Pros And Cons Of The Electoral College

The electoral college was devised at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 when only thirteen states made up the United States (Kimberling). This process has become outdated and unfair due to its lack of change throughout the years. Both the electoral college and primary system have clear injustices that many do not know about. The primary system relies too much on tradition and the electoral college has had only one change in over two hundred years. The system is not only unbalanced for the presidential candidates, but also unjust to the people of the United States. This election process that was created over two hundred years ago has proven to be unfair, unreasonable, and outdated in the way it works.
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The primaries were adopted in order to allow common people to help select the candidate instead of only party leaders (“Primaries”- Fair). There are both open and closed primaries. In open primaries, anyone from any party can vote for the candidate of a particular party. In contrast, closed primaries allow only voters registered in the same party as the candidates to vote. Some states, however, use semi-closed primaries, which allow independent voters to vote in one party’s primary or the other’s. The order of the primary elections is determined by the political parties and differs every year (“Primaries”- Fair). Delegates are distributed to candidates based on the amount of votes they receive. Generally, delegates are awarded in an amount proportional to the vote each candidate received or a winner take all method. However, delegates are awarded in different ways depending on the state and party (Longley). The Democratic party has Super Delegates as well who are usually former Democratic politicians. These Super Delegates choose to support their favorite candidate at the Democratic National Convention, which takes place well after the primaries are over (Murray). The candidates are eliminated throughout the elections depending on the funding they receive. Candidates with less funding drop out quickly if they fail to do well in the early primaries …show more content…
Many voters overlook the maltreatment of these systems and become ensnared in these oppressive systems. Without the proper knowledge of how the system works, one cannot comprehend the negligence in the election system. Every year, candidates are cheated out of their money, time, and chance at presidency by a system that has never been equal. In the United States where the government strives for equally, they have painfully floundered to make a lawful procedure by which to appoint the most distinguished person in the United States: the

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Electoral College Pros And Cons