, which has the minimum of three votes. Andrew Spano, a Westchester County executive states that “The system forces you to campaign all over the U.S. as you try to accumulate electoral votes… It fits with the diversity of our country”(Yancey). The Federal System is supposed to have the power. The people are not the Federal system, the states are the Federal system. Anti-electoral citizens believe that they should have control of who becomes the president. They point out that under the present Electoral College mindset, every person in the United States that votes, is basically wasting their time. In an article found on the World Wide Web, it states that, in the Presidential election, “individual votes are not even tallied” (“Electoral College Problems”). In respect to the “third” party candidates, the Electoral College gives them absolutely no chance of winning. This comes forth because even if a voter likes one of the “third” party candidates the best, he or she will not vote for them because they think it will be a wasted vote. This is quite true because if they do vote for the candidate he will more often than not even receive one electoral vote. For example, in 1992, Ross Perot, a member of the Reform Party received this very misfortune. Despite the fact that he won 12% of the popular vote, he failed to obtain a single electoral vote (“Electoral College Problems”). This demonstrates the very “stumbling block” that the Electoral College has become. It is best summed up with another quote found on the Citizens for True Democracy web site. “The Electoral College is not worth saving” (“Electoral College Problems”). The disadvantages of the Electoral system are obvious. On top of the above listed problems found with the system there comes another. As stated before, many people won’t even vote for their favorite candi...
