Do the American citizens actually have a voice to choose the next president or is it illusion of freedom? Are the president ready been selected and, consequently, the government convinced the citizens that their vote counts and that they still have some influence over the political process? Is the election fair for everyone or is it nothing but a Hollywood production? Since the beginning of the American political history, our founding fathers established a system in the constitution called the electoral college that choose the next president instead of the citizens because they believe that the citizens were not educated enough to know what is best for the United States. Throughout history, the electoral college created an argument on whether …show more content…
According to the article “The Indefensible Election college”, it say if the electoral vote is a tie, the House of Representatives would choose the next president(Doc F). While the candidate who has the popular vote and the electoral vote, but does not win at end, makes the voters feel that the vote did not have effect in the election. Based on the document on the four presidential election, it show that the president can win without the vote from citizens or electoral college vote(Doc G). When a candidate win without the vote from the citizens and the electoral, the citizens get discourage and would not vote again. The electoral college is unfair to the third party because they don’t get votes from the electoral college. Based on the presidential election from 1980 and 1992, it have show that the third party don’t get electoral vote(Doc B). The third party have a disadvantage which make it impossible for the third party to win the election because of the “winner take it all” system. According to George Will, he say that it discriminate smaller party and only help the main two parties(Doc E). The electoral college supports a two party system, discourages third party, and thereby restrict choices available to the