Electoral college
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Electoral College
I believe that many things that go on in today's society can be considered undemocratic, however, many citizens seem to disagree with the Electoral College. The mix of politics and business is driving our country away from the principles that our founding fathers set fourth. Why is our forty-third president in office when the majority of Americans voted for a different candidate? An election that gives the people the choice of a president by a majority would cure some of the current problems of the Electoral College. We have a president that bullied his way into office and now many Americans question the government. Where did the Electoral College go wrong? The popular vote seems to not play any factor in our presidential elections. The Constitutional Convention created the Electoral College in 1789 in hopes that it would be an adequate system. The Electoral College consists of an elected few who cast their votes for the state they represent. Those who feel that the college should remain as it is believe that the American people are too uninformed about election issues to vote...