Electoral

The electoral college has been an integral part of our government ever since its creation, but the debate of its relevance has been further propelled by the most recent election. Its supporters believe the Electoral College provides a fair and accurate representation of America’s opinion, while keeping bigger states from dwarfing smaller states. Meanwhile it’s critics say it’s an outdated and undemocratic method of electing a president. While I believe the Electoral College was once an useful tool

with freedom and equality. The winner takes all system in the Electoral College does not live up to our nation's set of ideals. Other flaws that our election system has is the photo ID laws which are another limitation to our voices and lobbying which has a great impact in our election system. When it comes to listening to the people’s voices the Electoral College comes short. The Electoral College damages our voices. The Electoral

One of my favorite phrases about the Electoral College is that “it is a process, not a place.” The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress. The Electoral College is made up of 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. The Constitution gives each state a number of electors equal to the combined total

election through the Electoral College. This reflects the principle of federalism because federalism is a system in which power is divided between two levels of government- the federal government and the state and local governments. In presidential elections, people are not technically voting for a presidential candidate, but for an elector of their state to represent them. Ultimately, in events such as the presidential elections of 2000 and 2016, it has been proven that the Electoral College is an unfair

government, in practice, it is less than ideal. Fear of “tyranny of the majority” prompted discussion over how the president should be elected. The Founders chose the Electoral College—which incorporates democracy, federalism, and republicanism—for presidential selection, because it provided for the best balance of power. The Electoral College was the product of no small amount of debate during the Constitutional

any high school seniors. That college is the electoral college and it is something that is very important but most people do not know a lot about. I know your government teachers probably went over this last year, but if we are being honest most of us probably slept through that lesson. Given the timing, I thought it would be very appropriate to talk about this oft overlooked part of our political system. According to the National Archives, the electoral college is a group of 538 electors who decided

538 electors who come from across all 50 states including the District of Columbia which is also known as the Electoral College, this group of people will cast ballots for the candidate that is the most successful in gaining majority support from his or her specific state. In a majority of cases, the winner of the popular vote correlates to who receives majority support in the Electoral College. However, the crazy election of 2000 came to the result of the election of the former Texas Governor

Burr received the same amount of electoral votes, resulting in the House of Representatives breaking the tie. In 1876’s presidental election, the popular vote went to Democrat Samuel Tilden, however a commission voted for Republican Rutherford B. Hayes as the winner. In 1888 the popular vote candidate, Grover cleveland, did not win the election but rather Benjamin Harrison due to the electoral votes. Just recently in 2000, George W. Bush won the majority of electoral votes, even though AL Gore won

First off, what is the Electoral College? The Electoral College is the process put in place by our Founding Fathers in which America votes for its President and Vice President every four years. The Electoral College was put in place to help prevent abuse of power and corruption by having a separation of government. The Electoral College is made up of representatives from each state based on how many Senate and House of Representative delegates that state has. These numbers range from 3 to 54

The electoral college, is A state by state system used to selectively acquire a new representative of the country, Never the less when one casts a vote, the vote counts towards the presidential electors. In which those are the people who form the electoral college and select the cabinet members. The electoral college was created for two reasons. The first purpose was to create a buffer between population and the selection of the President. The second as a part of the structure of the government