1. The Election/Electoral College
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2. The Electoral College Today
People vote for Presidential Electors, not the POTUS
Each state has as many electors as members of Congress
Today they are “rubber stampers”
All states except for ME and NE give winner all votes
If no candidate wins a majority (270) election is decided in H.O.R.

3. 2016 Electoral College Map

4. First Major Flaw Winner of the popular vote not guaranteed to win
Allotment of electoral votes does not match state population
Candidates spend more resources in battleground states then many populous ones
In 2000 Gore got 500,000+ more popular votes then Bush who got 271 electoral or 2016 when Clinton won popular vote by almost 3 million & lost electoral

5. Second Major Flaw
Nothing requires electors to vote for candidate they are suppose to
Electors have broken pledges only 11 times
Potential of faithless electors influencing election exist

6. Third Major Flaw Possibility of H.O.R. determine winner
Exist any year in which there is a strong 3rd party
Voting is done by states, not indiv. members
If majority in state do not agree state loses vote
Need majority of states to pick one candidate
Due to gerrymandering House not true reflection of voter demographics

7. Proposed Reforms
District plan- electors would be determined same way as members of Congress
Proportion Plan- Candidate would get same percentage of electors as they did of popular vote
Direct popular election- one person =one vote
National Bonus Plan- Keep electoral college, give popular vote winner extra 102 electors
Pro electoral college minority