Essay On The Electoral College Should Be Abolished
The Electoral College follows a winner-take all representative system, which means that the voices of some citizens will not matter. The Electoral College is a system of representatives included in the U.S. Constitution, created by the Founding Fathers, to help ensure that voters selecting the president were qualified and knowledgeable. These voters were chosen, because they knew what they were doing, rather than possible unreasonable voting by the public. However, this system is not required anymore, and can be detrimental to citizens of the United States of America. The Electoral College should be abolished, because it favors’ the voters of small states and because it does not accurately represent the voice of the people of the U.S.
The Electoral College favors the vote of the small states, making the votes of citizens in larger states have less of an effect in the election. For example, twelve small states and D.C. have a total population of approximately 12,500,000, and Illinois has a population of 12,800,000, but the electoral vote of the small states and D.C. is more than double of …show more content…
Several small states have a similar population as one large state, but the total electoral votes of the small state are more than double that of the large state, which is politically incorrect and unfair. Also, electors’ opinions are different than those of the citizens who voted for them. A president who the people did not want, but was elected by the Electoral College, was chosen. Citizens are not represented accurately by their electors. The Electoral College was founded for a viable reason, but this reason is not viable in today’s circumstances. We don’t need the Electoral College anymore, and without it, America can live up to its great reputation of
The Electoral College favors the vote of the small states, making the votes of citizens in larger states have less of an effect in the election. For example, twelve small states and D.C. have a total population of approximately 12,500,000, and Illinois has a population of 12,800,000, but the electoral vote of the small states and D.C. is more than double of …show more content…
Several small states have a similar population as one large state, but the total electoral votes of the small state are more than double that of the large state, which is politically incorrect and unfair. Also, electors’ opinions are different than those of the citizens who voted for them. A president who the people did not want, but was elected by the Electoral College, was chosen. Citizens are not represented accurately by their electors. The Electoral College was founded for a viable reason, but this reason is not viable in today’s circumstances. We don’t need the Electoral College anymore, and without it, America can live up to its great reputation of