The Pros And Cons Of The Electoral College

Why the Electoral College is outdated Since the beginning of the U.S. the way we have determined our leader with the electoral college. In its day it worked very well. But in the 21st century, with all the advancements in technology that we have, there are better ways to count the votes. Although the electoral college has been in place since the beginning of the U.S., there are far better ways to count the votes for truly democratic system of voting. When our country was created, a system to elect our president was put into place. It was named the Electoral college. The Electoral College was created for a few reasons. The first purpose was to create a buffer between population and the selection of a President. At the time, the founding fathers were worried of a tyrant like ruler who could manipulate public opinion in a direct election. They didn't trust citizens and wanted to leave it to a group of trusted politicians. Another reason is as part of the structure of the government that gave extra power to the smaller states. Because each state would have the number of electors as congressman. which allowed a minimum of three. The founding fathers figured that with the electoral college nobody would be able to manipulate the outcome. Alexander Hamilton and the other founders did not trust the population to make the right choice. …show more content…
A state is either for the republican candidate or the democratic candidate. The votes could be forty eight percent for the republican candidate and fifty two percent for the democratic candidate and the democrat would take the state and all the electors for that state. And a lot of states, such as California and Texas are always voting the same way. But if you look at popular vote, is a much more mixed view of things. More than four and a half million Californians voted for McCain (roughly as many votes as he got in Texas), while about forty percent of voters in Alabama backed