Why The Electoral College Should Not Be Used For Popular Vote

The Electoral College system is arguably biased to small states and ignorant to the overall popular vote of the American citizens. The Electoral College system that is used in America in order to elect presidents is unjust because it ignores larger states that should have more electoral votes and gives states with small populations more electoral votes. This is because the popular vote is not distributed according to population in specific states. However, this also gives smaller states a chance of being equally represented and it protects the interests of minorities such as certain religious or racial groups.
The Electoral College was created in 1787 in order to create equal representation for states with smaller populations. It has been
Not only this, it also causes the presidential candidates to ignore California and Texas when campaigning. This is because the amount of electoral votes in California for example, are not equal to the population in other states. This is due to the fact that all states are given a minimum amount of three electoral votes, taking votes away from larger states as the maximum amount of electoral votes nationwide are 358. Instead they campaign in swing states such as Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin. Not only does this exclude solid Republican and Democratic states, it also ignores states with smaller populations, which is the opposite of which the Electoral College system intended. Also, the electors selected do not have to choose the popular candidate to vote for. These particular electors are called faithless electors. Finally, the system is unfair to states that have multiple political parties, as in all states-besides Maine and Nebraska-the winning political party takes all electoral votes. For example, it the democratic party were to win in Florida by 51 percent, all 29 electoral votes would be