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Essay Plan: Evaluate the view that the Electoral College is not fit for purpose
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An A* A Level Essay Plan for Politics A Level Paper 3 (USA) Contains 3 arguments and 3 corresponding counter-arguments, packed with recent examples

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  • October 23, 2023
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Is the Electoral College fit for purpose?



Waster votes/misfire election

 Biden v Trump, Arizona, 49.3% to 49% - all 11 votes went to Biden
 Biden v Trump, California, 63% to 34% - extra votes wasted for Biden
 Misfire – Clinton won by 2.8 million votes lost by 77 votes



 Only 5 misfire elections since electoral college formation
 Legitimacy comes from fairly winning by the rules
 Issues with other methods – Congressional District Method (Maine + Nebraska) would
increase chances of no winner by majority of popular vote



EC violates ‘one person one vote’

 From Gray v Sanders 1963
 Every elector should represent 600,000
 But Wyoming shouldn’t even have 1 vote – overvalued
 California has 39 million, should have 65 votes gets 55 votes – undervalued



 Preserves voices of small states – tyranny of the majority
 Should be even more of a concern now
o 1788, small vs big stages X4 as many
o 2020, small vs big states X18 as many



Two horse race - third party candidates

 Clinton 43% v HW Bush 38% v Ross Perot 19%
32 seats v 18 seats v 0 seats
 Winner takes all divides, polarises, segregates country



 National unity – more likely for winner to take 50%

o In 27/40 elections, winner received more than 50%
 Perot attacked HW Bush on lacking economic know-how on recession and increasing
national debt

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