What Are The Pros And Cons Of The Electoral College

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In the early years of America the Founding Fathers created the constitution for everyone to follow. One thing that is in the constitution is know as The Electoral College is a group of electors that decide on who the president will be. Electors are decided by each states party convention before the election takes place. The Electoral College consist of 538 people and to elect a president they must reach a majority of 270. The Founding Fathers of the United States created the Electoral College because they believed it was the best way to elect the president, although there are good things about the Electoral College there are also some fall backs. The Founding Fathers clearly created the Electoral College because they saw many benefits for …show more content…

Like many others great creation the Electoral College has some downfalls. The first con of the Electoral College according to Amelia Josephson " It gives too much power to swing states". What this means is when candidates run for president are more likely to target swing states rather than going to a state that always goes blue or red. Candidates do this because they are trying to sway the swing there way so they can win, which then gives the swing states power into picking the presidency. The second con the Electoral College according Kathleen McCleary " The Electoral College ignores the will of the people." This refers to when a candidate wins the the presidency but loses the popular for example this happened during the presidential race of Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump, which then left people questioning the legitimacy of the Electoral College. The last con according William C. Kimberling " the risk of so-called faithless electors". This is referring to the people of the Electoral College who are pledged to vote for wha there state decided but go rouge and vote for the opposite