Question

The Electoral College was created to protect US citizens against mob rule. Mob rule is the control of a lawful government system by a mass of people through violence and intimidation. However, some Americans question the legitimacy of this process. Pick one election where the outcome of the popular vote and the electoral college vote differed to create an argument in favor of or opposed to the use of the electoral college. List at least three valid points to support your argument. Present you argument in a PowerPoint presentation.

Answer 1

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

We are not going to make a PP presentation for you. What we can do is to give the information so you can include it in your presentation,

Context:

The founding fathers indeed had the best of intentions when they created the Electoral College to define elections. This could be valid at the end of the 1700s during the 1800s.

However, today, in the 2020s, things have radically changed. This is another United States and a completely different society.

Example:

We are going to choose the 2016 elections because is a good case about this topic.

According to the Electoral College, the Republican candidate Donald Trump won the electoral vote 304-227. The losing candidate was Democrat Hillary Clinton.

However, in the popular vote, Clinton won the election 65,853,514 vs 62, 984828.

Since that election and according to many experts, historians, scholars, journalists, former politicians, and public opinion leaders, the US needs to amend the Constitution to establish the popular vote as the winner of a presidential election.

People need to be trusted. Citizens are educated, have their criteria and their voices must be heard. In most modern democracies, the popular vote is the one that defines the winner of the election.