Should Electoral College Be Abolished

Two hundred years ago, the founders of the constitution outlined the electoral college on who should elect the president. They disagreed on the role of the people, congress, and the states in the political process. Some of the founders favored direct vote while others lacked confidence in the people to vote. The compromise was the Electoral College. As the electoral college reaches the present many people have proposed to have it be eliminated because three different presidents have won the popular vote but didn't win the election. Even though the Electoral College has been here since the beginning of the establishment of the U.S I believe it should be abolished. As a U.S citizen does your vote matter to who is elected? Every four years the United States has a presidential election. Your vote for the presidential nominee is considered to fall into the category of a popular vote. In my opinion the popular vote from a candidates constituents should be considered the voice and approval for a presidential nomination. Our current election system is based off of the electoral college system. In other words, the president wins a nomination by a presumed populous within large, key states.

The twenty-third amendment of the constitution provides each state three electors, including the District of Columbia. There are five hundred and thirty eight votes in the electoral college. Each state has two senators which is considered two electoral votes. The remaining four hundred and thirty eight electoral votes are distributed to states contingent upon their population. This is an example of how the electoral college has jaded the election process. A census is conducted every ten years to determine a states population and the number of electoral votes is based off that states population. This should not be considered as a states population changes annually, therefore should not affect an election