Electoral College Persuasive Essay

Quinn Sprenger

Period 1

Electoral College Persuasive Essay

The Electoral College takes away the power from the American people in many ways, for these reasons the Electoral College should be changed. First of all, the Electoral College makes American’s votes quite insignificant by not having the popular vote be the deciding factor. This allows the majority of americans to vote for their president of choice and not have him elected into office.This has happened on four occasions, most recently in the 2000 presidential campaign between George Bush and Al Gore. During the campaign, Gore managed to receive more votes from the American people than Bush, receiving 49 percent of the people’s votes leaving Bush to only receive 48 percent, but due to the Electoral College Bush managed to beat Gore. This essentially takes away all power from the people when decided who they want to lead this country.

Another instance in which the Electoral College takes away power from the people is by giving candidates the notion that they have a specific state's vote already won. This notion has created what the people know as Blue States, Red States, and Swing States. Blue states are states that are basically a guaranteed vote for the republican party and Red States are vice versa giving the democratic party the almost guaranteed vote from that state. This leaves candidates only interested and eager to visit Swing States which are states without the preconceived notion that a specific party already has their vote. This shows that people in either Blue States and Red States have already lost their power leaving their votes already predetermined.

The idea of the President representing the people is also completely lost due to the Electoral College. How could