Why Is Electoral Vote Necessary

Electoral Votes Are They Necessary Someone asked the question what is an Electoral College, what does it mean and how does it work. The Electoral is a formal body which elects the President and Vice President of the United States. Every state is given a number of electoral votes according to its population. However, in this day and age is the Electoral College/vote need today, or just another loophole that the government is exploiting. Even though electoral voting has been in play for many, many years, a great deal of U.S. citizens believes it is no longer a use or need for electoral voting. That it is a waste of the tax payer’s money and time that the cost of electoral votes could be used to fund other needed programs that have
citizens in order to be both informed and their voices heard in Washington. According to Alexander Hamilton it was necessary for “preserving the sense of the people, while at the same time ensuring that a President chosen by men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the station, and acting under circumstances favorable to deliberation, and to a judicious combination of all the reasons and inducements which were proper to govern their choice.” In addition to Hamilton, James Madison also had issues of groups he call factions would be formed (groups of citizens that have a common goal/interest) and that could violate citizens’ rights or even harm the nation altogether. Thus the creation of the 1787 Electoral College of eleven men of thirteen states with the larger states getting the most votes allotted. But this was over well over 220 years ago with some changes in between, is it still the best well to elect the President and Vice
Newspapers both electronic and written, magazines, social media such as Instagram, Internet, Facebook etc... There is the national coverage of a candidate both TV and radio just so much that it’s an overload on the sensory. In addition to, the people are better informed, more education, political involved. The voters are more knowledgeable, capable to determine who they want as the leader of the country. Many people believe as well as Rakove that the Electoral College should be abolished. Gallup polls done during 1944 and 2004 showed that the public love to see the Electoral College dismissed completely. By all means if this is the consensus why not get try to get rid of the Electoral votes, there was one failed attempt back in the early