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    The Electoral College is a flawed system that indirectly chooses who the next president will be. The flawed system takes away people's power by having most of it reside in the electors of each state. The system creates the possibility for the loser of the popular vote to win the electoral vote.

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    The Electoral College is a flawed system that indirectly chooses who the next president will be. The flawed system takes away people's power by having most of it reside in the electors of each state. The system creates the possibility for the loser of the popular vote to win the electoral vote.

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    The Electoral College is a flawed system that indirectly chooses who the next president will be. The flawed system takes away people's power by having most of it reside in the electors of each state. The system creates the possibility for the loser of the popular vote to win the electoral vote.

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    DeanGella
    Mr.Buescher
    Government
    13March2015
    ElectoralCollege
    AftertheUnitedStateswasfounded,theFramersoftheConstitutionhadto
    comeupwithawaytopicktheheadofthestatewhowouldcarryouttheneedsofits
    citizens.Somefavoreddirectpopularvote,asysteminwhichpeopledirectlyvote.
    Despitethis,othersdidnotthinkvoterswouldhaveenoughsufficientknowledgeto
    makeaninformeddecision.Eventually,thedelegatesagreedtocreatetheElectoral
    College.However,itisaflawedsystemthatindirectlychooseswhothenextpresident
    willbe.TheElectoralCollegeshouldbeabolishedbecauseitdoesntgivecitizens
    enoughrepresentation,candidatescantakeadvantageofit,anditcanleadtounfair
    situations.
    TheElectoralCollegeviolatespoliticalequality.Theflawedsystemtakesaway
    people'spowerbyhavingmostofitresideintheelectorsofeachstate.Thismeansthat
    everyonesvoteistowardanothervoteforaslateofelectors.Asystemlikethisputsa
    limitonpeoplesvotingpowers,becausetheelectorsvotesprimarilyaffecttheresultof
    theelection.Furthermore,theideaofawinnertakesallmethodmisrepresentspeoples
    votes.Forexample,peoplewhovoteforacandidatearenotrepresentedinastate
    wherethatcandidateloses.Thisshowsthatthosepeoplesvotedonotcount,therefore,
    theydonothavesayinthepresidentialelection.Additionally,somecitizenshavemore

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    representationthanothers.Forexample,peoplelivinginastatewithabigpopulation,
    suchasCalifornia,havemorerepresentationthanasmallerstate,suchasAlaska.This
    showsthatpeoplesvotesarenotequallyrepresented.Moreover,therearemany
    situationsinwhichcandidatestakeadvantageofthesystem.
    TheElectoralCollegeisanunfairsystemthatcandidatescantakeadvantageof.
    Thesystemcreatesthepossibilityforthetheloserofthepopularvotetowinthe
    electoralvote.Forexample,in2000,GorelosttoG.W.Busheventhoughhehadmore
    popularvotes.Despitethatithasnothappenedoftenthroughouthistory,itisunfairto
    haveacandidatewhogotmorepopularvoteslose.Ontopofthis,theElectoralCollege
    makesithardforthirdpartiestowin.Forexample,the1980and1992Presidential
    Electionssuggeststhatindependentcandidateshavedifficultygettingvotes,as
    opposedtoDemocratandRepublicancandidates.Asystemwhereindependent
    candidatesoftengetzeroelectoralvotesmakesitnearlyimpossibleforthemtowin,
    therefore,itisnotfair.Furthermore,theElectoralCollegehascreatedbizarre
    circumstances.
    Overthecourseofhistory,theElectoralCollegehasleadtounfairsituations.For
    example,ifnooneobtainsamajority,theHouseofRepresentativespicksfromthetop
    threecontenders.Thisisimportant,becauseeachstatecastsonlyonevote.This
    meansthatpeoplefromasmallerstatewouldhavethesamerepresentationthana
    largerstatewithmorepeople,therefore,peoplearenotrepresentedequally.Insome
    cases,itcanleadtoadeadlock,inwhichastatecannotvoteforacandidateatall.This
    meansthatifnocandidatecanwinduetoadeadlock,thenthevicepresidentcan

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    serveindefinitelyasactingpresident(Black1).Eventhoughthishasneverhappened,
    itisnotworthtakingtherisk.Overall,theElectoralCollegecanpotentiallyleadto
    disastrousevents.
    TheElectoralCollegeshouldbeabolishedbecauseitcanmisrepresentcitizens,
    itcanbetakenadvantageof,anditcanleadtounfairsituations.Inthe21stCentury,
    wherecomputersandtechnologyisgrowingatarapidrate,itwillbeeasiertokeep
    trackofeveryonesvotes.Adirectpopularvoteismoreeffectivebecausecitizensarent
    misrepresentedanditensuresthatthepresidentissomeonethatthepeopletrulywant.
    Oneoftherolesofbeingacitizensistovote,andsystemwhereeveryoneis
    representedequallyisthemosteffective.

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    Citations:
    Black,Eric."10ReasonsWhytheElectoralCollegeIsaProblem."
    MinnPost
    .N.p.,n.d.
    Web.09Mar.2015.
    "ElectoralCollege(UnitedStates)."
    Wikipedia
    .WikimediaFoundation,n.d.Web.12
    Mar.2015.

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