Unable to agree on a method of electing the president, the members of the constitutional convention appointed a committee of eleven, to solve the problem. The committee later decided that each state would appoint presidential electors, equal to the total numbers of representatives and senators in congress. The state legislatures would decide how they would be elected, and whoever got the most votes would be pre

a democrat, then your vote wont even make a difference, because only the majority of one person's party is represented. I don't care what you call that, but it is not democracy, and may be a cause for low voter turnout in some places.

In the recent 2000 presidential election, Al Gore received more popular votes (direct votes by the people), but lost the election because George Bush received the majority of the electoral votes. This is not the first time this situation has happened. In 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes was elected president but received 200,000 fewer votes than Samuel J. Tilden, who barely got the majority of electoral votes. This same situation has also happened in the elections of 1824 and 1888 (Douglas 4). Whenever there seem to be a close election, the blame gets pointed in the direction of the Electoral College. There are also other criticisms of the Electoral College. The system is said to only be designed for a two party system, which

l votes from Virginia (11 representatives and 2 senators). Some people don't like this system because it only represents the majority of the people that vote for a certain candidate, and no one else. So if you live in a strong Republican state, like Virginia,

Kennedy, John F. Congressional Record. U.S. Senate Chamber floor discussion. Washington D.C. 22 May 1956

Douglas, Michael C. "Electoral College under Pressure." Washington Post. 24 Nov. 2000: C1+

Despite success, There have still been numerous attempts and plans, to change, remove, and alter the Electoral College. One of the most famous plans was the Mundt-Coudert plan, introduced in the Senate, following World War I. This Plan would have electors from each congressional district, and whoever received the most votes in a district (proportioned in the House of Representatives) got that districts electoral vote. In addition, whoever received the most votes overall would receive the states two additional electoral votes (for the two senators in each state). There has been another plan that would determine the electoral votes given by giving each candidate the proportion of electoral votes equal to the proportion of popular votes they received in that state (Remy 218). So if someone received 60% of the popular vote in a state, then they would get that percent of electoral votes, as opposed to the "winner takes all" system that is in place now. D

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