Importance Of The Electoral College

The Electoral College is a group of people who get to elect the president and vice president. They have a different number of representatives at each state that gets the benefit of electing the president and vice president every four years. The United States has a democratic system so the people also get to vote; however, the most popular candidate, or the person that wins the popular vote, may not win the presidency because of this group of people that get the final say on who gets elected or not. The Electoral College should be abolished because it defeats the purpose of having a democratic system, if the people do not get to elect as a president the candidate that won their votes and trust. There are a number of reasons why the Electoral College should not be a part of the election process in the twenty-first century. First, this process is not fair for the people who truly believe that this country is democratic because it is not only the people who are electing a candidate. Second, the people of the generation have access to the Internet and they can become educated enough to make their own decisions about a candidate and elect them as president. Finally, the people might get discourage and not participate in the electoral process because the candidate that they vote for and the majority of the people, might not win the presidency. On the other hand, there are many people who would say that the Electoral College is a very important part of the electoral process for many reasons. For instance, these people would most likely argue that the people should not elect the president alone because they may not be educated enough. Another reason they might have is that this system is a fair one because the number of the representatives is proportional to the number of residents in each state. Lastly, they might …show more content…
People are more likely to put themselves out there and vote if they know that the candidate they vote for wins the elections or that they at least had a say on who gets voted. When groups like the Electoral College form part of the election and they are the ones that have the final say on who gets to be the next president and vice president of the United States, the people lose faith in the system and feel excluded, like their vote did not matter. Problems start to arise when people feel like they have no need to vote because at the end of the day the Electoral College could be choosing the least popular candidate if they wanted to. Therefore, having the Electoral College is just confusing for the people and could eventually become a factor for lost of voters. The only way to make people feel more included and encouraged to vote is if they know that the next president is chosen entirely by the people and the people only, so their votes are the only ones that matter. Abolishing the Electoral college would be a big step on beginning to accept that the American people have changed over time, that they are more educated that ever and that they have all the tools to learn whatever they need to know about their favorite candidate, so they should have the total and final say on who gets elected as their