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The Pros And Cons Of The Electoral College

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America has come a long way since its establishment in 1776; two hundred and forty years has passed since then and the changes are quite notable. For instance, the fact that this country was built upon the backs of slaves who were stolen from their homeland, thankfully, laws that make slavery illegal exist now ("Congress Abolishes the African Slave Trade"). Same-sex marriage is legal, and anti-discrimination laws are trying to be put in place. All of these things are great for our country, but how long did it take to get to this point? 240 years? Doesn’t that seem a bit outrageous? It seems our government has been failing the diverse people of this country. As Americans, we should want to see positive change in this great country, but how can that happen when the system we put in place to make our elections fair betrays the vote of the people. The Electoral college is outdated and needs to be amended. The electoral college was established in 1787 when the constitution was made. The US had 13 states spread across the eastern coast of North America and only 4 million citizens. (1) Today the US is 37 states stronger and has a population of almost 324 million people. The old electoral college may have been an adequate process to elect the President 200 years ago, but, with such an …show more content…

For example, California has 53 representatives in the house and each state has 2 senators in the senate, in total, California has 55 electoral votes. It works like that for all states and there are 538 electors in all. However, the number of electors isn’t the problem; the problem lies in how the votes are cast. Every electoral vote per state goes to the candidate who wins the popular vote in the state, even if the candidate won the popular vote by 1%. This process makes for an inaccurate representation of the citizens

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