Political science

The Electoral College was created to protect US citizens against mob rule. Mob rule is the control of a lawful government system by a mass of people through violence and intimidation. However, some Americans question the legitimacy of this process. Pick one election where the outcome of the popular vote and the electoral college vote differed to create an argument in favor of or opposed to the use of the electoral college. List at least three valid points to support your argument. Present you argument in a PowerPoint presentation.
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Electoral College

Electoral College

The electoral college system has been used in the United States as a voting system where each state has a representative in the House and Senate who are combined to vote in the president. The electors are voted through the popular vote by the members who represent the citizens in the House and vote in the president (Edwards, 2019). The system was established with the aim of equal representation of states and eliminate mob rule in the presidential election. However, the electoral college has been an unfair representation of people since it has turned to be a discriminating, undemocratic voting process that has failed to reflect the will power of the people truthfully. The people’s power has been violated through unfair representation in voting in the president.

The electoral college does not being fair representation as compared to the popular vote system that enables widespread support. The popular vote should not be considered as a tyranny of the majority since there lacks monolithic authority since the U.S is a pluralistic society. Ideally, the popular vote allows people from different backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, and ideologies to participate in the election of the president. The electoral college denies the people collective decisions and preferences (Edwards, 2019). The social choice theory illustrates how the electoral college is undemocratic and unfair since it has denied collective decisions and ignored the majority of votes. In a democratic country such as the United States, Citizens should be allowed to make their own decisions in terms of leadership.

The electoral college is just a system that has been developed to preserve the independence and political power of people while voting in the president. For instance, presidential elections in 2016 illustrated faithless electors, who voted for a candidate different from whom they were pledged. The electors were selected on a state basis to represent the will of the people but voted their conscience. The electoral system should be abolished since it has insider dealings and corrupt decisions rather than the popular will.

References

Edwards III, G. C. (2019). Why the Electoral College is bad for America. Yale University Press.