Electoral College

Arguing whether or not the Electoral College is an antiquated system comes out to two main sides and arguments. This first is in favor of the Electoral College and has its own reasoning for it and the things that it does and controls. Then there are those who oppose the idea of the Electoral College, and have their own arguments and reasons why it is out-dated and has problems.

The first side that will be addressed is the one of support for the Electoral College. They strongly believe in the fact that the Electoral College keeps the masses in check and do not allow them to become too powerful, because if they were to elect the president as well, it would give nearly direct access to the president. It also is in the constitution which means that it was thought of by the Framers and they saw this to be a threat to the country because if there was no check on the people, then there would be more of a democracy when this nation was meant to be a republic which are different things in theory and usually in practice.

Those who oppose the Electoral College pose some good arguments as well. They often state that it is an old way of doing things that doesn't fit well into the current process of American politics. They say that it has become unnecessary due to the fact that the Electoral College is now mandated by all but a couple states to cast their votes in accordance with the popular vote in the state. This is a good argument because if there were no Electoral college, then it would be much like that of European countries that have a proportional system of voting, which means that if the party gets a certain percentage of votes then they get a certain number of electoral votes. This way of conducting votes would make each vote seem more heavily weighted which would likely result in a higher voter turnout.