In the Lord Bryce paper it gives an example of how in 1884 New York had thirty six electoral votes, and Mr. Cleaveland of the Democratic party carried a list with a majority of 1100 out of 1,100,000, so he won all of the thirty six electoral votes. The votes of the people who voted for Mr. Blaine were completely lost. Even though some people believe that the best option would be for a popular vote that would utterly give each candidate the percentage of the votes that were casted for them I personally believe that the take all method of the Electoral College is better. The states and people are protected with another source of representation that will represent each individual state for the benefit the majority of the population within each state. With the Electoral College the interests of minorities become evidently important. On the other hand, in the popular vote method that president
In the Lord Bryce paper it gives an example of how in 1884 New York had thirty six electoral votes, and Mr. Cleaveland of the Democratic party carried a list with a majority of 1100 out of 1,100,000, so he won all of the thirty six electoral votes. The votes of the people who voted for Mr. Blaine were completely lost. Even though some people believe that the best option would be for a popular vote that would utterly give each candidate the percentage of the votes that were casted for them I personally believe that the take all method of the Electoral College is better. The states and people are protected with another source of representation that will represent each individual state for the benefit the majority of the population within each state. With the Electoral College the interests of minorities become evidently important. On the other hand, in the popular vote method that president