Persuasive Essay: Electoral College Vote

Electoral College Vote

Electoral College is a process that involves the electors and the congress they meet to vote for the president and vice president. The Electoral College has five hundred thirty eight electors. Out of those five hundred thirty eight electors, only two hundred seventy are required to elect the president. Each state has their own group of electors. People help choose their electoral vote when they choose their candidate. Each candidate has a group of electors before you even vote for them. “Winner-Take-All” is an award of all electors to the winning presidential candidate. When the presidential election is over your governor gives a Certificate of Ascertainment saying all of the candidates who ran for your president in your state also with the electors as well. The certificate that the governor gives also announces who won your state as president and it shows which electors will be representing your state at the meeting of the electors in
They are actually voting for a specific group in the Electoral College. The Electoral College was made in the constitution to protect minorities. This gives everyone the right to have a say so and be equal in the election. Electoral College is just a way for the voting process to go by faster instead of having to tally vote by vote everyone just votes under a representative. With a representative for each candidate it makes everything fair and each voice is equally heard. The only downfall about Electoral voting is it only really opens opportunities for two-party systems. It doesn’t really give third parties an opportunity to succeed. A direct popular vote would probably make more Americans vote because they would probably feel like their votes are all counted. The process in my opinion is currently already at its best. If the Electoral College didn’t exist, I also believe there would be scams in voting and elections would go