Yes, I do believe that the Electoral College is a valid way to elect our Presidents today. Many people have found very strong cons with the Electoral College, but in my opinion, the pros outweigh those cons. In my opinion, the most influential pro of the Electoral College is that each state gets the amount of say in the vote depending on the population of the state.
The Electoral College binds our country together; it makes candidates campaign across the country, giving Rhode Island, our smallest state population wise, the same amount of campaigning attention as California, the state with the largest population. This makes all the states feel like they are equal.
The Electoral College binds our country together; it makes candidates campaign across the country, giving Rhode Island, our smallest state population wise, the same amount of campaigning attention as California, the state with the largest population. This makes all the states feel like they are equal.
Even though our country’s voting system is not based on the popular vote, the majority of 538 electoral votes, which is 270 electoral votes, are needed for a candidate to win the election. If no majority is reached, the Electoral College has a suitable back up for deciding on the winner. That back up is a vote by representatives.
The winning candidate might not be the popular vote, for example, in 2000 in the race between Bush and Gore, Gore had the popular vote by about 543,895 votes, yet Bush won the electoral vote-winning majority with 271 votes winning by five electoral votes. As you can tell, the Electoral College forces the candidates to reach even the smallest states, and win all the states over because in the elections, even the smallest numbers count and popularity doesn’t win it for you.
As you can tell, in my opinion I believe that the Electoral College is an excellent way to find/ vote for the right candidate and that we should stick with it as our form for voting.
