electoral vote vs popular vote

“I don’t vote.” This statement has been said by many people. They say they don’t vote because the vote they cast doesn’t count and they are not entirely incorrect. As of right now there is a problem with our current presidential election process where the results have been faulty. Currently the Electoral College casts votes for President of United States have gone to the Electoral College when popular vote of the majority of the people who voted has not been the same. The Electoral College should be eliminated because it cannot evenly collect the votes of every legal U.S. citizen. But instead recreate a new system for popular voting that would allow every voting citizen the opportunity to have an equal and true vote that would determine the winning candidate for the presidency.

The Founding Fathers created the Electoral College as a compromise between the election of president by Congress and the election of president by popular vote. To create a more socially equal vote, we could set the electoral votes apart by population basis making the system more democratic with the people in charge. This can’t be done though at least not without amending the Constitution by ratification of the states. A new system of voting needs to be instated that will effectively give U.S. citizens a voting voice that will be heard and acknowledged.

Why did we originally have the Electoral College? Our Founding Fathers felt that even the qualified citizen at the time, who were generally male, landowners, wouldn’t be properly informed to make the necessary decision of whom would run the government. Another sensible explanation for the Electoral College was the advancement of the 13 Colonies. The Colonies were too far apart and outgoing infor...

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...is replaced and is subject to a $500 fine. Oklahoma’s violation of oath is a misdemeanor which carries a fine up to $1000, and South Carolina’s violation is replacement of the elector and criminal sanctions for abuse of the oath. The rest of the states, including Idaho, have no legal laws and requirements. The electors are not bound by state law to cast their vote for a specific candidate.

Without the Electoral College a candidate would campaign to get as many individual votes as possible in every state, not just the key states that win them the election. Each vote would make a difference in the election and the voters would feel that their actually counted for being there. This would lead to an increase in voters all around the U.S. With the system of direct election all votes would be equally important, and equally needed for the success of the election.