Facts:
1. The smallest number of electoral votes in a state is three.
2. The electoral college is not a college and never meets as a single entity.
3. The electoral college meets every four years.
4. Ten states as of the year 2000 account for 54% of the U.S. population.
5. The electoral college usually undermines third parties, which are unlikely to win electoral votes.
6. A straight popular election would encourage minor party candidates.
7. Gore believed that the electoral college favored small over large states, whites over blacks and Hispanics, and farmers and ranchers over subway riders and commuters in crowded urban and suburban districts.
8. Voting begins the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
9. The president is not directly elected by the people, but by the electors.
10. George W. Bush was the first southern conservative since before the Civil War.
Questions:
1. How are the electors chosen?
2. Does it seem that electors are actually necessary?
3. When was the electoral college established?
4. Why can't we just vote for the president directly? Is there not enough trust in the people?
5. How many people are in the electoral college?
Opinion (forgot to do this on the post)...I believe the electoral college should be removed. For those who voted for a different candidate, it is unfair that their votes basically wouldn't count if the elector in their state was voting for the majority. I believe everyone's vote should count, even though this would probably take more time. As technology advances, we would find better and faster ways to count votes so their wouldn't be issues.
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