Voting is an important topic that has been integrated into American society since they were young. Kids are taught about it in the classroom, and later grow up using it in all different social situations. The importance of teaching voting from such an early age is to support the idea of democracy. By teaching them voting and the concept of democracy at such an early age, children understand they have a voice and deserve to be heard. Later those kids grow up, and they are allowed to vote in one of the country’s most important elections, the vote for President. Since their ideas of voting come from childhood, they are led to believe that the vote is equal for all parties. However, that kid later learns that in the Presidential vote, their vote …show more content…
The introduction of the system is often not given to people until they reach the age of voting or even later. Even then, there are not enough Americans who understand the concept or even why it was made. When the government was still in the phase of development, there were many discussions on voting and how to make it fair between states. Since the country was just starting to develop, not every state was equal in population, so some states needed more representation than others. Therefore, they created the Electoral College, which works in direct correlation with the number of representatives that a state has in Congress. This concept has helped many of the southern states in the past, but it is not exactly applicable to today’s government. However, in today’s age, there are still many officials who fear the popular vote since their states may not be given the same representation, which is a genuine issue but based on the population growth these past years, one could counter that. On top of that, it seemed that the Electoral College clashed with many ideals of the American government, which should have been further