Electoral Improvement

Another problem surrounding the Electoral College system is that it allows one-party states, states that almost always go to one party. In this context, a Democrat who casts a vote in a mostly Republican state feels that his vote is wasted because of no way that state will be won by a Democrat. Besides, the system is based on two-party elections, the Democrat and the Republican leaving Americans with two candidates to choose (Belenky, 364). The voters end up picking the candidate with fewer issues rather than the one they support. In my opinion, people feel that Electoral College has single-handedly defeated

One of the reason why the Electoral College should not be destroyed, is that it helps the candidates who may struggle with the popular vote. In 1980, for Presidential Election, candidate Ronald Reagan barely won the popular vote (50.7%). With the help of the Electoral Vote, Reagan took 91% of it, which then made him the winner (Doc B). Also in 1992, Candidate Bill Clinton, did not even have half the country on his side (43%). With the help of the Electoral Vote, Clinton

The voting process in America appears straightforward, but it is a very complex, complicated system. The Electoral College is America’s current voting system. The Electoral College still serves its intended purpose, but with increasing political activity among Americans it has caused a need to reform this process. Research suggests that the Electoral College system should be amended because it poorly illustrates democracy, is outdated and the majority of Americans are in favor of abolishing the system.

As citizens of the United State of America, one of our most important rights is that of which to vote. By voting, the general population has a say in who its leaders are. Votes for local, state, and even federal representatives directly reflect who the constituents want in office. However, America’s highest office is not elected by a vote of the people. Instead we use a confusing and outdated system called the Electoral College. Our president is not elected by the people, but by 538 electors who can legally vote for whomever they choose. Several times in our nations history an elector has voted against the people’s will. Three presidents have been elected into office by the electoral college and

I agree with Hayes, the electoral college is outdated. There is no longer a necessary role for it in the American Electoral System. The Electoral College was created since the government felt that the people would not know about the issues that they were voting on. Instead, they decided that the people would vote for a select group of candidates. The group of people that are being voted for are the caucus.The caucus member that wins their district casts their districts vote in favor of the candidate that won the majority vote .

According to fairvote.org there are many great proposals for a new system of electing the President. Direct election with instant runoff voting allows voters to pick and choose their favorite candidates rather than choosing only one candidate. Then when the votes are counted the candidate with the most votes gets elected, but if that is not the case the candidate with the lowest number of votes becomes eliminated and you simply repeat the process until a candidate receives a majority of votes. Another avenue is to proportionate the allocation of electoral votes. This system would split each states electoral votes to match each candidates popular vote percentages. For example, this method would give a candidate with 30 percent of the popular vote to receive 30 percent of the electoral votes from that state instead of zero. On the other hand, this method has its downfall because we would not know how to allocate electors proportionally. Many believe such problem can be resolved by increasing the number of electoral votes to the number needed in order to reduce margin of error while others suggest rounding to whole votes. In the end an elector cannot represent multiple candidates and in the end mistakes are a high probability of making a mistake and essentially every vote will not count equally. A direct vote with plurality rule would abolish the Electoral College, but in order for this system to work it must be combined with the instant runoff proposal otherwise it would only compliment one-half. Additionally, the congressional district method is intended to divide the electoral votes by district giving each district one vote and placing the other two votes toward the statewide popular vote winner. In essence thought this system would not fix the disproportional aspects about the Electoral College because it simply uses districts to identify each elector and people would become discouraged as most

But as we cleared what was one of the biggest hurdles that forced the creation of the electoral college (Lack of technology to keep up with politics and candidates effectively), there is no purpose of one. Too many times has this system that is supposed to fairly decide our president failed because presidents won despite American people voting for their opponent. This system is proven to be inherently flawed, and especially after this election it is time to consider a new system of election our next presidents. When we put our faith in mysterious electors who aren’t even obligated to respect our voting preference, we lose an integral piece of democracy. We lose the voice of the

