No, I do not totally agree with the Electoral College. There are both PROS and CONS to the system. I understand why the founding fathers made this system because they knew that the people back in the 1800's were incapable of having the resources to comprehend the political system. The Electoral College would not allow candidates to win an election based solely on popularity. In the present time, we now have the technology to be able to know each candidates platform and what they feel is important for our country and with the education increasing, people are able to make a better decision on who should be president and vice president.
The most persuasive CONS to the system is that the delegates might focus all their time concentrating on the bigger states so they can get more electoral votes, therefore ignoring the smaller states. The popular vote is not always the Electoral Colleges vote. In the 2000 election this is exactly what happened. George Bush was elected based off of the Electoral votes not the popular vote. This shows how there are flaws in the system. The election followed the process established by the Framers of the Constitution but it did not validate the majority vote. Many voters felt that their vote really didn’t matter since it did not come down to all the individual votes of the citizens of America. Why go to the polls if it comes down to the electoral vote? Why should one state have more say than another in who wins the most prominent position in America? With citizens being able to make a educated vote, the vote should now come down to the popular vote verses the electoral vote.
