In class we learned about the process of the Electoral College, where we cast a vote for which candidate we would like to see as the president and then it's left up to the Electoral College of each state to choose. Us Americans are able to vote for other government officials and the popular vote wins, however in the election of our president the process is different. Should this process be changed, seeing as there have been instances in history where the Americans popular vote would have meant one candidate received presidency yet the Electoral College chose the other candidate instead. There was a reason our founding fathers chose this procedure in the election of our president, but perhaps there needs to be a tweak in how operations are run in my opinion. Not neccessarily rid of the entire Electoral College all together but perhaps something should change.
Sarah Roberts
POS 1601 - T 6pm
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My personal opinion of the Electoral College is that it should be done away with. The way it is set up it is possible to lose the popular vote by millions and still become president if you win the right states and that is not right. The presidential election should be decided by popular vote so that every vote will truly count.
Scott Rudd
Pos 2041
Fridays 8:00-11:00
I somewhat agree. I believe as Americans we our taught to register to vote because our voice matters, however with the Electoral College deciding the final say in who is president they are almost saying we are incapable of making an educated decision ourselves. I believe the Electoral College was made for a purpose, so I don't think we should totally do away with it, but I do believe that the popular vote should have some sort of percentage effect on the final decision so we have some say in who the president becomes.
Joseph Otte Pos1601
Foundations of the United States Constitutions
Tuesday 6p.m.
im going to have to disagree and say that we as a country need to get ride of teh electoral college as a whole. as stated popular vote is the way to go in many elections bt in hte presidential elections is is not. the founding fathers had it in such a way so that no third or forht party could be in the running race for president. but the u.s. goverment is nevergoing to change this, since after all what we need is a constituinal amendment to change these ways. its always going to be either democrat or republican in the presidential seat since neither of the poarties would want to give up power to a third or foeth party. they are happy the way it is as eaither only one or the otehr party is in power and they would like to keep that power between the two parties. the electoral college needs to be done with but through state and national goverment it is never going to change.
gabriel rivera
cpo2001
TR 11:30-12:45
If the Electoral College was completely rid of then what about those states which are significantly smaller in population than the larger states of the U.S.? The Electoral College was set up in a way to make it atleast somewhat more fair for smaller states to be counted in the election process. I mean, look at Wyoming with a population of about 522,000 and then California with a population of more than 36 million. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2007 that means that in Wyoming 174,277 people would count as one electoral vote while in California it would take 664,604 people to count as one electoral vote (2007 Census estimates*).
Now in reference to the founding fathers, I disagree when you state that no third or fourth party can run for president. Some states don't have them on the ballot however and some do. This website http://www.politics1.com/p2008-ballot.htm has information about which other political parties are running and which states they are on the ballots for.
*http://www.census.gov/popest/states/NST-ann-est.html
Sarah Roberts
POS 1601 - T6pm
I think that the electoral college is one thing we can get rid of. The more people in a vote, the more valid the outcome will be. The college decreases the number of people who voice their opinion. In turn, the results lose some of their validity.
Chissy Jordan
POS 2041
Fridays, 8:00-11:00 central
I agree with most of the above comments, however, I feel that by getting rid of the electorial college that we may be taking away the voice of the smaller states. Some of these states dont even get payed attention to now because of the lack of electorial votes. It could be a very slippery slope. Iam very interested in hearing more opinions about this before making a final decision.
Mitch Rogers
POS 1601
Tuesdays, 6:00p
The Electoral College is kind of confusing. I feel the popular vote of the people should decide our leaders. I also feel the whole country should be using the same form of photo i.d. and voting machines.
Robert Rozycki
POS1601
Tuesday, 6 P.M.
The electoral college was established for the purpose for fair and even distribution of represented votes for states. While this purpose is clear, it is not fair. It is still possible for a presidential canidate to win popular vote but lose the election. Doesnt the popular vote represent more of our country's population and it's citizens than the electoral college? Something needs to be done about the electoral college in order to make it represent our nations beliefs and rights of voting.
Caitlin Carr
POS 1601
Tuesday 6pm
I don't think the electoral college should decide who our president is going to be because by majority(popular) vote we choose who we want. To me it seems as if the final decision rest on a certain group of people who dont believe that we can make the right decisions. There should be a way to make this voting process more easy, fair, and less confusing.
Sarranda Hall
POS 2041 8-11am
December 4, 2008
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