Pros And Cons Of Electoral College

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. Therefore, the electoral college is an outdated practice containing discriminatory matters and numerous loop-holes; it is time for a change in our county. In order to create a system the states would agree to, the electoral

According to Tyler Lewis (2017), every state, including D.C., receives votes based upon their population; the minimum number possibly received is three. If the number of votes received was directly correlated with the population of the state, small states would become irrelative (New York Times, 2016). Lewis continues to explain that this unfair system allows the residents of Wyoming to have three times more voting power than the citizens of Texas hold per person. How can we proclaim America a land of liberty when this unjust voting power is considered constitutional? Therefore, the electoral college is a ground for which allows the residents of smaller states to have more votes per person than the more populous states: creating unbalanced voices. After the votes are tallied, only the majority vote in the state counts towards the decision of the Elector -- neglecting the ballot decision of the minority. For example, a democratic vote in a consistently Republican state, such as Texas, is worthless (Aaron Blake, 2016). Votes for both parties are viewed differently in swing states: states which do not consistently vote Republican or Democrat. Considerable amounts of money are spent on swing states in order to win the electoral vote (Simon Dumenco, 2015). Therefore, it is unjust that one’s vote is worth considerably more than