Electoral College Reform

[Keith Broaders]

Electoral College Reform

The Electoral College was created to prevent the masses of ignorant and uninformed people electing the President.

The signers of the Constitution believed that the President should be chosen by a panel of wise men chosen by the legislatures of the states or by the people of the Congressional districts. 

In the election of1828 the electors began to be chosen to represent their entire state rather than individual districts. Instead of allowing the electors to represent their district they were required to vote for the winner of the state-wide popular vote. This system of allocating all of the state's electoral votes to the candidate winning the state-wide popular vote.

Only the votes This system favors the people living in metropolitan areas and  

I have been a long time supporter and advocate for the Electoral College, but after waking up I have come to realize that the system is in serious need of repair.

The Electoral College was created to prevent the large states from completely dominating the small states. But, today the Electoral College is promoting just the opposite.

Initially, the framers of the Constitution wanted the people in the Congressional Districts to choose a wise well educated man to cast a ballot in their behalf. 

Over a period of time the political parties convinced the state legislatures to choose the electors on a state-wide basis. These changes transferred the power from the people in the in their districts to the political parties.

This gave rise to the "Winner Take All" method of allocating electoral votes to be allocated allow the candidate with the most votes to disenfranchise those who voted for his opponent.

Instead of the allocating all of the state's electoral votes to the candidate winning the statewide popular vote, each district should choose their own 

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