Electoral College
Who is really voting, the people or the selected few. The recent election involving Bush and Gore has heated up a fifty year old debate. The debate is about whether the Electoral College is still an effective system considering the circumstances the United States now faces compared to when it was created by the founding fathers. The Electoral College is an outdated system of election that misrepresents the people of the United States today. The college was created in a time where communication was limited. Treason, tyranny, and oppression from foreign countries were still a serious threat. In order to protect the people and the institution of America, the government created an election system that allowed the final vote to rest in the hands of a trusted and respected few. These selected few could disregard the popular vote because there was and still is "no Constitutional provision or federal law requiring electors to vote in accordance with the popular vote in their states (National Archives and Records Administration)." For about one hundred and fifty years the United States has used a system that does not coincide with the most popular opinion, but yet, it has been the prevailing system that has
There are many flaws in the Electoral system that backers of the system refuse to acknowledge. Personally, I believe I am to inexperienced in the field of politics to be voting for candidates that would put them in the most powerful seat in the world, but whether I am experienced or not, I believe the selected few should not decide the future of the whole. For example, if the people of the state of Florida vote in the election between the two candidates Bush and Gore, and the majority of the people vote for Gore and the representatives, meaning the twenty-five electors of the state, vote for Bush, then there has been a misrepresentation. " Cleveland's majority of the popular vote throughout the population of the nation did not matter to four hundred and one electors who decided that Harrison should win. After considering all of the pro's and con's, I still believe that the Electoral College is an outdated system. " The New Lexicon Webster's Dictionary of the English Language. " People elect representatives to represent them in the in the overall government. Whether it could or could not happen, it is still a flaw or loophole that could create serious problems during the election process. not substantially changed with the evolution of American society. Kimberling's response to this flaw is that "Proponents of the Electoral College point out that it was never intended to reflect the national popular will.
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