Should We Abolish The Electoral College?

The Electoral College Before the tense and puzzling presidential election in 2000, many people thought the Electoral College was a place of education. Most people now know that it is not a place, but a process of how the President of the United States of America is elected. The Presidential Election of 2000 helped inform Americans that our President is not elected by the popular vote, but through the process of the Electoral College (Ballaro). The Electoral College has existed since the beginning of America. In the Electoral College, each state gets a specific amount of Electoral Votes. Electoral Voters are special electors who cast a vote that reflects his or her individual states choice for President. Together, all of the states come together to make up a total of 538 votes, which means the winning candidate needs 270 electoral votes to achieve victory (Ballaro). Since 1790, every ten years a national census is conducted in order to gather information and data about population and housing. The census also helps determine how many electoral votes each state receives in the presidential election. A
Talks of a reform of the College has also been discussed, instead of a complete termination of the system. The critics of the Electoral College certainly have rational reasoning and do not come off as absurd. One point often brought up is the system being outdated and how it is no longer a good fit for how our political system is run today (Rich). Part of the reason people want to keep the system is the small states that don't want to see their political influence lost into the popular vote, which would most likely happen if the College was abolished (Ballaro). Supporters of the system also believe that the Electoral College helps to preserve the nation as a