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This 4 page paper looks at the positive and negative aspects of the electoral college. Examples of close elections are provided. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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"the very process of choosing a president through an electoral college instead of a direct popular vote violates the basic democratic principle of majority rule" (p.18). He also notes that
the tradition creates problems in respect to the divide between rich and poor and disenfranchise minorities (2001). Also, in todays day and age, voters are sometimes deterred from pulling the
lever when they hear that the president has the election wrapped up in the East. Why go out in a time zone where the vote does not seem to matter
anyway? Of course, that is not the only thing wrong with the electoral college system, because it was detrimental to voter participation long before there was television. Although the electoral
college is supported by many, it is also something that some want to do away with. A student writing on this subject will want to provide a brief description of
the process. The concept of the electorate is loosely based on law from the Roman Republic and ancient Greece (Young, 1998). The Electoral College was supposed to create a council
of wise individuals in each state who would elect a president by majority vote or, if they fail to produce a majority, the House of Representatives would make the final
decision (1998). No matter what happens, when electors go to vote, they are allowed to vote for whomever they wish. Even if a candidate clearly wins the electoral vote, the
electors can throw the vote in favor of the opposing candidate. In 1824, John Quincy Adams became president even though he received fewer votes than the opposition (Miller & Faux,
1997). At the time, there was no majority in the electoral college and so the House of Representatives would have to decide the outcome (1997). This to some extent limited
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