The Electoral College should be changed to election by popular vote when choosing the president. The standard way of explaining the Electoral College would be a process that “consists of the selection and the meeting of electors” (Source 1: What is the Electoral College) this is then where the president and the vice president are voted for and the counts of the presidential electoral votes are taken place Basics of the Electoral College are the entitled allotment of electors a state has equals the number of members in its congressional delegation. Article one points out “one for each member of the house of Representatives and two for the senator. (Article 1) To elect a president 270 electoral votes are required. So at least 270 electoral votes from 538 electors guarantee’s office, or at least a certain party in office. When you think you’re voting for your candidate to be the president you’re really …show more content…
The “non democratic” (Source 3) method is being justified only by the “disaster factor” (Source 2). Conversely to this claim there are many things that could go wrong. Consider the fact that electors could always “defy the will of the people” (Source 2). Electors could also “refuse to vote for their party’s candidate and cast a vote on whomever they please” (Source 2). But the idea to establish a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of citizens with the key component being electors was not people pf the United States idea were just simply the victims of it. The Electoral College being as “unfair, outdated and irrational” (Source @) as it is should be demolished along with the electors it gives so much power. Confusion, lack of trust and an ability to go wrong either way are not things voters would like to associate with their process of choosing their