Benefits Of The Electoral College

The Electoral College is made of 538 electors. The Founding Fathers made this process, so they could balance the votes. It was balanced by the popular vote from citizens, and the Congress. There are specific numbers of electors based on the number of members of its congressional delegation. There is one special rule and it is the twenty-third amendment. It tells us that the District of Columbia gets to be treated like a state, so it is easier for the Electoral College. When a candidate is running for president, they have their own group of electors. They are mostly picked by the political party. According to the state, it depends if they are picked by the party or some other law. It’s all about the state, and what the laws say about their responsibilities
and how the candidate is picked. When someone votes for a candidate, they are also voting for their electors. So, every time someone votes for a president, their voting for his or her electors. Of course, the presidency is held every four years. To the electors that are for the winning candidate get awarded, but it varies in every state. Maine and Nebraska actually do it differently, they have a variation of “proportional representation.” The Certificate of Ascertainment is something your governor gets ready for your state. It lists all the candidates for the presidency and their electors. It also tells the winning president in the state and his or her electors. Those certificates are sent to congress, and those will be being represented for the state by the winning electors. In December, right after the election, there is a meeting with all of the electors. They then put their votes in, for the Vice President and President, representing their state. Their votes are recorded in the “Certificate of Vote.” That is sent to the Congress and the National Archives as part of the election. In the sixth of January in the year following the votes are counted. To officially tally the elector’s votes they have a meeting in the House Chamber with the members of the House and Senate. The vice president announces the outcome of the voting. Then, he or she announces the President of the United States (“What is the Electoral College?”).

The Electoral College should most certainly be kept.
It is diverse, both, racially and religiously. The Electoral College accepts people who are Hindi, Christian, African American, Chinese and etc. Thanks to the fifteenth amendment, everyone can vote for equality. Without the Electoral College, the votes of urban and rural areas would not be accounted for the same way. People wouldn’t care if a small town in the middle of nowhere voted. But, they would if say, NYC voted. There are fewer mistakes with the Electoral College, too. Let's say that it's snowing, are people going to go more on a sunny or snowy day? Sunny, so they would have fewer votes. But, the Electoral College always comes no matter what. Sunshine or rain they come, meet and vote
(Posner).

The strongest opposition to keeping the Electoral College is the failure to precisely reflect the national popular vote.
The Electoral College wins are bigger than the popular vote. This should not be the case. Actually, it should be the other way around. There have been Presidents in the past, that have won without the majority popular vote and this is just bogus. In fact, five times this has happened. John Quincy Adams, Benjamin Harrison, George Bush and even Donald Trump have failed with the popular vote but won the Electoral side. The Electors are good at their job, however, there are people that strategically keep up with the Presidential Election. I know that the Electoral College major in the Presidential Election, but the people should be the majority national vote. This argument definitely has some vast points and very true altercations. However, I am still for keeping the Electoral College. There are some citizens that go with the more popular candidate and are totally ignorant about him/her that they are voting for. So, because of these kinds of people who just say “Oh, I do not care about who's running I'm just going to wing it”. This is where the Electoral College is a tremendous advantage because it actually specializes in the candidates that are running. Yes, the Electoral College has outdone the popular vote five times. Who would someone rather vote for a person who specializes in the Presidency or a citizen who is ignorant on the subject of
matter. The abolishment of the Electoral College is not a bad idea, but it isn’t the right decision. Yes, the Electoral College shouldn’t probably win the presidency for someone but their job is to vote wisely. The Electoral College adds depth to the country. It adds actual meaning to the Presidential Election. Even though, sometimes the popular vote is overruled the country is still great thanks to the Electoral College.