In my own words some of the pros and cons of the Electoral College are as followed and explained. My pros are that it maintains the federalist system, and allows for minority interests to be represented. It helps maintain the federalist system by keeping all of the branches of government equal. It helps allow for minority interests to be represented by helping the interest and have the ability to be represented and backed up by bigger parties to help get votes. My cons of the Electoral College are that is does not reflect the popular vote, and lowers voter turnout.
The electoral college is a way for selected individual’s to be chosen from each state to vote for the two-presidential candidate’s that have won popular vote for that state. Each state gets two votes for each senator and an additional vote for each member of the House of Representatives, which is based on state population. When votes are accumulated the candidate must get at least 270 votes from the Electoral College system. ( Levin- Waldman, 2012) There are some pros which are the electoral college system is efficient way to represent the country’s overall votes, favors states with smaller populations, this avoids them from having to recount the nations popular vote.
The stakes have been incredibly high in this election. As it stands, we are engaged in seven wars abroad, our economy is in a constant state of flux, and so many families are struggling across America. As a result, the need for new leadership has never been greater. At this point, although we have a *presumptive* nominee, we do not yet have an official nominee, and when the last votes were cast in June, neither Secretary Clinton nor Senator Sanders had secured the nomination.
Nathan Palm Mr. Baker American Government Electoral College or Not In the 1787 Constitutional Convention, one of the hardest questions to resolve was how to elect the president. (Roos) The Founding Fathers debated for months and came up with the compromise known as the Electoral College. Alternatives such as Congress picking the president and a democratic popular vote were discussed, but the electoral college was the method agreed upon by the Founding Fathers.
Recently, especially after the 2000 elections where Al Gore won in the popular vote with 500,000 more votes but lost the electoral vote to George W. Bush, has the public began really arguing if the Electoral College should continue to be the major deciding factor in elections. “The Electoral College, the assemblage of state electors constitutionally charged with electing the president, also limits third-party growth. With the exceptions of Maine and Nebraska, states award all their votes to the plurality winner within the state,(a term commonly referred as winner-take-all)” (AM GOV). Each state receives an electoral vote for every member they have in the Senate and House of Representatives.
Ever since the election involving Bush and Gore, the viability of the Electoral College has become a heatedly debated topic. The question is whether the Electoral College is still an effective system considering the conditions the United States faces today as opposed to the conditions that the Founding Fathers faced when they created it. For over one hundred and fifty years, the United States has used this system, and controversy has followed it ever since. It was created in an effort to protect the people and institution of America by putting the final vote of the presidency in the hands of a trusted and respected few. These few have the power to disregard the popular vote due to the fact that there is still no federal law demanding electors
In the constitutional convention of 1787, our nation's founding fathers came together to come up with a method to elect a president at a time when the majority of Americans couldn’t make an educated decision when voting so Electors who trusted with the responsibility to represent their state and make an informed choice. Our founding fathers came up with an indirect method, the Electoral College, which proved successful by allowing Americans to choose their state representatives and senators who would represent their vote and through a majority choose a president-elect. Through the electoral college, each state gets two senators and a varied number of state representatives depending on the population of their state that the people vote for themselves
I stand fully behind this article and believe the nation would function better with a popular election and not an Electoral College system. The government already has a bad reputation among citizens for taking away our right and the Electoral College system is just another example. You always hear on political campaigns that our voices matter but in reality they do not because an elector can decide not to go with the vote of the people. I understand congress is worried citizens will choose a candidate for the wrong reason, but this is the 21 century there is so much information on the internet and television. What is the purpose of giving people the right to vote if you are afraid of the decision they would make.
Even after the signing of the 1965 voting rights act, which was intended to help African Americans and other racial minorities to have the constitutional right to vote, some laws still in the books throughout the United States discriminate against those who are not property owners. Of course, to be fair, this is exclusively certain election. But could this have a psychological effect on the non-property owners and depress turnout for other types of election in which virtually everyone above the age of eighteen could vote? In a district election, some officials are appointed, some are elected by property owners only and others are elected by everyone in the district. Roughly 40% of such district throughout the United States of America have
I agree with you, that politician can do much better for the society and fighting against the discrimination and prejudice against a particular group of people. However, politicians have seen more power centered and always seeking a way to getting into the power rather than working and speaking honestly in front of people. Looking at the U.S. presidential campaign 2016, all of these candidates have been talking about different policy issues; however, the U.S. institutions are so strong and president alone might not be able to make huge difference in policy issues. On the other hand, these candidates does not have strong record for fighting in many issues in the past. That’s why, I believe that politicians are very familiar to politicization
Nicholas Hom Baker 1A Government 1 March 2023 Electoral College There are many ways to elect a United States President from a random selection to a popular vote. The topic on how the United States should elect a president has been in debate for quite some time.
The electoral college - how can it be good? In a fair democracy everyone's vote should be counted equally, however the way that the United States elects its President violates this right by making sure some people have more voting power than others. The Electoral college is in fact the 538 votes that determines who wins the presidency.
An Undated Practice: The Electoral College Founded at a time of great uncertainty, in a struggle between state and federal power, the electoral college was created as a means to compromise. Intricate and complex, this system is discriminatory to each individual of the population; most Americans are oblivious to this fact. In addition, candidates may win their election without winning the popular vote. After the votes have been cast, loyal electors may betray the people whom they represent and select the unpopular candidate.
The Electoral College The Electoral College is the current process in which the United States decides who will win the presidential election. This method was adopted in 1787, taking the structure from the Roman Republic. Throughout the time we have used this method it has gone through two redesigns, the second of which resulted in the making of the Twelfth Amendment. In the following, I will be answering, how does the Electoral College operate, do I believe in it and should we change it to a popular vote?
The struggle that is caused by pride and confidence is one that is experienced by all, for it is natural, but letting it control oneself can be dangerous. This is also true for Fortunato, a character in Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “The Cask of Amontillado”, and the narrator from James Hurst’s short story, “The Scarlet Ibis”. In “The Cask of Amontillado”, the main character, Montresor, feels that he has been wronged by one of his old friends, Fortunato. Montresor feels that he must exact revenge on Fortunato for these wrongs to be made right, later proceeding to lead Fortunato deep into the catacombs. Along the way, Fortunato is given many signs that something is wrong, but his pride makes him oblivious to those warnings.
