Is the electoral college fair??
Hello I am poetic passionfruit and in this post I am going to be discussing wether the electoral college is fair or not. First of all what is the electoral college? The electoral college is were each state votes as if they are a country and all those points get added up. For example if 1/3 of Texas vote for Donald trump then the rest of them vote for Joe biden then Joe would win all of the electoral votes because he won the majority of the votes in that state. But each states electoral votes are different. Texas which has the largest population has the electoral votes of 38 so Joe Biden would have won those 38 points. Rhod island has an electoral vote of 4 because they're population is much smaller. Do you think that this is fair?
No this is not fair
In 2016 Hillary Clinton had 2million more people voting for her than Donald trump but trump won the electoral votes 302 to 237. The reasons that the founding fathers created the electoral college is no longer relevant. Modern technology allows the voters to make decisions that have not been foreseen by the founding fathers. Some people argue that the electoral college gives to much power to the swing states. But the main probalem that people see is that it ignores the people's opinions. It groups the people together and if everyone else doesn't agree then you than your vote is almost ignored.
This is fair
As well as a few people say that it isn't fair many people believe that it is and here is a few reasons why. The electoral college makes sure that every state in america is involved in voting for the president. If the election is based on a solid vote then the candidates could limit the campaigns. And finally it guaranties certainty to the outcome of the electoral votes.
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Comments (17)
18 Sep 2020
Although this is similar to another post, I have published it becuase it includes your opinion. Next time, please write your opinion on the post that's already there (https://burnetnewsclub.com/issues/american-election-2020/the-discussion/how-does-the-american-election-work/) instead of writing a new post - as this will make for a better discussion!
18 Sep 2020
I isn’t fair
Can you tell us why, buzzing_morning?
23 Sep 2020
I don’t think it is fair because some country’s have more elections than others
Could you give some examples of this, honorable_world?
Some country’s like Texas’s votes are worth more electional votes unlike others
I think you mean state instead of country honorable_world.
Yeah sorry I did mean states🤣
23 Sep 2020
I think it isn’t really fair because if they lose by 1 they don’t get to vote
Could you explain what you mean, jocular_temperature?
25 Sep 2020
I think they are not fair because if someone wins the actual vote and lose to electoral votes then that just isn't fair
29 Sep 2020
I don't think it is fair. It is a bit like gambling, so you put in some money and you try to win a game (let's say cards). The opponent wins and you lose all of the money you put in there, it is nearly alike. Let's say you were campaigning somewhere and you got 4,789 votes, and the other person got 5,000 votes. Your opponent would grab the electoral votes that there was (depending on the worth) and you would need to campaign something else. If you had more votes overall but they had more electoral votes, they would win. It was exactly like Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump really.
This is aa really good way to relate to the collage peacful_racoon but do you see how many people find it fair as they think their states are treated as they're own rather than as a hole country?
03 Oct 2020
Last year we all know that Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton on the election but was it fair.
When the American election happens in america there is the popularity vote and the electoral vote. The popularity vote is people voting of who they want to be president. In 2016 on the popularity vote Hillary Clinton got 65,844,610 votes, whereas Donald Trump only got 62,979,636 votes. So how did Donald Trump win, well that's where the electoral votes come in. In America the democratic system is very complicated. They use the electoral college. The electoral college is made up of 50 areas called states. Each state is a different size and has a different population. The candidates travel to the states trying to win people's votes (they mainly try win the votes of the states that have the bigger population. There are states called swing states and safe states. Swing states are states that will vote for either candidate. Safe states are states that usually vote for one party. On the electoral votes Donald Trump got 306 electoral votes whereas Hillary Clinton only got 232.
I don't think it's fair that Donald trump won the election because Hillary Clinton beat Donald trump on the popularity vote but Donald Trump won on the electoral votes. I don't think its fair that Donald Trump won because their no point on the popularity vote if the judgement is going to be on the electoral vote.
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05 Oct 2020
Your welcome
09 Oct 2020
Well done! Lovely post!!
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