Origins High School Nabiha Farooq

904 October 23,2016

Should the Electoral College be Abolished?

The Electoral College is ​a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally
cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.​Some people want to keep this
system and some want to abolish it. The Electoral College has his Pros and Cons. I think that
the Electoral College should be abolished. I think that it is very unfair to the larger states.
One reason why Electoral college should be abolished is because the bigger
states are at a disadvantage. The smaller states are getting more votes than they should
receive. But where do those votes come from? Easy, The bigger states. There are more people
in the big states, which is why we deserve more votes. The smaller states have a smaller
population, therefore they should have less votes. In a video they said, “Most big states get less
electors than they are supposed to. Small states get more electoral votes than they deserve.”
This shows how the smaller states are getting more attention that they are supposed to. This is
one reason why the Electoral College is unfair and should be abolished.
Another reason why the Electoral college should be abolished is because it is an old
system. The Electoral College is really old and complicated. Some people say it is confusing.
(which it is). The Electoral College is basically an unfair way for states to vote. Each state gets a
certain amount of electors and now the bigger states get less electors and the smaller states get
more. In Document G it shows a political cartoon. On one side there is an antique shop. On the
other side it shows a junkyard. In the middle is a guy holding a machine which is the electoral
college. The machine looks very complicated and confusing, which it is. The guy is thinking
whether to put it in the junk pile or in the antique shop.This a is another reason to show why the
Electoral College should be abolished.
Others may say that the Electoral College should not be abolished. Without the Electoral
College, elections would require recounts in every state which delays the final results for months
or longer. But, I think that if we abolish the Electoral College it will be fair for the country and the
bigger states.
In final analysis the Electoral College should be abolished. It is old and complicated. It is
unfair to the bigger states. Which is why i think we should abolish it. The Electoral College is an
old way of voting and we should find another one.