Does Vote Really Matter

Does Voting Really Matter? Today, many people don’t understand the importance of voting in the presidential elections- or even other meaningful elections related to public officials or issues. Millennials and Generation Z are the future of the world’s economy and politics. Many of these people from the younger generations are failing to vote on valuable issues because they believe that their vote doesn’t really matter. The United States needs voters to shape what it will be in its time to come. While some people who are older make the decision not to vote, it is mostly youth generations who do not cast their ballots. Although the popular vote is counted differently than votes made in the electoral college, every vote still makes a difference.

An electoral college is a group of combined public officials who are members of the House of Representatives and the Congress (Kimberling). Every state has a different amount of electors in the electoral college. The number each state gets of electors depends on the number of representatives that they have in Congress (National Geographic Society). Each elector only has the chance to vote one time. This ensures that the candidates of the elections are chosen fairly and accurately. States that are larger in size have more representatives than states that are smaller in size (Kimberling). Because of this, bigger states tend to make more of difference in elections because they have more electors to make a difference in the outcome of the election. Although, small states still make a difference in the election. The president is officially chosen by the majority of the electoral college. The majority of the electoral college of is 270 votes (National Geographic Society). So, even though larger states may have a greater chance to affect the outcome of the election, just a few votes from smaller states could decipher the president for a presidential