Why I Like Electoral College
I like the Electoral College. I don’t want a most popular vote win election because I want the smaller states to still have a say, but, if America switches to most popular election, the way things are, might just get worse. There are some good reasons for a most popular election, and there are not good reasons for one too. I like the Electoral College a lot, and I would like the voting system to keep it that way. However, our founding fathers created the Electoral College, to create a better way to elect a president that would not cause chaos or havoc in the country. I like how they give electoral votes to each state by their population. This way every state will be represented, by taking the majority of every state to choose what party
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This has happened in 1824, 1876, 1888, 2000, and more recently this year (2016) presidential election, Donald Trump beats Hillary Clinton with 290 Electoral votes to 232 Electoral votes. While Hillary Clinton had 979,401 more popular votes than Trump. My second reason why I like the Electoral college is because when you look at the map of the states and most of them are red or blue and still don't win the popular vote even though most the states are voting red or blue. It doesn't make sense how one color can cover the map but sill looses. I think that the Founding Fathers were trying to let everyones vote count. It contributes to the cohesiveness of the country by requiring a distribution of popular support to be elected president. That is why I agree with the Electoral College. I think it is the best and fair way to run the election. The Electoral College has performed over 50 presidential elections. I think that the Founding Fathers were trying to let everyones vote count. It contributes to the cohesiveness of the country by requiring a distribution of popular support to be elected
This has happened in 1824, 1876, 1888, 2000, and more recently this year (2016) presidential election, Donald Trump beats Hillary Clinton with 290 Electoral votes to 232 Electoral votes. While Hillary Clinton had 979,401 more popular votes than Trump. My second reason why I like the Electoral college is because when you look at the map of the states and most of them are red or blue and still don't win the popular vote even though most the states are voting red or blue. It doesn't make sense how one color can cover the map but sill looses. I think that the Founding Fathers were trying to let everyones vote count. It contributes to the cohesiveness of the country by requiring a distribution of popular support to be elected president. That is why I agree with the Electoral College. I think it is the best and fair way to run the election. The Electoral College has performed over 50 presidential elections. I think that the Founding Fathers were trying to let everyones vote count. It contributes to the cohesiveness of the country by requiring a distribution of popular support to be elected