ecision. There were also no televisions or radios at that time so, information was scarce and hard to find. These problems that sparked the formation of the Electoral College are not relevant today and a change should be implemented.There is a way to keep the Electoral College intact but to also remedy most of the problems with it. “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector” (Dumbauld 265). In other words, each state has one electoral vote for each Representative and each Senator, and each state has Electors who are the ones who actually choose a leader. These Electors are the ones who actually choose our President. Tennessee, as is demonstrated by Figure 1 on page 3, has nine voting districts and therefore has nine Representatives and, just like every other state, has two Senators. This means that Tennessee has eleven electoral votes, as demonstrated by Figure 2 on page 3, one for each Representatives and Senator. As the system is currently set up, whichever candidate wins the majority of the popular vote in Tennessee, his party’s Elector gets to make all eleven votes. Instead of following this winner-takes-all mentality, have the votes be awarded not only by state but also by congressional district. Whoever wins the popular vote in a particular district gets one electoral vote. Whoever wins the popular vote in the state gets two electoral votes. This system represents the wants of the people more fairly than the current system. If that statement is true, then what is wrong with the current system of election? Figure 1: The voting districts of Tennessee. Figure 2: The number of electoral votes by state....
