversial. Many say that it is undemocratic because there have been five instances in American history. This means that more individual voters voted for the candidate's opponent in the election, but the opponent still lost. These elections occurred in: • 1824: J Adams was elected over Andrew Jackson. Jackson called this election "the corrupt bargain." • 1876: Rutherford B. Hayes was elected by 1 electoral vote as a result of "the backroom deal" which helped ensure that federal troops would be withdrawn from the Southern States (and ended Reconstruction). • 1888: Benjamin Harrison defeated Grover Cleveland with the electoral vote, while losing the popular vote by approximately 91.000 votes • 2000: George W. Bush defeated Al Gore with the electoral college vote, while losing the popular vote by approximately 544,000 votes. • 2016: Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton with the electoral college vote, while losing the popular vote by about 2.9 million votes. create a T-Chart that outlines these pros and cons.