American government writing assignment
             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 opponents. Like 2000 election. Such a result, some contend, would be unfair and might not be accepted as legitimate by the public. On sixteen occasions, a candidate has won an electoral majority though receiving less than 50 percent of the popular vote. In fact, on several occasions, the Electoral College has awarded the presidency to a candidate who lost the popular vote (Capitol Hill Press, 12-18-2000 26).
             For instance, in 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes (185-184) achieved an electoral majority, although Samuel J. Tilden won a popular majority (50.9%, compared to Hayes's 47.9%). In 1888, Benjamin Harrison (233-168) won the presidency, although Grover Cleveland won the popular vote, by a margin of less...