This happened as a result of an aspect of the electoral system that is not mandated in the Constitution; how to distribute the votes in the state. It is customary that the states award the winner of the popular vote in the state all of the states electoral votes. Therefore, it makes no difference if a candidate wins a state by 50...
displayed 300 characters

Pay now and get a FULL UNLIMITED access! This option entitles you to get access to a huge database of 200.000 essay papers. You receive a possibility of full access and of viewing an unlimited number of essays for a fair price! Any subject, any topic and any level of difficulty of a paper - anything can be found here.   No limitations and no restrictions with EssaysBank.com, since our aim is to help you with your essay writing. A huge database of supplementary materials for your research and for better understanding of the topic costs so few! Use your chance to make a better research and to receive a higher grade!

Therefore, it makes no difference if a candidate wins a state by 50.1% or by 99% of the vote; the same amount of votes are awarded. This leads to candidates winning some states by large pluralities and losing others by a small number of votes; a likely scenario for one candidate to win the popular vote while another wins the electoral vote...
displayed next 300 characters

Title	Pages / Words	Save
Electoral College/Election 2000 It was also generally said that the Electoral System was put in place for 2 reasons: (1) to give more weight to the smaller states so their concerns wouldn't be ignored in national elections, and 2) to ensure that any successful candidate has wide national appeal, rather than having huge popular appeal in a few very populous areas and no appeal anywhere else...	2 / 479
Electoral College If they made a mistake on which president to choose it will be their own fault and they won't have anyone else to blame but themselves. In conclusion I disagree with having an Electoral College because it should matter what the voters' say and if there is an Electoral College to make a final decision then it's not the voters' choice, this is a democracy and it should be the people's final choice, and if the Electoral College makes a bad decision on who should be elected then it will be their fault and the people will have someone else to blame...	2 / 377
How Democratic is the United States of America? It always comes down to the Electoral College. The Electoral College is made up of representatives from each state that casts its vote for the territory that they are in...	3 / 630
Electoral College Due in large part to the fact that he was governor of Texas and his brother was governor of Florida. But due to the fact that California and New York are both fairly liberal states I find this a mute argument...	2 / 503