Electoral College Matters

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Electoral college matters.

11 10 2016 07 34 am et updated nov 10 2016 no it is not an educational institution nor is it really difficult to understand. Why the electoral college matters. The electoral college is an important and often controversial process by which the united states selects the president every four years. As we ve grown more and more from regional factions with the vaunted labor mobility that has driven ou.

The issue of winning the popular vote and losing the electoral college is fraught with uninformed debate. The electoral college matters posted on december 18 2019 december 18 2019 by tef iowa senator and democrat presidential candidate elizabeth warren declared recently that her goal if elected is to be the last american president elected by the electoral college and her second term to be elected by direct vote. The nation s founders hoped to quell the formation of powerful factions and political parties. Donald trump was elected president by the electoral college even though hillary clinton won more votes nationally.

The electoral college why we use it and why it matters on election day americans should appreciate the great and long lasting constitutional tradition bequeathed to them including the quirky. If 2000 was a national wakeup for the importance of the electoral college the 2016 election was a five alarm fire for the nation. Below is a quick guide on what it does and why it matters. Our country has always been a state to state compact.

But what exactly is the electoral college. The electoral college will dominate the airwaves and the headlines on election day tuesday. Secretary of state hillary clinton won the popular vote by almost 3 million votes but of course lost the electoral college to donald trump. One of the biggest myths in american government is that the president and vice president are directly elected by the people.

The founding fathers created the electoral college system as a compromise between having the president elected by congress and having the president elected by the popular vote of qualified citizens.