I disagree with having the electoral college. An election is held to represent what the people want. If a president is elected without the majority of the popular vote, how does that represent the people’s wishes? In the 2000 election, Bush would not have won if it were not for the electoral college. He lost the popular vote, yet he was still elected president. In this years election, their is a very real possibility of these kind of results occuring again. It is a close race between Romney and Obama. Some polls predict that Romney will win the popular vote, but still lose the election as a result of the electoral college. The Electoral college does have some good points, so another option other than eliminating it completely, would be to split electoral votes within states.
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