Electoral College Should Be Abolished

21%. In the United states that’s the percent it takes any presidential candidate to win the election. The candidate only needs 21% of the popular vote to become president. Isn’t that shocking that our president doesn’t have to be liked by most of the the people that live in America. The United States is a country that was supposed to be built on freedom and democracy; yet the electoral college system fails to support the philosophies our country was built on. The United States should abolish the electoral college system because the distribution of the votes per state is unequal, it discourages people's voices to be heard, and the candidate can win without getting the majority of votes.
The electoral college system was first created in 1787;

it was established to originally balance the small state votes compared to large populated states. In reality, the electoral college was built to keep average americans with lack of intelligence to vote. Even though they intended to distribute votes per state equal it actually does the exact opposite, “For instance, each individual vote in Wyoming counts nearly four times as much in the Electoral College as each individual vote in Texas (Lewis).” When they made the electoral college system it was made to favor small states which were mostly Republican. It lets people that have barely have a chance let them become winners. Although some may argue that the electoral college doesn’t allow overly populated urban states to carry the majority of election, the reality is most of the nation lives in states such as California, New York, and Texas. For example, “In 2016, California was the most misrepresented in the electoral college. “The state is home to 12 percent of Americans, but holds only 10 percent of electoral votes(Lu).”