Electoral Vote In America
Voting in America may come off as a touchy subject. In this article it explains to you how it all works. We use the electoral college system, this means, whatever candidate wins in the
Electoral College, usually wins that state. On the other hand you have the popular vote, which means you won the popularity of the people in that State. There are also some tricky states because they could swing, either way. With swing states you never know if they will vote
Republican or Democratic.
I do not feel we should go based off of the electoral vote. If a candidate wins the popular vote that should be just it. I feel the electoral vote is basically a set-up because the government has already who they want to win. If you go based on the popular vote you're actually giving the people the power. This is America the land of the free, but the government has everything under their will, So I ask the question are we actually free? …show more content…
It favors the smaller states with more electoral votes per person. Supporters of this say that this uneven power forces politicians to pay attention to smaller states. Despite its intentions, the
Electoral College does not encourage politicians to campaign in every state. They do not encourage this, because of the winner-takes-all method. In the article it states, “Since all but two states allocate their votes via a Winner-Takes- all method, there is no reason for an candidate to campaign in the state that clearly favors one candidate.” Problems with the Electoral college
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2016, Fairvote.org. Accessed 26 Aug. 2016. With all this being said I do not think we should go based off of the electoral vote, voting should be left up to the
Electoral College, usually wins that state. On the other hand you have the popular vote, which means you won the popularity of the people in that State. There are also some tricky states because they could swing, either way. With swing states you never know if they will vote
Republican or Democratic.
I do not feel we should go based off of the electoral vote. If a candidate wins the popular vote that should be just it. I feel the electoral vote is basically a set-up because the government has already who they want to win. If you go based on the popular vote you're actually giving the people the power. This is America the land of the free, but the government has everything under their will, So I ask the question are we actually free? …show more content…
It favors the smaller states with more electoral votes per person. Supporters of this say that this uneven power forces politicians to pay attention to smaller states. Despite its intentions, the
Electoral College does not encourage politicians to campaign in every state. They do not encourage this, because of the winner-takes-all method. In the article it states, “Since all but two states allocate their votes via a Winner-Takes- all method, there is no reason for an candidate to campaign in the state that clearly favors one candidate.” Problems with the Electoral college
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2016, Fairvote.org. Accessed 26 Aug. 2016. With all this being said I do not think we should go based off of the electoral vote, voting should be left up to the