The system of the Electoral College is a long but fair system in the United States. It starts out that each system is allocated a number of electors that is equal to the number of its U.S. Senators (which is always 2) and the number of U.S. Representatives (which varies to states population). From those persons, the parties submit to the state’s chief election official a list of individuals pledged to their candidate for president. After the primaries and caucuses, the major parties nominate their prime candidates for President and Vice President. These candidates will then be permitted to hold national and state-wide conventions to win their seats in the White House. After the campaigning, on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November, every four years, it is decided which party goes to the Electoral College. Whichever party slate wins the most popular votes in the State becomes that State's Electors—so that whichever presidential candidate gets the most popular votes in a State wins all the Electors of that State. The only exception to this procedure is in the states of Maine and Nebraska. These two states allow the votes to split according to the population voting statistics. In the following month, December, the Electoral College meets in each state capital and in Washington D.C. to cast votes that represent each individual state. By January, the election is official, and midway through that month the newly elected President takes his/her vow of oath. The theory behind this is to ensure that all states, even the small ones receive a fair voice in the election process. This is what makes the United States a democracy. This is what also helps the states receive personal attention from the candidates. This process would be obtained so the country could avoid Congress placing their own choice into the White House. If this is how the system operated today, we would most definitely have a Republican as our...
