In providence, rhode island, where cspan is available from cox. Their winning entry is titled the road to 200 and 70. 270. Does every vote count equally in the Electoral College . Isnt it important to our democracy that every vote counts equally. Our elected officials have divided opinions on this issue. As the 2020 election intensifies so does discussion about this. Electoral college is how the United States elected president. According to a Professor Emeritus at columbia university, the Electoral College was created because the Founding Fathers were trying to give more representation to the Southern States that representation of slaves with the 3 5 plaza. All states have votes based on their population. If a candidate wins the vote they went all the electoral votes in that state except a brass cat arrest and main where it is based on how canada performs. Dates like rhode island, alabama, and massachusetts, in the past few election cycles are considered safe states, since they consistently vote for the same party no matter who the candidate is. Swing states, like ohio, north carolina, and florida, go back and forth and switch to another partys candidate every other election cycle. So what are some of the pros and cons of Electoral College . Honoring the historical compromise that existed in continuing that. There is some power given to the smaller states. Historically if you go back to the time of our founders, there was always a concern and it was prescient, that one delegation are one contra one group of individuals, would overwhelm the others. Ofne contra cadre individuals would overwhelm the others. This maintains a possibility that a small state like rhode island can maintain input. Every major country in the world has a popularly vote. We firmly believe in the majority rule. And people are bothered by the concept that someone could win without getting the majority of voters. There is a lot of controversy that surrounds the Electoral College. A good example is, occasionally, when a candidate wins Electoral College but not the popular vote, there have been for president s elected this way and a John Quincy Adams who did not win either the popular vote or the Electoral College, which was decided in the tiber capote in the u. S. House of representatives. The in the tiebreaker vote. The current significance of the Electoral College came into hominids in that 2000 election between al gore and bush. The results had gore winning with 51 million votes to bushes 50. 5 million about. This election was decided by florida. Since it was close this crated controversy with many recounts any Supreme Court case that awarded bush the presidency. 16 years later after that 2016 election, the Electoral College is in our pluto spotlight. We have to acknowledge back in our political spotlight. Election cycle of 2016 was probably one of the most unique in the history of our nation. The fact that we had that happen, where there was such a disparity between the popular vote and the Electoral College votes, and people were surprised. Even the president himself. There are a lot of people for whom those topics became important. Each side was so invested in their candidate, defeat was almost unacceptable. Are against the Electoral College argue only a few states determine the president ial election. These states are michigan, wisconsin, ohio, and pennsylvania, or candidates spend more time and money. States like rhode island that only have four electoral votes will not get as much attention from a candidate as much as the rust belt. What can be done to ensure a voter mistake like rhode island will count as much as a voter in any midwest swing state . You would not have as much bang for the buck as you get now. Our four electoral votes count for more. Then they do if we went to National Popular vote. They wanted them to also go to rural and smaller states. That is why a state no matter how small their population, gets three Electoral College votes. I suggest getting behind a candidate in hopes of having a louder voice and talking to these swing states that could come down to just a couple of votes. In this election cycle we have seen a number of states make efforts to abolish the Electoral College. This would require a constitutional and memo process which requires a lot of support that is unlikely to happen in our current political landscape. Would truly be an effective way to elect a president if the Electoral College were abolished . I would suggest in some states may be a winner not take all where there is a county original vote. You can change it to a popular vote. We need to reform our election system with a system of instant runoff voting. So if no one gets majority on the first ballot, the person with the least first boat is illuminated and the votes are reapportioned based on the second choice. There are many arguments on whether the Electoral College should be abolished and whether it is an outdated system. This films purpose is not to answer the question but to explain the issue, the questions and its importance in deciding the countrys highest office and to art 2020 president of candidates to address it. 2020 candidates should focus on this issue no one is addressing so voters can feel confident that their vote counts equally. You can watch each winning studentcam documentary online at studentcam. Org. Cspans washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. Coming up sunday morning, i was secretary of state paul paid on new voting measures states are considering for the november elections. Then Health Care Ready executive director on meeting the needs of patients during outbreaks. 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