Essay On Electoral College

The United States of America is known as a nation of freedom and liberty, where democracy is popularly exercised everyday. Every four years, qualified citizens are called to vote for the next president and vice president, who will represent the nation. One common belief among the people is that the presidential election’s result based solely on the votes of the people, and each person has one vote. Everyone has an equal opportunity to vote for those who will hold positions in the Government. However, the system is more complicated than just one vote per person. Instead, the Electoral College, a voting method based on states’ population, is used to decide the final result. I oppose the Electoral College because of its inefficiency to reflect

In the presidential election in 2000, Bush become president despite the 500,000 votes that he lost to his opponent from Tennesee, Al Gore ("Bush v. gore," ). But that didn’t matter since he won the election based on the state's population. A candidate can still win the election without getting the popular votes. If a candidate wins by a small margin , he or she will still win all of the state’s electoral votes due to the winner-take-all mechanism. Additionally, the Electoral college does not always show a distribution of support. In the Electoral College system, different states have different numbers of votes. Big states like California and Texas’s votes outweigh less populated states like Rhode Island. A candidate may only wins in eleven states, but the electoral votes from those states can be enough for he or she to become the next president.Therefore, the electoral college can misinterpret the will of the

Regardless of the states’ population, small states such as Vermont and Wyoming are automatically guaranteed to have two electoral votes . Even Though they have a smaller population, but individual votes in those states weigh more than those in large states like Florida. In addition to that, small states also have representatives. Some argue that the Electoral College will prevent reckless votes by giving the option to choose educated electors who are more likely to vote intelligently. Although it’s true that the people can be not well-informed about the matter and they can make bad decisions sometimes, but that should not take away their voice in electing the president. Isn’t the whole point of having a government is to protect the people and serve on their interests