The problem with the Electoral College system explained very simply...
This is in case some of us are a little foggy on why this system is often criticized.
I'd like to illustrate its flaws with a simple little example I came up with...
Voting for SCHOOL President
Lets forget about politics for awhile and pretend there is a small school with only 4 classrooms and they want to elect a School President.
There are two candidates running, both are excellent students.
One is a boy named Bob and the other one a girl named Sally.
One classroom has 15 students, the other three have 10 students each.
An electoral vote is given for every 5 students in a class, so the one with 15 students gets 3 electoral votes, and the ones with only 10 students get 2 electoral votes each.
Sounds perfectly fair right?? Read on..
After the voting is finished, the votes are counted and here are the results:
Classroom One (15 voted total, 3 "electoral votes"): 7 - Bob, 8 - Sally
Classroom Two (10 votes total, 2 "electoral votes"): 6 - Bob, 4 - Sally
Classroom Three (10 votes total, 2 "electoral votes"): 6 - Bob, 4 - Sally
Classroom Four (10 votes total, 2 "electoral votes"): 4 - Bob, 6 - Sally
Total votes for Bob: 23
Total votes for Sally: 22
Total electoral votes for Bob: (classrooms Two and Three combined): 4
Total electoral votes for Sally: ( classrooms One and Four combined): 5
SALLY WINS, even though Bob got MORE votes!!
This is in case some of us are a little foggy on why this system is often criticized.
I'd like to illustrate its flaws with a simple little example I came up with...
Voting for SCHOOL President
Lets forget about politics for awhile and pretend there is a small school with only 4 classrooms and they want to elect a School President.
There are two candidates running, both are excellent students.
One is a boy named Bob and the other one a girl named Sally.
One classroom has 15 students, the other three have 10 students each.
An electoral vote is given for every 5 students in a class, so the one with 15 students gets 3 electoral votes, and the ones with only 10 students get 2 electoral votes each.
Sounds perfectly fair right?? Read on..
After the voting is finished, the votes are counted and here are the results:
Classroom One (15 voted total, 3 "electoral votes"): 7 - Bob, 8 - Sally
Classroom Two (10 votes total, 2 "electoral votes"): 6 - Bob, 4 - Sally
Classroom Three (10 votes total, 2 "electoral votes"): 6 - Bob, 4 - Sally
Classroom Four (10 votes total, 2 "electoral votes"): 4 - Bob, 6 - Sally
Total votes for Bob: 23
Total votes for Sally: 22
Total electoral votes for Bob: (classrooms Two and Three combined): 4
Total electoral votes for Sally: ( classrooms One and Four combined): 5
SALLY WINS, even though Bob got MORE votes!!
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