Electoral College Dbq

The electoral college is a system that uses the voice of the states in order to give a presidential running candidate access to the white house. The electoral college should not be abolished because it provides order, equality, and it prevents mistakes being made in order to choose the right candidate. There is so much evidence in history to prove that the electoral college is a well devised system in order to give power to the more qualified individual. The electoral college is an important system formed by the framer of the constitutional in order to keep many things properly aligned, it provides a voice to those who would otherwise be taken for granted, and it limits what “bigger” powers can do in order to avoid tyranny.

First of all,

we know that the framers of the constitution intended for government to be a complicated system in order to grant the right candidate the power to the white house. “But our system is not designed to be simple and efficient. It is designed to promote good government and legislation that forwards the common good of large and diverse nation.” (Doc C). We are told here that the government has always been a complex system but yet it provides order. It is also mentioned that, “... is central to our grand constitution effort to restrain power.” (Doc C). Here we are told that in order to provide order we shall have a restraint to power because if power is granted excessively to the wrong person the order would be lost. Thus the electoral college shall not be abolished because it's a federalist system that preserves order and it prevents people from disrupting that.

Another reason why the electoral college should not be abolished is because it provides equality and a voice to the small states or a state with a very small population.

In Document D we see how there are states such as New Hampshire with a population of 1,316,470 citizens and we see states like North Dakota with a population of 672,591. Although there is a huge population difference New Hampshire has 4 electoral votes and North dakota has 3. This provides equality because if the bigger states controlled the majority of votes then all the running candidates would go to the “big” places in order to win. This would make the other states feel left out and maybe even feel as if their votes don't matter and eventually feel disenfranchised. “ Therefore, the changing population affects not only representation but also how many electoral votes a state has. A state can never have fewer than three elector.” (Doc A). As we see population still has a lot to do with electoral votes but yet no matter how small of a population it has. It still is provided with a “voice”. Thus the electoral college should not be abolished because it provides the states with a equality and no matter how “small” it is it is never left

out.

But another reason why the electoral college should not be abolished is because it prevents the wrong person to be chosen to run our country.

“Historically, federalism (the combination of central government with some authority given to state and local governments) is central to our grand constitution effort to restrain power.” (Doc C). Here we are told that the federalist system which includes the electoral college was founded in order to restrain power and if the wrong person is even chosen he would not have complete power.For example we know this based on how congress works because there are two major parts of congress which is Senate and The House of Representatives. Here we see how both have different duties and how bills and laws cannot get passed without both agreeing on something. “... the electoral college has been the linchpin of american political prosperity. It has formed our political parties, moderate our extreme elements, and forged the presidential campaigns that have given direction to our ship of state.” (Doc C). We know that the framers of the constitution intended things to be difficult and they used the electoral college as a way to shape the country to the greatness it is

now.

Although most people think that the electoral college favors some citizens over others and that they believe that they did not have another representation option making the electoral college seem unfair, the electoral college should not be abolished because the people have always had a voice in the government and either way they have had the opportunities to make their votes which most people don't. As we have seen in history the presidential vote turnout is only 50% while the midterm is only 30%. We the people have always been included in the electoral college yet not many people exercise this. Thus the electoral college should not be abolished because no matter heat it still proves, order, equality and the right choice to run our country.