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Week 4 Discussion: The Electoral College Argument, Politics and Social Media.
Option 2: There are numerous discussions involving the Electoral College. There are some people that want to abolish the electoral college while others want to keep it. What do you think? Keep the electoral college o...
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POLI-330N Week 4 Discussion: The Electoral College Argument, Politics and Social Media
(Option 2)
Week 4 Discussion: The Electoral College Argument, Politics
and Social Media.
Option 2: There are numerous discussions involving the Electoral College.
There are some people that want to abolish the electoral college while others
want to keep it. What do you think? Keep the electoral college or abolish it?
Explain the reasons for your choice.
Many voters were outraged and disillusioned after the 2016 presidential election.
President Donald Trump was a minority president, which means he received more
electoral votes than popular votes. The presidential election is won by the candidate who
collects the most votes, Not the candidate who receives the most votes in the Electoral
College, but the candidate who receives the most votes in the Electoral College. People's
votes (Greenberg & Page, 2018, p.225). The Electoral College, in my opinion, is the
best alternative, but it requires revision. I think the Electoral College be kept. There
have been five instances in American history where a President lost the popular vote yet
was elected. As a result, many voters questioned whether their vote even mattered.
According to Erikson et al., 2020), some claim that the Electoral College favors tiny
states since their Electoral College allotments always contain two extra votes
representing the two senators that the state elects regardless of size. Since the Electoral
College is made up of 538 electors, many people wonder how they are chosen.
According to the National Archives and Records Administration, electing Electoral
College electors is a two-step procedure. Each state's political party governs the first
part. Parties either nominate slates of potential Electors or choose them through a vote
on the ballot. I choose to keep Electoral College because many people speculate about
whether the Electors vote in support of their party; however, the National Archives and
Records Administration reports that "Throughout our history as a republic, more than 99
percent of Electors have voted as pledged" (About the Electors, 2021).
"About the Electors." National Archives and Records Administration. (2021) National Archives
and Records Administration, www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/electors.html.
Erikson, R. & Sigman, K., & Linan, Y. (2020). Electoral College bias and the 2020 presidential
election. Department of Political Science.117(45). https://doi:10.1073/pnas.2013581117.
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