What Are The Benefits Of Eliminating The Electoral College

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Changing the national government if the United States would no doubt be a tremendous undertaking; however, if I was given the task of making suggestions for restructuring the United States government my first suggestion would be made in how the president of the United States is elected. The first suggested change that I would make is eliminating the electoral college; Currently the president is elected not by the popular vote or the number of votes casted for each of the candidates but by the electoral college.
The electoral college was established under the United States Constitution and consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required for someone to be elected the President. Under the current system of how a president is elected voters in some states such as Alabama, which is a red state that always goes republican and California which is a democratic state with a huge number of electoral votes is always granted to one particular party because of the makeup of the state’s population. Eliminating the electoral college will ensure that every person who casts a vote for a candidate is counted and hopefully put an end to all the controversy that seems to surround the electoral college regarding.
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The 10th Amendment emphasizes that the Federal Government has authority over some things and state governments have powers over other. Limiting the powers of the federal government and giving respective states more decision-making power to regulate issues such as gun control, abortion laws, same-sex marriage and health care, to name a few, would be beneficial in that it would take some of the burden off of the legislative branch of the government and allow for the states and it citizens to choose what’s best for
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