Should Electoral College Be Abolished Essay

People have known since childhood that people getting more of a say is unfair. This is exactly the case with the Electoral College. The Electoral College is system in which people vote regionally and that region gets a certain number of votes based off its Senators and House of Representatives. This system is unfair as it give more of a say to those in smaller states. Big states aren't given enough votes to match their population while small states have a limit to how few votes they get. The Electoral College shouldn’t be a part of our government as in undermines democracy.

By far the biggest issue is that certain regions get more of a say in who wins the election. Despite representing 35 million people california only gets 55 Electoral votes. Where Wyoming gets 3 for its 500 thousand people. This is terrible as it gives Wyoming 3.8 times more of a say per person. If a candidate doesn’t get over 50% of the vote the decision will be up to the House of Representatives. This is even worse as

You need a majority of 270 votes to be president. This prevents the voter from voting 3rd party therefore splitting up the vote. Ultimately this makes there be a two party system that doesn’t feel it needs to be what the American people want but better than the other party. This system keeps the major parties in a dominating control. When the major parties roll out two terrible candidates the american voter has little choice but to vote for who is the least bad. If the two parties don’t have any fear of third parties winning they can push a candidate who the American people don’t like through to presidency. Some may say that minor parties should never get the presidential office as they’re too extreme but this isn’t always the case and fearing that a majority of the population will believe in the extreme is very impractical. Minor parties have no place in the american presidential office with the Electoral