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For my American govt class I have been given the topic of,
1. Why should the united states abolish the electoral college
I need logical and factual reasons why it should be abolished.
Studies, evidence in elections, etc
Only things that are factual not opinionated.
So far I have it causes a "depressed" voter turnout because each state is entitled to a specified number or electoral vote regardless of voter turnout
It does not accurately reflect the national popular vote and this stems from the winner take all method if the electoral college.
It reinforces a two party system and discourages third party candidates. This restricts choices available to the electorate.
In regards to the winner take all this creates heavy campaign in major states or swing states rather than the small states.
It can be argued this causes voters to cast their vote based off of how the candidate it portrayed in the media and not of the candidate them self.
This is all paraphrased of what I have typed already in my report but they do not have many non-biased sources out of there do I have hit a roadblock. I have my three required sources but have milked the information out of all of those.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
For my American govt class I have been given the topic of,
1. Why should the united states abolish the electoral college
I need logical and factual reasons why it should be abolished.
Studies, evidence in elections, etc
Only things that are factual not opinionated.
So far I have it causes a "depressed" voter turnout because each state is entitled to a specified number or electoral vote regardless of voter turnout
It does not accurately reflect the national popular vote and this stems from the winner take all method if the electoral college.
It reinforces a two party system and discourages third party candidates. This restricts choices available to the electorate.
In regards to the winner take all this creates heavy campaign in major states or swing states rather than the small states.
It can be argued this causes voters to cast their vote based off of how the candidate it portrayed in the media and not of the candidate them self.
This is all paraphrased of what I have typed already in my report but they do not have many non-biased sources out of there do I have hit a roadblock. I have my three required sources but have milked the information out of all of those.
Any help is greatly appreciated.