Disadvantages Of The Electoral College

A question that many Americans pondered upon when they were trying to ratify the Constitution was, “How would the United States choose a president?” At the Constitutional Convention, many delegates believed that Americans did not have enough wisdom and knowledge to elect a president and others believed that the state legislators were unable to put aside their personal needs to account for the national interest (Monroe 2016). Thus they came up with a system called the electoral college. The electoral college is an institution that elects the president and the vice president of the U.S. every four years. This system is a highly complicated institution where each state selects electors. Electors are delegates that have a well known judgement of …show more content…
Some states have more electoral votes due to the population size but there voter turnout is much smaller in comparison because the number of votes in a specific state varies. For example the voter turnout in Ohio could be greater than the voter turnout in Missouri, even though Ohio has more electoral votes and counts more than the votes for Missouri. The electoral college also decreases the voter turnout because many people feel like their vote does not matter. For instance, many believe that voting for a Democrat in a Republican dominated state is useless and thus a large amount of people do not cast their …show more content…
This can lead to a delay for many months and it would not be efficient because there are millions of votes to be counted. The electoral college also allows the candidates to focus on all states, not just the big states which creates a national appeal not just a regional one. Thus, the winner can have the support of many states not just a small number of populated ones. This is helpful because it puts importance on all the states and showcases the idea that they all have a certain power in ultimately choosing the winning