What Are The Pros And Cons Of The Electoral College System

I feel that the electoral college system needs to be removed from our presidential elections. It causes more harm than good and, makes many voters not vote. There are pros and cons to the system but, there are too many cons for it to continue. Presidential candidates only care about big states “for the win”. Which makes voters think they're small electoral college state is worthless. So in this essay, I will convince you and, tell you the truth behind the Electoral College system. A major flaw with the electoral college system is a failure to accurately reflect the national popular will. Meaning that if a president wins by popular vote and doesn't win “270” with the Electoral College point they will not be the president-elect. This
Faithless electors are members of the Electoral College that do not vote for their party's designated candidate. (“Faithless’). Since the Electoral College, 157 electors have done this. It's basically cheating and, being very bias. Which makes the American people put even less trust in the U.S. government. Not only has the government set up a system that goes against the American people's vote. Now we can't even trust the electors to vote for the candidate we choose. This means that the presidential candidate who gets the majority of the vote in that particular state wins it. However, if there's a “faithless voter” they can manipulate the electoral college system and vote for a different presidential candidate. Now that means that the system has shown that it's not a legitimate source of the American people's thoughts and votes. Like Gene Green said “Every citizen's vote should count in America, not just the votes of partisan insiders in the Electoral College. The Electoral College was necessary when communications were poor, literacy was low and voters lacked information about out-of-state figures, which is clearly no longer the case”(“EC