Should Electoral College Be Abolished Essay

Why the Electoral College Should be Abolished Since the year 1789 our state has relied on the rule of a higher power. We call this power “Presidency” and it is the solid foundation that keeps the United States from collapsing. Citizens from all over have the right to vote for whom they wish to see as their next President. They are told their votes will support and help towards the candidates win, but it is much more complicated than a simple citizens vote. Since the first president George Washington was elected, there was also the creation of the Electoral College which is a special picked group of electors who formally cast votes towards the election as well. The Electoral College should be abolished because it is simply undemocratic, it

When citizens from different states begin to vote, those votes are not counted based on where they live population wise, but where they live state wise. If a person from, say, California votes for who they wish to be the next president, their vote doesn’t go towards who they are but rather where they are. In Document A, there is a map shown of the fifty states within the U.S. and split between the state is a horizontal and vertical line to represent how the Electoral College views the way we receive votes per state. “The changing population affects not only representation but also how many electoral votes a state has.” (Doc A). This proves that regardless of where a citizen of the U.S lives, their votes go straight from the state, not them as a person. Another example as to why the Electoral College should be abolished is held within document F which quotes, “... each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California, who represent 35 million voters.” (Doc F). Even though Wyoming has a smaller population than California by far, they would still be granted the same (or close to) amount of electoral votes that California has. This is a perfect example of how smaller states are overrepresented. One would think that with a larger population, there would be more votes, but regardless of population every state gets an equal starting amount and an even more equal selection of the votes overall. The final example of why the Electoral College should be abolished would be because of a statistic shown in document D. The smallest numbered state with popular votes is The District of Columbia with only 601,723, but they received 3 of the electoral votes.The largest state popular vote came from Idaho with 1,567,582