First, The Electoral College prevents majority rule and should not be abolished. ”The Electoral College gives states with small populations a measure of protection against domination by states with large populations. It levels the political playing field a bit” (Williams, Walter E.). It is said that Hillary Clinton won popular vote majority. Therefore, if the nation were not encumbered with outdated electoral college. Clinton, instead of our present one, would be the next president of the United States. In 2000, Al Gore won the popular vote just as Clinton supposedly did. Such outcomes have led to calls to desert the Constitution's Article two provisions for the state electors to select presidents. Before the U.S. deserts the Electoral College, let's consider the purpose it performs. According to 2013 Census Data, Nine states- California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, and Michigan have populations

The United States, well known for its democracy, holds elections every four years to elect its President. Every American citizen over the age of 18 has a right to cast a vote in the presidential election. The voting process, although it seems easy and straightforward, can be very complicated. In the 2000 election, Al Gore captured the majority of votes, but George Bush won. The reason for this strange outcome and why Al Gore lost was because of the Electoral College. The Electoral College is voting system where different states are given a certain amount of votes in the election, and which ever candidate wins a state, is given that state’s votes. The Electoral College is out of date, and should be replaced by the Popular Vote system,

Over the course of American history, the electoral college has frequently been a controversial portion of the American political system, especially in with the recent election of Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton. Clinton lost the election, despite winning the popular vote by roughly three million votes. This election’s outcome although unique in its politics, isn’t at all rare within U.S. Political History, winning the election without the popular vote previously occurred four times. Recently, this has sparked notable discussion of the abolition of the electoral college, a move that would greatly benefit American politics. While some would argue the foundation of the college are sound, the actual origins are actually erroneous, and

The Electoral College has been broken ever since it was put into the cConstitution and it has only gained more problems as political parties grew. The Electoral College is the system that the United States uses to elect their presidents every four years. The system is setup in a way where the popular vote does not determine who wins the election but the amount of electoral votes you get does. Each state is given one vote per Senator and Representative they have in the House of Representatives. Whichever presidential candidate wins more electoral votes in the states wins the entire election, no matter what the popular vote is. The Electoral College should not be completely abolished, but it does need to be changed from its original format. The popular vote should have more influence on the election, political parties should be eliminated, and each state should be given the same amount of votes per population rather than votes per Senator and Representatives.

The Electoral College consists of 3 major defects. The first defect would be that this system makes it possible for a candidate in the presidential election to win the popular vote, but lose the electoral college vote. This situation creates a hideous mess every time, and is more than a theoretical possibility. The most recent occurrence of this would be the elections of 2016 where Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, but lost the electoral college vote to Donald Trump, who is our current President of the United States. Moreover, nothing in the constitution or any federal statute requires that the electors must vote for the candidate favored by the popular vote in their state. This goes to show that the people really don’t have a say in who

When the Electoral College was put in place as part of the voting process it seemed a good idea. “Our framers distrusted democracy and saw the Electoral College as a deliberative body able to correct bad choices made by the people.” (Anderson 519). Times have changed and today’s society is a lot different that it was when George Washington was President. It’s about time that the U.S eliminates the Electoral College and makes America more of a democracy by making the popular vote the deciding factor in electing the president.

After the last presidential election, which is still underway apparently, there is much controversy over what should happen to the Electoral College system. There are people who say that the Electoral College is good but should be modified to meet the needs of the modern world. There are those who say that the Electoral College system is too outdated to be modified and should be entirely eliminated. Finally there are those who say that it is has stood the test of time and is still the best system for our country.

When the electoral college was first made, it was partly made to give smaller states an extra power. The electoral college was also made to protect the citizens from tyrannical government and majority. However, I believe that today the electoral college is "outlived" and undemocratic. Today, smaller states with little people have more power. While bigger states with the majority of the population have a smaller voice in the presidential election. I truly believe that the electoral college should be eliminated.