The Three Branches Of The Electoral College

The Electoral College
Our government consists of three different branches. One of these branches is the executive branch. The executive branch is headed by a person known as the President. The President has many jobs which includes enforcing the laws passed by Congress, representing the nation, and being a commander in chief. A president has many jobs and powers but how does someone come to be president? A candidate has to be voted for by the electoral college.

The electoral college is a body of government that elects the President and the Vice-President. In the electoral college people vote for the electors and the electors vote on the president. Many people disagree with the electoral college and the way it is set up. These people usually

They believe that it favors the larger states and that the larger states- California, Texas, New York- dictate the election of the presidency. There are 538 electoral college votes and majority is 270 votes. The elected votes range between 3 and 54. The Democratic party typically gets votes from the more populated and bigger states while the Republican party typically gets the smaller state’s vote. The Democrats still need to sway some small states and the Republicans need a couple of the larger states. In terms of representation, this system is fair, but the delegates nominated by the people have a choice to vote for what their state or district has decided or not. There is also the popular vote which is the people’s direct vote for their choice. Even though there is a popular vote, it does not decide who gains presidency. Only the electoral college decides, which is by vote. This means that a candidate can be elected without the popular vote. Throughout the history of the U.S., this has only happened 5 times: John Quincy Adams first election, Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump. Since a the popular vote does not chose the presidency, the people/citizens really are not choosing their

Thomas Jefferson wanted everyone to be able to vote but Alexander Hamilton did not want everyone to vote because he did not want the uneducated voting. He believed that the uneducated would not make the logical decision. The electoral college bridged the uneducated and the educated in terms of voting for the presidential election. When the electoral college was created, communication was inefficient and the technology was underdeveloped. By having delegates/electors representing a state and district it made it easier to vote with limited technology and communication. Now however, counting votes for every citizen is easy with computers and communication is