Electoral College Flaws

Dear State Senator, the electoral college is an obsolete system of election. Although the electoral college was an idea set by the founding fathers in the constitution, this form of election is not effective any longer. People have the right to vote, but this form of election is not directly voting for a representative. The electoral college essentially makes the people vote for electors who then have the opportunity to vote for whom ever they would like. The electoral system is an archaic system that needs to be exchanged for the popular vote because the people do not vote for an actual representative, the system has failed before, and the system has the opportunity to have an even greater mishap. The electoral system has the enormous problem …show more content…
In 2000, Al Gore won the popular vote, but George W. Bush won the electoral college. Even though, a majority of people wanted Al Gore as president, because of the electoral college the want of the majority was denied. A candidate could campaign heavily in states such as Florida, California, New York, and other states with high electoral college votes and win the votes in those states. This would give the president an extensive edge on their opponent in the election even if the other candidate had the majority of people on their side. This problem is a great one, but it is not the largest. In continuation, the problem with popular vote losing against the electoral college is massive, but there is an even larger problem. "The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President" (Office of the Federal Register 1). 538 is an even number, this means that there is an opportunity that there can be a tie in the election. Although this possibility is minute, it is not impossible. If this were to happen, there would have to be a re-election and a great deal of time would have been wasted. This problem gets even more minuscule with the popular