The Pros And Cons Of US Presidential Elections

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If there is an election that has captured the imaginations of millions of citizenly across the world, it’s the US presidential elections. The paradox is that it is not a direct election per-se where the American people elect a president directly but rather a situation where members of different states elect representatives of an electoral college which in turn elect the president and the vice president.
This quadrennial event comes with disappointments and major surprises as well. The last elections led to the election of Barrack Obama as the president of the United States after facing cut throat competition from Mitt Romney. The world was taken on a tour of meticulous Campaigning coupled with jibes at opponents and revered historical speeches