Should the Electoral College Be Abolished? Did you ever wonder if your vote goes to the candidate you vote for. The Electoral College hurts the third parties and they don’t get the same advantages as other parties have. The Electoral College isn’t fair we don’t get to vote for the president. The Electoral College should be abolished because its undemocratic‚ small states are overrepresented and it hurts third party candidates. Is the Electoral College needed? Document B shows‚ in 1980 Reagan won
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step in my plan would be to change our current presidential voting system by eliminating the use of an Electoral College. The elimination of the Electoral College would solve a few different issues with our voting system today. Bernard Grofman‚ and Scott Feld‚ authors of “Thinking about the Political Impacts of the Electoral College” described some of the major flaws with the electoral college‚ starting with “the original Justification for its existence‚ the designation of sets of knowledgeable individuals
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terminate the Electoral College. Many sources of evidence support this decision. First‚ one should discover the time when the Electoral College came into American government and how it works. After that‚ one should understand why states have an issue with the Electoral College. Concerning the before mentioned comments‚ many will agree that the Electoral College is merely tradition and is not necessary for our modern American elections. First‚ exploration of the beginning of the Electoral College is worth
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Is The Electoral College A Fair And Equitable Way To Elect The President Of The United States? The electoral college is not a fair and equitable way to elect the president of the United States. What if your vote was actually used to elect someone you don’t even know to cast a presidential vote for you? Members in the electoral college are expected‚ but not required to vote for the same party you did‚ so what if they voted for another party? Is that fair? The electoral college is a set
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having the electoral college‚ there are also big advantages to keeping the electoral college. The first is that it gives protection to small states. Without the electoral college‚ the small states like Idaho wouldn’t matter. It also keeps the states together (big states don’t dominate). Finally‚ it makes sure the candidates listen to everyone (not just the big wigs). Since the big states have bigger populations‚ they would have the most influence on how the election goes. The electoral college makes sure
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Yes the Electoral college should be taken out of the constitution.The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have transregional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. So a solid regional favorite has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states‚ for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states that he knows he will win. This is a desirable result because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president
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Proposed Amendment to Abolish Electoral College The Framers created the Electoral College in the Constitution over 300 years ago‚ and the system exists even today. The Electoral College’s purposes include giving power to small states and to give people the indirect power to elect the president‚ so that the wrong candidate would not win the election. However‚ many people contemplate whether the Electoral College should still exist. One major reason why includes the most recent presidential election
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American Government and Politics Argue for or against the electoral college The 2000 United States (U.S.) presidential election concluded with Vice President Al Gore winning half a million more popular votes than George W. Bush (50‚992‚335 to 50‚455‚156) yet losing the White House in the Electoral College by only five votes (271 to 266). It once again raised questions about the validity of the Electoral College as the same scenario has occurred in the 1824‚ 1876‚ and 1888 presidential elections
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protected person. The electoral college has the power to vote one of two candidates the president. The electoral college has overpowered the popular vote of the people in many cases. The electoral college should not be abolished for the main reason that the people who have the position to cast one of the votes know what’s best for our country. In the essay you’re about to read‚ the essay is going to be biased on why the electoral college should not be abolished. The electoral college dates all the way
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The Electoral college is a very controversial subject that has a big impact on American history. Every four years‚ people vote for the president… Or do they? You actually vote for electors that represent your state‚ and the bigger states get more electors. Sounds perfect right? Wrong. The way the electors are distributed is not perfect‚ and three times in American history‚ the person who won the popular vote did not win the electoral vote. That happened in 1888‚ 2000‚ and 2016. Because of this‚ electoral
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