Question

What is a major flaw in the electoral college system?

Answer 1

Hint: The Electoral College was created in the Constitution, in part, as a compromise between the President being elected by a vote in Congress and the President being elected by a popular vote of eligible people. The word "electoral college," on the other hand, does not appear in the Constitution. The Electoral College of the United States is a body of presidential electors formed every four years by the Constitution for the sole purpose of electing the president and vice president.

Complete answer:
The official 538 Presidential electors who meet every four years during the presidential election to cast their official votes for President and Vice President of the United States are known as the United States Electoral College. There can be no state with less than three electors. The candidate who receives the most votes in the popular vote (total votes cast in the United States) will not be elected president.

Reason for this:
There are a lot of them.
- Due to the electoral college, the candidate who receives the most votes in the popular vote cannot win the presidency. This was evident in the most recent US election, where Clinton led by more than 3 million votes in the popular vote but was defeated by Trump by more than 70 electoral college votes.
- The college allows for a tie vote of 269-269, in which case the House of Representatives chooses the president.
- It makes it very difficult for third-party candidates to win, but they can still tip the scales.

Note: Each state receives a certain number of electors based on the total number of congressional members in the Electoral College system. Following the general election, each elector casts one electoral vote out of a total of 538. The election is won by the candidate who receives more than half (270 votes). That’s how the Electoral College system works. To win the presidency or vice presidency, a candidate must obtain an absolute majority of electoral votes (currently 270). If no candidate wins a majority of the vote in the presidential or vice-presidential election, the election is decided by the 12th Amendment's contingency procedure.