the party, but today’s system is a lot more democratic. As I see it there are three problems to the current Electoral College system. First of all, the president can be elected to office even if it is not what the people want. Another problem is that electors are not punished enough for being unfaithful to what they have pledged. And finally the system in place for electing the president if there is no electoral majority reached. If a candidate wins a bunch of states by a slim margin and loses a few key, large states by a large amount, that candidate can win the majority of the electoral votes, while not winning the majority of the popular votes. One key example of this was the election of 1876, in which Rutherford B. Hayes lost the popular vote, but edged out Samuel Tilden in electoral votes to capture the presidency (Euchner, and Maltese 234). Secondly, less than half of the states in the US have laws that force electors to vote the peoples will. This poses an obvious problem because the whole purpose of the Electoral College is to represent the will of the people. Lastly, it there is not a majority of electoral votes; the president is elected by congress. This undermines the whole election process! The whole reason that our forefathers chose not to allow congress to choose a president is because it causes corruption. There is no doubt in my mind that if it were up to The House to choose a president, its choice would either be based on party lines, or under the counter deals. It is hard to say whether or not our election process is fair. Our government was created to serve its citizens. It comes down to where you draw the line. Is it more fair to do the peoples will if it is going to harm them, or to act on their behalf to protect them? Personally, I believe that our current election process is in a gray area between fair and unfair. It is fair because it generally reflects what the people want, but at the same tim...
