Should Electoral College Be Abolished

“The mode of appointment of the Chief Magistrate of the United States … I venture somewhat further, and hesitate not to affirm that if the manner of it be not perfect, it is at least excellent” --Alexander Hamilton. Our contemporary presidential election system is referred as the electoral college, which provides the president to be determined by the candidate which receives the majority of the electoral votes. Furthermore, the electoral college has been persistently disputed whether it should be kept or eliminated, being there are various proponents that oppose it stating it goes against the will of the people or is undemocratic. However, the electoral college promotes candidates to build campaign platform for the national interest, thus

Others may think their votes go wasted, due to the “winner-takes-all” method in use for the majority of states, such as a voter voting for Al Gore might of believed in the election of 2000, being Bush won the majority of electoral votes while Gore won the popular vote. However, it is erroneous to believe their votes go wasted, being they were simply cast on the losing side of the popular vote within the state, even more provided by the electoral college which preserves federalism by representing states as evenly as possible, thus protecting small states it does not waste votes being it grants all states a justifiable amount of electoral votes in correspondence with their population. In addition, if it was based on national popular vote only, would people assert that their vote for Bush went wasted, as a result of Gore’s victory? Furthermore, the electoral college preserves federalism by promoting a national consensus on our choice for president, being it leads to candidates seeking national coalition, thus enabling them to win with the majority of electoral votes and eliciting the correct president to maintain stability in the union. Although, some may say the electoral college is undemocratic or goes against the will of the people, being a candidate might win presidency as a result of the majority of electoral votes but have less popular votes than the opposing candidate. However, our Founding Fathers did not intended a pure democracy, being a pure democracy is not universally good, due to it leads to tyranny of the majority and rejects compromise which could damage the union. Thus, the electoral college has proven to be operating effectively for more than 200 years, due to our Founding Fathers created an efficacious, carefully designed election system through vigorous debate and deliberation. Altogether, the electoral college should be preserved, due to it