“America’s election systems have operated smoothly for more than 200 years because the Electoral College accomplishes its intended purposes. America’s presidential election process preserves federalism, prevents chaos, grants definitive electoral outcomes, and prevents tyrannical or unreasonable rule. The Founding Fathers created a stable, well-planned, and carefully designed system—and it works.” This was written by Tara Ross in a Heritage Foundation memorandum (Stepman). The electoral college is a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president. On election day the people vote for electors, not the president. Some people think the electoral college is a debauched system, and …show more content…
One of the many things about the electoral college that is sublime, is you cannot win by just getting one state, or general area because last time I checked there was not 270 electorates in one state. So you have to satisfy many people not just one kind of group. This forces candidates to campaign everywhere in America, and try to satisfy the complete United States of America, and not just the largely inhabited cities. That is what it would come down to without the Electoral College (Limbaugh). Because the farmer from Kansas, the bums from the cites, and the working man from the cities all have different views and different interest in mind. Every state matters if we use the Electoral College. One occurrence of this is in the 2000 election between Al Gore and George W. Bush, everyone says Bush won because he attained Florida. Yes, Bush had to get the requisite Florida to win, but Gore did not. If Gore had acquired West Virginia, like basically all democrats did, he would have won the election. The last time West Virginia was won by a republican was when Reagan won practically all the state in 1984. My point is Gore Skipped over