The electoral college was created because at the time transportation and communication was much more difficult. It would take months for a vote to be sent from certain areas, so they created the elctoral college.
This system has no place in the modern world, why not get rid of it?
2007-07-02 09:11:37 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
But davidg, couldn't that already happen? If a person were to win the elctoral vote in all those states the outcome would be the same.
2007-07-02 09:20:31 · update #1
Because if we did, its elimination could lead to potentially much worse problems.
For example...a Presidentail candidate could win an election just by telling the people in California, New York, Texas, Ohio, and Illinois that...if elected...he/she will see that those five states get 90% of all federal aid. The other states could howl, but so what? The five largest states could single-handedly elect a president just by themselves...and the rest of the country could go sh*t up a rope.
2007-07-02 09:18:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Here's why we need the Electoral College. Florida 2000. Remember what a mess it was? Now imagine a Presidential contest decided by popular vote where the difference is only 25,000 votes or less. You'll have the Florida 2000 fiasco X 50. Every state, every precinct will be struggling to recount votes. Charges of vote irregularities and bias in counting will be rampant. At least with the electoral college, we can restrict close contested elections to 1 or 2 states max.
2016-05-21 04:01:14 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, we should not. The electoral college was created because we are a union of fifty individual states and each state gets a voice in who the chief executive should be. The chief executive is intentionally not selected by popular vote. The voice of the people is, and should be, the legislature (Congress). The electoral college has nothing to do with communication or logistics.
Read up on why the writers of the Constitution put this system in place. You will see it was done so that the will of the majority does not take away rights of the minority. As a result of the Electoral College, majority in this country cannot directly select who controls two of the three branches of government; therefore, indirectly selecting who controls the third.
2007-07-02 09:19:29 · answer #3 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I was hoping (or dreading) that Al Gore would win the Electoral College and George W. Bush would win the Popular Vote in 2000. If that had happened we would have had the momentum to pass a Constitutional Amendment replacing the EC with a more just and equitable system. Since the opposite happened in 2000 the EC is here for the forseeable future.
2007-07-02 09:30:39 · answer #4 · answered by Amphibolite 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The electoral college was created because the founders were afraid of direct election of the president. In other words, it is an anti-democratic institution. But it no longer, if it ever did, serves as a buffer between the will of the people and the choice of president by an elected oligarchy. It merely distorts the votes of the people in unpredictable and unfair ways. Yes, it is way past time to abolish it, and move towards a truly democratic method of electing the president.
2007-07-02 09:17:55 · answer #5 · answered by rollo_tomassi423 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Because the majority of the population is ignorant, no offense meant to anyone. A lot of people in this country are wooed by flashy adds and mud slinging, and with the people voting directly (a lot of whom are uneducated in the political system and don't do research on the candidates, basing their decisions entirely from TV ads) we would see the the winner of the Presidential election being the person with the biggest campaign budget and best design team...not necessarily the best candidate overall.
2007-07-02 09:16:12 · answer #6 · answered by theREALtruth.com 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is another reason for the electoral college to give the smaller states a voice in who is to become president.
2007-07-02 09:17:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree. But the process is spelled out in the US constitution, so it will take a constitutional amendment to change it. That means years of arguing and wrangling to get it changed. Don't hold your breath.
2007-07-02 09:16:22 · answer #8 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It still works
I don't know if your reason for why is correct.
I do believe it is because the most populated states would have an unfair advantage
2007-07-02 09:15:45 · answer #9 · answered by BUILD THE WALL 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Change, how dare we entertain such thoughts? Isn't the old moth ball system just fine?
2007-07-02 09:16:57 · answer #10 · answered by edubya 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