When the Founders of our Constitution settled on the Electoral College as the means of selecting a president, one of their primary concerns was to protect the interests of smaller states against potential domination by larger, more densely-populated states. The results of the 2000 race illustrate how easily such domination could be brought about through direct popular election of the president. President Bush won practically the entire rural area of the United States whereas Al Gore won the densely-populated states in the popular election. If the Electoral College was to be abolished, then the Presidential candidate would only focus their time and effort in the populous states rather than, say forty-four rural states who deserve equal representation.

The feeling of over half of the country is that

a scale that is as large and diverse as our nation is. The popular vote of Governors,

The Electoral College is a compromise, like many of the other sections of the Constitution. These compromises are necessary because the country has factions of people that believe differently, and many people may think of themselves, not others. There cannot be a system which can be totally fair or perfect. It is unfortunate that some people feel left out of the electoral process due to the Electoral College. The system was designed to be the best possible system for the most possible people. The Electoral College is not easy to defend. It is a part of a complex government system based on many compromises and checks against power, all intended to protect the freedoms and liberties assumed under Common Law and expressed in the Constitution and the Bill of

Congressmen and Senators works because the areas are small, when compared to the country as a whole.

Rights. Fortunately, to succeed in the abolition of the Electoral College, the support of three-fourths of the states for a constitutional amendment is needed. The Electoral College is proof to the world that the American system of government is the best in the world. Even amid all of the agonizing controversy and confusion in the 2000 election, there was no bloodshed, no military needed, and a peaceful transition into a new administration.

If you increase the size of the electorate, everybody's vote becomes less and less influential. An individual is then just one of the millions, a small phish in a large ocean. When the Presidential election is broken into the 50 smaller state elections, everyone's vote

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