Persuasive Essay On Electoral College

Yes the Electoral college should be taken out of the constitution.The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have transregional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. So a solid regional favorite has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states, for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states that he knows he will win. This is a desirable result because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president. The residents of the other regions are likely to feel disfranchised to feel that their votes do not count, that the new president will have no regard for their interests..It should be taken out of the constitution because it creates the possibility
The advocates of this position are correct in arguing that the Electoral College method is not democratic in a modern sense. The Constitution provides that “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress.” And it is the electors who elect the president, not the people. When you vote for a presidential candidate you’re actually voting for a slate of electors.Under the Constitution, the people are empowered to choose, through direct popular election, the men and women who represent them in their state legislatures and in the United States Congress. The states, through the Electoral College, are empowered to choose the president and vice president. In Conclusion the electoral college should not be kept in the constitution because it creates the possibility for the loser of the popular vote to win the electoral vote. Also it makes votes not feel important and like their vote doesn't matter. It distorts the presidential campaign by encouraging the parties to write more than 40 states (plus the District of Columbia) that they know they either can’t win or