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It was, once upon a time. Unfortunately, with the locking of the House of Representatives at 435, that means the electoral college is also locked (at 538 electors) and smaller states are disproportionately favored. The system is no longer functioning as originally intended.
I don't thinks so. Its purpose was wholly elitist and in any event its purpose has long since disappeared. The electoral college was created to avoid a pure popular vote election of the president. The Framers really did not trust the unpropertied citizens to vote responsibly. Responsibly meant to protect private property. Theirs. That is why the popular vote is to elect electors, not presidents. Take a look at your printed ballot before you vote and it should tell you who you are actually voting for. That person gets to cast an electoral vote for a candidate, but he is not legally obligated to vote for the person you elected him to vote for. There is no justification for this insulation between the masses and the President by means of a group of people with connections in high places.
No. The electoral college is not a good way to elect the President because it doesn't cast votes straight to the desired candidate. Also, the electoral college counts votes, but submits them as a percentage of that state.
Both the electoral college and the popular vote methods have pros and cons. The electoral college method of voting can be done in a shorter amount of time yet it does not always favor the wishes of the people. The popular vote allows all voters to have say in who they want to fill a position yet it can be slower to get a final tally and not all districts will be counted fairly.
The electoral college gives slightly more weight to those living in small states to protect them from those living in urban areas having sole control of who becomes president.
The Founding Fathers had seen the dangers of placing ultimate power into a single set of human hands. Accordingly, they feared that placing unlimited power to elect the president into the politically naive hands of the people could lead to a "tyranny of the majority." In response, they created the Electoral College system as a process to insulate the selection of the president from the whims of the public.
Some believe it is.
Most notably the two major political parties who have come to base their election strategies on "swing" states and "battleground" states. It has become less of an advantage to smaller states as time goes on.
Some believe it is not.
When the country was days or weeks across instead of hours, and when there was no reliable communication from coast to coast, a method of 'transporting' the vote was necessary, and the electoral college was a reasonable solution. Today it is a cumbersome and unnecessary piece of arcana that creates many more problems than it potentially solves, and has a huge potential for subverting the will of the people. How can we have a system wherein people in one state have more say than people from another state? Not to mention the fact that Puerto Rico (which would be the 27th largest state) gets no say in the federal government.
I think so. The method they use now is the result of the 12th amendment and seems to have worked for over 200 years. Some people question the need for the electoral college, but I have not heard of any objections about their method of voting.
No, because the electoral college doesn't cast your vote straight to the candidate you desire. It is well organized but should be banned out of the country.
In the US, the president is officially elected by the electoral college which is made up of the electors chosen from each state and DC.
It is the way the Constitution dictates because the Founding Fathers, establishing a federal system of government in which the states have a strong role, wanted to protect the smaller states from being dominated by the larger states. For example, Hillary Clinton won the 2016 election by almost 3 million votes, but that difference was accounted for entirely by her winning California by over 3 million votes and New York by 1.5 million votes. Without the electoral college system, all candidates would campaign only in the larger states which would then become dominant in the federal government.
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Why is the electoral college included in the original constitution?
The electoral college was included in the original constitution of the US because the authors of the constitution did not entirely trust democracy, which at the time was considered to be an experimental form of government, in a world governed by monarchies. It was thought to be prudent to have the general public elect electors, who would then elect a President, rather than having the general public directly elect a President. This way, the public gets to choose wise people to act on their behalf, and the outcome would be less likely to be disastrous. In practice the Electoral College doesn't really operate that way. They elect whomever the public wants them to elect, for good or for ill.
What is responsible for choosing the President and Vice-President?
Many People ,but mostly the citizens. good question.
What is the good and bad about the Electoral college?
One of the best things about the Electoral College is that it ensures each State still maintains a bit of sovereignty from the Federal Government. EAch State can still decide how its votes are tallied and how they are allocated but once again this comes back to whichever system that particular State decides to use. What's bad about it? It means the President is not directly elected by the People but a group of (sometimes) unelected officials who go on to elect the President.
Why did the founders decide to use the electoral college to elect the president rather than allowing congress or the people to directly elect president?
They felt that most of the population, the direct voters, were insufficiently educated and lacked the knowledge to understand "government" and to make intelligent decisions regarding how the country should be run and who should be in charge of the country. The electoral process was supposed to appoint educated and intelligent people to make such decisions. The concept was a good one but the implementation of the process did not conform to the intent.
How is electoral college a good thing?
because its bomb !
What made Obama president?
Because he was a good talker and promiser, so a bunch of people voted for him. He got more electoral College votes as well.
Why did the writers of the constitution chose to have an electoral college elect the president?
The Framers chose this method of electing the President because the Electoral college allowed the states to be more decisive in the victory of presidents. Respectable, well-informed citizens who would debate and choose the best person for the office were those that were expected to be chosen by the framers of our constitution as electors.
How does the electoral college reduce people incentive to vote?
good day
What is a good sentence using the word Electoral college?
The electoral college was devised in response to the political realities of the late 18th century; in the 21st century it seems to be anachronistic.
Should ellesha cox be next president elect?
yes. i think she will be a really good president. vote for her !
What is one main problem with the Electoral College system of electing the President?
I would not call it a problem, but one feature of the system is its winner-take-all aspect in the awarding of electoral votes. States can split their votes but only a few states choose to do so. There are also people who think it would be better to base the election solely on the popular votes and dispense with the electoral college altogether. However, there are good reasons why the electoral college was established by the Constitution and many new problems that would likely arise with a direct election.
Why did Americans elect George Washington as their first president?
cause he was a very good leader
