The Electoral College is “a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.” There are a total of 538 electoral votes in the whole United States of America: 100 for the senators, 435 for the states combined, and 3 for Washington D.C. Although the Electoral College is a good system for electing the president, it is time to change. There are many flaws for this system. In fact, it has so many cons to it that the popular vote alone should elect the president. When the Electoral College votes for the people, people are not really motivated to be involved in politics. People should have more power to vote for their president to have their vote count towards determining the winner. If the president was determined on popular vote, people would actually think more about their vote more because they know that their votes count …show more content…
The candidates running for president try to aim for the big states and the swing states, causing the swing states to have more power. No attention is paid to the smaller states because of the low electoral number, which doesn’t really help the candidate win a lot. Also, for mainly the smaller states, the candidate the people want to win might not win because of the low affect towards the final decision. Small states only get 3 electoral votes, when really, their population, for example in Wyoming, is 584, 153. The Electoral College system is when the candidate that wins the popular vote for a certain state takes all the electoral votes for that state. This is the “winner takes all” rule. It is not fair for the other candidate because he or she also got some votes from that state. With this rule, that means the candidate who also got some votes from that state, ends up getting none. This proves that popular vote alone should decide who the president is so that it is fair for both