A Problem with the American Government: Electoral College

Americans are derived on the idea that our founding fathers created a free country and society. Cleary expressed in the constitution was the idea of a nation\\\\\\\'s government being ran by the people and for the people. Now, in the beginning of the twenty-first century, it looks as if the constitution requires to be revised, due to the urbanization of the american culture. In the following essay, I will express my opinion on why the American electoral college voting system should be completely and utterly abolished from the American Government.

In 1787, the Electoral College was created by the founding fathers as a counterbalance against too much democracy and to protect states from encroaching federal power. This was important because of the notion at the time that the Union was a loose assembly of states, which was not referred

to as \\\\\\\"The United States,\\\\\\\" but was instead referred

to as \\\\\\\"These United States.\\\\\\\" But in modern times, the issue is one of population density. If every man gets one vote in a direct election, then large localities such as New York City totally dwarf rural states such as Wyoming. Ultimately, we see ourselves facing the needs of the city vs. the needs of rural areas.

What I don\\\\\\\'t understand is, why is the United States, not so united? Now a days, the United States is so divided by political parties it is not frowned upon to vote for not what you think is right, but what will benefit you economically, just as the chairman and CEO, Sumner Redstone, of one of the worlds largest media corporations stated, \\\\\\\"...I vote for Viacom.\\\\\\\" Several days later, photographers noticed something unorthodox. Sumner RedStone\\\\\\\'s mansion was plastered with John Kerry/John Edwards campaign

adds on his front lawn. When reporters asked him about his direct funding to the republican party, he stated once again, \\\\\\\"...I vote for Viacom.\\\\\\\" My whole logic is, why do we need to divide the country even more than what it is, by keeping the electoral college and creating what is called \\\\\\\"swing states\\\\\\\". These are the main states where the canidates do most of their campaigning. The State of New Mexico will probably see a canidate every 2 weeks or so. The state of California will never see a republican trying to campaign

their, same goes with a democrat in mississippi. It\\\\\\\'s complete marketing techniques, and that is not how the general public should be approached. Everyone should see a canidate the same amout of times and everyone\\\\\\\'s individual vote should count the same.

Isn\\\\\\\'t it funny how one individual\\\\\\\'s vote in Wyoming is completely equivalent to 562 California votes. That\\\\\\\'s because the electoral college is completely flawed and is out dated.

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