The Electoral College always has it’s print on the elections and more importantly on the very close elections. It has done it’s job the over 200 plus years and throughout fifty presidential elections. So the electoral college is promising and durable. Both parties Republican and Democrat candidate feel at times as if they win the popular vote they win the election, but that’s when the electoral votes play their part. The electoral votes are combined by states …show more content…
As you would believe it would take more states with less electoral votes to equal the single amount of a state like california. So, the electoral college is useful to the candidate that earned more respect to recieve more electoral votes by states. I agree with the electoral college and the way it works because it includes a group of well educated and politically capable electors.
Most people would be for the Electoral College because some people abide by the saying “if it isn’t broke don’t fix it”. Keeping the electoral college would keep the framers hard work going. The framers wanted the electoral college because they feared direct democracy and also didn't trust the population to make the right decision. Lastly, the framers really wanted to support the rural areas and small states to make sure they can have say so while electing their president. The electoral college is also mainly built for equality of power. The people have …show more content…
The Electoral college isn’t needed or wanted for some people because they want full control through their peers in the state and from the entire population worldwide. The uneducated people feel as if their vote doesn’t count which it does, but just not to their standards. When people felt their votes didn’t matter they were depressed, which then fuels them to vote badly the next election. Depressed voters could affect the election because it is a honest and loyal vote being given at the time. So, if people got the feeling that their vote counted it would be in their favor and they wouldn’t be depressed but a little satisfied. Basically the bottom class and unwealthy want more power, this would corrupt the world. The rich and wealthy wouldn’t agree with the others vote, but through popular vote majority rules. Without the electoral college the election would be all popular vote and if that was to be a split decision it would then force the House of Representatives to select a president. Also the people will have their power, but they would choose a minority president which means the wrong guy is in charge all because of a very uneducated vote. Next the votes wouldn’t be direct at all it would be hard to choose two overall candidate to vote and support the republican and democrat party. With no electors and their education