instead by 538 members of the electoral college. The electoral college should be replaced by a popular vote system because it will allow all votes to be equal‚ cause candidates to focus on more than just swing states‚ and result in a rightful winner that creates a more united country. The electoral college is a complicated system with a multitude of loopholes and rules that few citizens understand. The Founding Fathers originally chose the electoral college for two reasons: fear that the citizens were
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1978 ratification of United States (U.S) constitution‚ U.S has been a representative democracy. U.S presidential elections are held every 4 years. States hold causes or primary elections before the general election to choose delegates to national nominating conventions. This process results in selection of party nominees. American elections are decided by an Electoral College‚ which comprises of electors from 50 U.S states who cast electoral votes for both the president and the vice president
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every four years in November. The electoral votes are based on the population of a state and affect the election in the long run. The Senate of a state is granted two electoral votes towards the national election. The rest of the electoral votes are based on the popular vote in the districts of a state. The Electoral College was created by the U.S. founding fathers because they were afraid that a dictator could manipulate the votes of the people. The Electoral College is a controversial topic because
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The Electoral College should not be abolished‚ because if it is then the election process would collapse. The Electoral College was created because “normal citizens” were not deemed worth of voting because they would not know what or who they were voting for. The system is built in a way that is complicated‚ but it works‚ here is how it works: all US states and DC get one electoral vote for each of their US Senators and Representatives. The Representatives’ votes are determined by the decennial census
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The Electoral College follows a winner-take all representative system‚ which means that the voices of some citizens will not matter. The Electoral College is a system of representatives included in the U.S. Constitution‚ created by the Founding Fathers‚ to help ensure that voters selecting the president were qualified and knowledgeable. These voters were chosen‚ because they knew what they were doing‚ rather than possible unreasonable voting by the public. However‚ this system is not required anymore
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Electoral College Should Be Abolished The Electoral College system was first established in the constitution by the Founding Fathers. The creation of Electoral College is to make sure every states is a viable participant in electing the president‚ in which giving the small population states a chance. In the day of election‚ people cast their votes for their candidate and who wins it determines the electors of the state. The system was great when it was first introduced because of how people before
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The reasons for the electoral college to be abolished and replaced by another system.The electoral college was made several years after the founding of the U.S. This system was made because the delegate didn’t believe that the people would have enough information to choose the right person for president. What are the reasons for the electoral college to be abolished?The electoral college should be abolished because it’s undemocratic‚ the small state over presents and hurts third parties. One
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The Electoral College The upcoming presidential election is just around the corner‚ and with that comes the never ending debate over the Electoral College. Should it be abolished? Why is it beneficial? Why was it even created? These are just some questions usually associated with the Electoral College. On the contrary to what some might think the Electoral College should be in place and not abolished. Why? To understand this one must first know why the the founding fathers created it‚ what the Electoral
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Proposed Amendment to Abolish Electoral College The Framers created the Electoral College in the Constitution over 300 years ago‚ and the system exists even today. The Electoral College’s purposes include giving power to small states and to give people the indirect power to elect the president‚ so that the wrong candidate would not win the election. However‚ many people contemplate whether the Electoral College should still exist. One major reason why includes the most recent presidential election
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The electoral college is a group of people that vote based on the popular vote in their district. The people who are in the electoral college can be regular people who are picked by the state legislature. How many points a state get is based on that state’s population. The points are the number of electoral college representatives who can vote for whoever they want. When the state is won all the points go to the person who won that state. So should the electoral college stay the same‚ or changed
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