The electoral college should be abolished simply because it does not reflect a common citizen’s vote, in an article by The Huffington Post it is said that a presidential nominee needs to only win 21% of the votes and still win the Presidency:”A presidential candidate could be elected with as a little as 21.8%.” So even if the other candidate received 79% of the popular votes and run away with …show more content…
In conclusion the Electoral College is system of the past as it does not truly reflect what Americans think but what faithless partisan electors think and believe, the Electoral College was built in a time where there wasn't any trust in what was a so-called democracy but it was a way for the government to show their distrust of the people. The Electoral College is a disaster and ultimately should be