Electoral College Essay Examples Page 2

Starting in the year 1787, James Wilson, a delegate from Pennsylvania proposed to the United States Congress a direct system of voting. However, James Madison argued the opposite. Madison believed that a direct system of voting would hurt the Southern state’s chances of winning an election due to the skewed population numbers between the North…

The vote of a citizen in the United States is nowhere near effective. We have the Electoral College to thank for this. The Electoral College defeats the purpose of the popular vote and takes power away from the people. The government is too strong and the United States is not much of a democracy as…

The Electoral College is a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president. It was created for two reasons. The first was to create a buffer between state populations and the selection of a President the second reason was to give…