The Pros And Cons Of The Electoral College

An election can be classified as a primary aspect of a political process of any country. It is the process by which the citizens of a country or an institution decide who will lead them for a certain period. There are specific election methods that have been adopted and popularized by various countries of the world for electing the members of governmental institutions. However, the United States implements the use of electoral colleges (electoral votes) to choose its president.

Electoral College

The Electoral College is a process used in the United States to vote for the president of the country. This process can be described as follows. The citizen of each state vote for the electors in their state and the electors are in support of a favorable

The popular vote is determined by the candidates that score the highest number of votes cast during an election. When candidates run for a position and they both campaign for votes and at the end of the election process, the votes are collated and tallied, the candidate with the highest number of votes wins the election (Gaines, p. 74). There are no special considerations, the candidate with the highest number of votes has the contested seat. There is need to highlight that this system of election has its major drawback which its tendency to place less consideration for minority voter. In this form of elections, candidates always seek to attain as much votes as possible from the majority and, hence, neglecting the inputs or opinion of the

I consider it to be better than the popular vote method. The Electoral College system has some outstanding benefits and my arguments in support of the Electoral College will be based on such benefits. First, to contribute to the political stability of the country by encouraging multiple party system, the Electoral College is unbiased, and it ensures that all the parties are involved in the presentation of a presidential candidate. There is need to stress that if American election was determined by popular votes, candidates could limit campaigns to states with densely populated states, hence, disregarding the states with lower population (Althouse, p. 14). However, with the Electoral College, the reverse is the case as all states matter, hence, the campaigns are conducted by presidential candidates in all states of the country. The Electoral College was documented in the U.S constitution as a means of safeguarding the decision by or votes cast by uninformed voters, hence, putting the decision in the hands of the electors instead of the popular votes. There is need to clearly point out that the Electoral College is the best way of choosing the U.S president because it guarantees the certainty of the result of the presidential election. If elections in America were based on popular votes, then it will be possible for a candidate to obtain the highest number of votes without necessarily obtaining the majority. Henceforth, the