Should the United States abolish the Electoral College system of electing the president?

America take pride in the fact that the united states has a democratic form of rule. They believe they directly elect their officials to represent them. This is no true in all cases. The presidency is not a directly elected. The body that elects the presidents and vice-presidents of the United States is known as the Electoral College. Article 2, Section I, of the Constitution provides that each state "shall appoint" as many presidential electors as the state has members of Congress. (Three is the smallest number of electors a state may have, since every state has two senators and at least one member of the House of Representatives.) The Constitution gives the legislature of each state the authority to decide how that state's presidential electors are chosen, and every state has provided that the voters shall directly elect the electors (LIANE HANSEN).

The Electoral College has been a favorite target for political reformers. Many argue that the institution is undemocratic, especially since it could lead to the election of a president and vice president who received fewer popular votes than their o

LIANE HANSEN, Commentary: Task force recommendations from 1978 to fix the Electoral College. , Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR), 12-31-2000.

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The direct election system assures that the winner of the election will be the candidate who receives the most votes. It is very possible in the electoral system to win a majority of electoral votes, but not win the populate vote. The same happened last year in 2000 election.

As is it there are still two problems to the current Electoral College system. First a president can elect to office even if it is not what the people want. Another problem is that the system for electing a president if no electoral majority is reached. I believe that Americans should abolish the Electoral College. It no longer needs to se the same purpose that is did when is founded. It was intended to be a check on the power of the voter. If we live in a democracy, why do we need a check on the voter? It does not make sense. The media helps us to learn more about the elections and candidates. People are informed.

pponents. Like 2000 election. Such a result, some contend, would be unfair and might not be accepted as legitimate by the public. On sixteen

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