"The Electoral College"

What is the Electoral College?

• An electoral college is a set of many electors who are empowered to elect a candidate to a particular office.
• Consists of 538 popularly elected representatives who formally select the president and the vice president of the united states.
• This is when the United States citizens vote for electors.
• Each state has a number of electors equal to the number of its Senators and Representatives.
• In order to be elected, a candidate must have at least 270 of the electoral votes.

Strengths of the electoral college:

• The electoral college recognizes a role for the states in electing a president.
• It encourages more people to campaign.
• It maintains a federal system of government and representation.
• Forms stability of the nation by encouraging a two-party system.
• It has easier recounts.
• I has less motivation for election fraud.

Weaknesses of the electoral college:

• Direct election is seen as more consistent with democratic principles than the Electoral College system.
• The electoral college sometimes tends to discourage voter turnout.

I don't think that we should have the electoral college. That is because I think the people should have the power to choose their president. Eve though the people vote and start to think that they are actually choosing the president then their wrong. If there is an electoral college then there is no point of making g people vote.