Alexander Hamilton was the chief architect of the electoral college since he distrusted popular democracy. He said that the electoral college would ensure that a few men of insight and reflection would select the ablest president. Specifically‚ he wrote‚ "A small number of persons‚ selected by their fellow-citizens from the general mass would act under circumstances favorable to deliberation" (Wright 59). Hamilton believed that the electoral college system would reduce civic unrest if public participation
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within the Electoral College and can decide the history for our country over the next four years. The Electoral College was created so that uneducated people wouldn’t put an under qualified person into the Presidential Office. “The Founding Fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.” (https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/about.html)
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hectic. The government would focus on large cities and small‚ meager states would be left voiceless. Abolishing the Electoral College would cause elections to become more regional‚ more unfair‚ and more corrupt. The Electoral College allows elections focus on smaller states‚ creating a national election. The government was created to appease to the states; with the Electoral College‚ states have a louder voice.“States are allocated one elector for each of
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American elections are decided by an Electoral College‚ which comprises of electors from 50 U.S states who cast electoral votes for both the president and the vice president
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My Opinion on the Electoral College The Electoral College is the current system America uses to elect the president. How this systems works is when you vote‚ you aren’t really voting‚ you are telling an elector where you would like your vote to go to. Once everyone has voted‚ the elector votes for a candidate based on the votes of the people. There are anywhere from three to about 55 electors per state. I believe this system should be replaced with the popular vote method. One of reasons I believe
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The Electoral College: Is it Still Necessary? Dawn Moore SOC 315: Cross-Cultural Perspectives Mitra Rokni May 4‚ 2009 Electoral College: Is it Still Effective? Article II‚ Section 1 of the United States Constitution established the Electoral College‚ although‚ at the time‚ it was not specifically referred to as the Electoral College. That term did not appear in any federal statutory law until 1845 (Cain‚ Basciano & Cain‚ 2007). The Electoral College as we know it today‚ is
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Every four years‚ the Electoral College enjoys a fleeting moment of fame. But the impact of the college on presidential elections is far greater and more controversial than its brief life indicates. ======================================… ======================================… HOW DOES THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WORK ? Each state has a number of electors equal to the number of its U.S. senators (2 in each state) plus the number of its U.S. representatives‚ which varies according to the state’s
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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
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Electoral College Argumentative Essay It’s not a new issue in the US‚ but more recently‚ the motivation in public discourse to remove the Electoral College has been renewed. Supporters of its removal claim that it does not represent “We the People” because it does not elect presidents on the basis of most gained votes. On the other side‚ opposition of its removal maintains that it is a system created by the Founding Fathers that ensures stability in the election process because it prevents a
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The Electoral College‚ established by the founding fathers in the United States Constitution‚ is a process whereby a body of electors chosen by voters in each state cast a formal vote to elect the president and vice president. Among many other things established within the Constitution‚ the Electoral College requires extensive reform. The Constitution itself was merely a framework for the United States government and did not take into account the extent to which society would change between 1787
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