Pros And Cons Of Abolishing The Electoral College
Should The Electoral College Be Abolished?
In the year 1787, the new nation of the United States set up an electoral system in order to ensure that the federal elections that would soon be taking place in the young country would go over smoothly… This system was the Electoral College… If this system sounds familiar, it’s because the Electoral College is still in service today, currently acting as the system which selects the American President and Vice President, or to be more broad, the Executive Branch. The Electoral College has sparked more than it’s fair share of controversy over the years, with debate among both the American Public and the American Government being frequent and loud. Many are even calling for the system to be abolished, citing examples of European and Asian electoral systems as a far superior alternative to the current system. Well, should it be abolished...? Quite frankly, yes…
The electoral college works as such: Every American citizen (In theory) puts forward one ballot in the respective state they live in. On this ballot, the individual votes for a Presidential Ticket, United States Senator (If the state’s Senate Election falls on a election year), State Judicial Representative, State Senator(s), …show more content…
These were four times were Adams vs Jefferson in 1824, Hayes vs Tilden in 1876, Harrison vs Cleveland in 1888, Bush vs Gore in 2000, and most recently Trump vs Clinton in 2016… Now, with this being said, the problem should be apparent. The simple fact that, in a democracy, it is the will of the people, all of the people, that is meant to be followed, and a system in which a small group of individuals can override this will of the nation’s citizens should have never have been implemented in the first place, let alone remain intact to the modern
In the year 1787, the new nation of the United States set up an electoral system in order to ensure that the federal elections that would soon be taking place in the young country would go over smoothly… This system was the Electoral College… If this system sounds familiar, it’s because the Electoral College is still in service today, currently acting as the system which selects the American President and Vice President, or to be more broad, the Executive Branch. The Electoral College has sparked more than it’s fair share of controversy over the years, with debate among both the American Public and the American Government being frequent and loud. Many are even calling for the system to be abolished, citing examples of European and Asian electoral systems as a far superior alternative to the current system. Well, should it be abolished...? Quite frankly, yes…
The electoral college works as such: Every American citizen (In theory) puts forward one ballot in the respective state they live in. On this ballot, the individual votes for a Presidential Ticket, United States Senator (If the state’s Senate Election falls on a election year), State Judicial Representative, State Senator(s), …show more content…
These were four times were Adams vs Jefferson in 1824, Hayes vs Tilden in 1876, Harrison vs Cleveland in 1888, Bush vs Gore in 2000, and most recently Trump vs Clinton in 2016… Now, with this being said, the problem should be apparent. The simple fact that, in a democracy, it is the will of the people, all of the people, that is meant to be followed, and a system in which a small group of individuals can override this will of the nation’s citizens should have never have been implemented in the first place, let alone remain intact to the modern