This means that the President and Vice President would be elected directly by the popular vote. The major advantage of this plan is that every vote would carry equal weight. The said disadvantage to this plan is that it would require a full Constitutional Amendment, which is very unlikely. I personally feel this plan is a long shot because in order to build a new Amendment the individuals that would be voting on it, are the same ones that would have to relinquish there voting rights in order to abolish the Electoral College...
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I personally feel this plan is a long shot because in order to build a new Amendment the individuals that would be voting on it, are the same ones that would have to relinquish there voting rights in order to abolish the Electoral College. The District Plan: This plan would preserve the Electoral College and the basic method of electing the President and Vice President...
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Electoral College All states now rely on a popular election for the selection of electors. 48 states and the District of Columbia award their entire slate of electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis...	2 / 451
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 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
Electoral Process It is these people who the voters in that state are in reality voting for as most of these delegates are voted for at the same time as the presidential election...	2 / 424