Persuasive Essay: The Electoral College

The Electoral College The 2016 election has brought a lot of attention to the electoral college after Hilary Clinton lost the election even though she had two million more votes than her opponent. The effects of the electoral college can make or break you in an election. So, should the electoral college stay or go? I believe that it should go. With the electoral college giving more votes to some states than others, campaigning usually is hit harder in the states with more votes. Because the popular vote does not fully count to towards the winner of the election; it causes a smaller voter turnout. States with more electoral votes are visited more often in a presidential campaign. This causes states like Wyoming, Montana, and Alaska to seem left out because they only count for three votes towards the election. Only counting for three votes does not affect the election at all which
Voting has a been a problem in the United States for a long time now. The United states has trailed other countries for decades in voter turnouts. Only 61% of eligible voters go to the polls to vote and one of the biggest reasons is because they do not believe that their vote counts. If the electoral college was abolished, then I believe that more citizens would go to the polls. Using the popular vote to decide the next president of the United States would make every vote count equally and give the voters the satisfaction of knowing that their vote counted.
Abolishing the electoral college would change many opinions towards the election and give the country a fair election. States with a higher electoral college should be able to hold the power of elections. Taking the popular vote over the electoral votes would bring higher numbers in the voting turnout and would be more fair to the citizens of the country. An election should be lost having two million more votes than your