The Electoral College is a method of indirectly selecting the President of the United States. It provided for a check on direct election by the people if they were to make a mistake. It is part of the elite theory of making sure that a direct election did not select a poor candidate for President if a direct election split the vote and a poor candidate was elected by popular vote. The founding fathers of our nation were considered to be framers, framers of a nation. They created the Electoral College because they feared that the popular election was the way for electing the nation's highest power. They had a weak two-party system in early history, which could have allowed the good candidates to divide the vote, selecting a radical candidate or a candidate that most of the popular vote did not prefer. The framers were hoping that the wise electors would make independent judgments. Electors today support their party's candidate even though they are not required to do so; the population can generally be certain that electors will vote for their particular party. There are advantages and disadvantages to the Electoral College, depending on how you look at the situation; your views may differ from those of other people.
             I. The advantages to the Electoral College are: It requires a distribution of popular support. With nationwide support, he is at a better advantage with knowledge of how people all over the nation are feeling and knows what to promise the people of the United States to get elected. It also encourages a two-party system. Although the third-party candidates may consider this a disadvantage, it actually keeps the election simple. You choose between two major candidates; you don't have to decide between different candidates with different views every year. It makes the decisions more simplified. And lastly, it protects minority interests that could easily be ignored in a direct election. With all the different minorities in th...