Electoral vs. Popular Vote
Should the United States eliminate the Electoral College system and instead elect its President by popular vote? Why or why not?(Submitted by: dvcguam)
No.
The Electoral College gives a strong incentive for each candidate to concentrate on the political center, as the winner is often determined by the “battleground states” that are almost always “purple.”
If the Electoral College was removed, election strategies would change from trying to convert the moderates, independents and the undecided, to attempting to energize the bases to rally more voters than the opposition. Instead of candidates campaigning to the center in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, candidates would campaign to the extremes in Massachusetts and Texas.
The Electoral College is also a protection against election fraud since the outcomes of polls in states like Texas and Massachusetts are almost certain, and thus fraud would be of no use or very overt. The Electoral College allows us to narrow our monitoring to the battleground states where the outcome is far from certain and fraud far more effective.
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