The Electoral College is a process. The Electoral College is a number of people from the United States representing the states, casting votes for the election of the president and vice president. The Electoral College has 538 electors, 435 representatives, 100 senators and 3 electors given to the District of Columbia. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. During the Electoral College each of the states would select electors. The electors would then meet in each state capital and vote for president and vice president. After they would count the numbers of electoral votes by congress. It was decided that the House of Representatives should make the choice, with each state delegation casting only one vote. Small states would have minimum of three electoral votes no matter how small their population is. Large states would have their say, but small states would be protected by having a minimum of 3 electoral votes. As a compromise between …show more content…
This problem was corrected by the 12th amendment, ratified in 1804. Now today the winner takes all system in effect in 48 states makes it possible for candidates to win at least 270 electoral votes without winning a majority of the popular vote. Today a candidate who carries the 10 largest states wins 256 electoral votes. But the Electoral College can also help small states. Most people want to abolish the Electoral College. If we relied on just one the popular vote, there might have to be a runoff election among the two leading candidates if neither got a majority because third-party candidates won a lot of votes. So if we changed the Electoral College there would be some effects. The Electoral College makes candidates worry about carrying states and popular votes and strengthens the influence of states in national