with the Electoral College is, that not all states have the equal number of votes. Somenational problems are that the president can win presidency with less than 50% of the popular vote. This scenario happened in 2000 between Gore and W. Bush and 1888 between Cleveland and Harrison. Last but not least the citizens want to directly vote for the President of the United States.
Possible solutions
The solutions to these problems are complex and many. For example, we coulduse the popular vote. We could keep it as it is. We could change the Electoral College.Here are some solutions to the problems with the Electoral College at hand.Using just the popular vote would help with how the electoral college is unfair,with it possible to win with less than 50% of votes. In past elections electoral votesresulted in a president who lost the popular vote, like in 2000 (Bush vs. Gore) and 1888,(Cleveland vs. Harrison). It is also unfair with winner take all method, meaning if Bobgets 51% of the vote in Colorado (which has 9 Electoral Votes) and Burke gets 49% of the votes, Bob will get all 9 votes.We could also keep the Electoral College as it is. In most elections it works well.The Electoral College is a unique system of voting. It also creates a great method for when a tie occurs. When a tie occurs for president, the House of Representatives castsone vote from each state. Finally, changing the Electoral College would require aconstitutional amendment, which is really difficult.By changing the Electoral College we could fix some problems and keep theuniqueness. We could change the Electoral College so that only senators vote, making all
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