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Should the Electoral College be Reformed?, Those who want to reform the…

- - - - If the elections relied solely on the popular vote, then the smaller states would likely be excluded from voting by candidates who want to appeal to the more populated states or cities
      - The Electoral College allows for smaller states to be heard and to have their votes matter just as much, if not more than the larger states and cities.
    - - If the election were based on the popular vote instead of the electoral vote, a candidate would be able to win an election by winning in popular votes rather than the majority vote
    - - To keep citizens who were uneducated from irrationally choosing a candidate, the founding fathers chose for electors to be the final decision makers.
      - The founding fathers wanted those who elected the president to be confident enough in their field of knowledge to choose candidates who were best suited for the job
      - They wanted equality in the will of the people, and the minority to have a voice just as loud as the majority.
- - - - Modern technology and access to education gives voters and the general public the opportunity to form informed political opinions
      - Many voting laws that limited direct democracy have since been changed or dropped, so if the electoral college is also actively limiting direct democracy, it should be changed as well
      - The founding fathers wanted electors to not vote based on their biases, however there are many electors and states that are expected to vote for their political party in every election.
    - - There are a number of certain states that are always loyal to one of the two dominant political parties, such and California for the democratic party and Alabama for the republican party.
      - States that are undecided in their loyalty to either dominant political party are prone to “swinging”, meaning that they could potentially be won by either party.
      - Presidential candidates will focus all their time and resources, and pay the most attention to those states rather than ones they know they will win in.
    - - Only 538 people get to decide on who the President of the United States will be, and the opinions of millions of US citizens only contribute so much to the final outcome of the election.
      - Presidential candidates who win the popular vote by a large amount can still lose the election if they do not also win in electoral votes.