Pros And Cons Of An Electoral College
The system of electing our president has been fairly consistent throughout the past 50 years and one thing that has not changed since our constitution was written is the use of an electoral college to elect the president. By using an Electoral College voters do not directly vote for their next president, instead they submit a vote that is then tallied by the electors and whichever party has the most votes at the end gets all of the Electoral College votes from that state. The use of an Electoral College has been the topic of a lot of debate in recent years, especially after the election in the year 2000 in which Al Gore won the popular vote, but failed to become president because George W. Bush won the electoral votes. There are people whom favor the use of an electoral college and there are people who think that it should be abolished and that voters should be able to directly vote for their president. For my paper I want to present both arguments, each side’s pros and cons, and ultimately whether or not I think we should or should not change the use of an electoral college. My final paper would focus on the use of an electoral college and whether or not we should change the way we elect the President. I intend on organizing my paper by presenting the pros and cons of having an electoral
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The argument here is that voters should be able to directly vote for their next president instead of merely providing a suggestion as to who the Electoral College should vote for. By not having a direct election for president “electors [can potentially] deny the will of the people and vote for whomever they please” (Plumer). By getting rid of the Electoral College it would remove the sense of “winner takes all” because every person who votes would have their own say so in the
The argument here is that voters should be able to directly vote for their next president instead of merely providing a suggestion as to who the Electoral College should vote for. By not having a direct election for president “electors [can potentially] deny the will of the people and vote for whomever they please” (Plumer). By getting rid of the Electoral College it would remove the sense of “winner takes all” because every person who votes would have their own say so in the