Essay on Electoral College System

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Electoral College System

The electoral college system is one which is criticized often. In most of the
countries in the world their leader is chosen by popular vote. This was true
even in communist countries, although many times only one candidate runs
sometime. This system of popular vote is not used in the United States, the
country that is supposed to be the most democratic. The Electoral College, the
constitutional system for the election of the president and vice president of
the United States. It is the collective name for a group of electors, nominated
by political parties within the states and popularly elected, who meet to vote
for those two offices. Each party within a state selects a slate of electors
numerically equal to the state's congressional delegation. The electors normally
pledge to vote for the nominees of their party, but they are not
constitutionally required to do so. When the American people vote for president
and vice president, they are actually voting for slates of electors pledged to
their candidates. Because the electors usually are chosen at large, the
electoral vote of each state is cast as a unit, and the victorious presidential
and vice presidential nominees in each state win the state's entire electoral
vote. The candidates receiving a majority of the total electoral vote in the

United States are elected. The electoral college system was established in

ArticleII, section I, of the U. S. Constitution and has been modified mainly by
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