Essay On Electoral College

Here in America, we are encouraged to vote for anyone we choose to vote for and told that every vote counts. There’s an exception to this rule because every four years during presidential elections the candidate with the most votes doesn’t always win; the winner is the one with the most Electoral College votes. The Electoral College is a necessity in the selection of the President of the United States. My goal in researching this topic is to better understand the role the Electoral College plays in selecting the President of the United States. This paper will look into the creation of the Electoral College, the requirements needed to be an Electoral College elector, the process of how the Electoral College votes are awarded, and

They considered the president being elected by congress, or by the governors of the states, or by a popular vote. The framers did not want the president to be elected by Congress nor did they want the election to be done by popular vote because it would be unfair to the smaller states. The task of deciding how a president should be chosen was referred to the Committee of Eleven of Postponed Matters. This committee implemented the Electoral College. The Committee wanted the presidency to be independent from Congress, they wanted the less populous states to have a say in the election, and they wanted the selection process to be protected from political manipulation. The requirements for the selection of electors is minimal. Based on the Constitution each state was given the same amount of electors as the combine total of the members in the Senate (two per state) and the House of Representative’s delegation. Based on United States Constitution, Article II, section I each state decides how electors are selected. Qualifications are broad: the only persons forbidden from being selected as an elector are Representatives, Senators and individuals holding and office of trust or profit under the United States. Anyone can serve as an elector aside from these