Electoral College System

The Electoral College system is a confusing system but it's one that would require a constitutional amendment to change. The electoral vote total does determine the winning candidate for president of the United States. It works this way because not everybody in the thirteen colonies trusted the government in the year 1787. Having to elect president and vice president by just the citizens' votes would be too deranged, the Framers thought. In the year 2000, George W. Bush got 271 electoral college votes with 47.9% of the popular vote while Al Gore got 266 electoral college votes with 48.4% of the popular votes, George Bush was elected president because he got more electoral votes.
Yes, I do believe the electoral college system is a valid way to elect president because just the citizens' votes might not be the best decision for their country. This system makes the candidates obligated to "chip in" a little something for each state. It lets each state know that a certain candidate is not only focusing on the big states like California. The candidate is also thinking about the smaller populated states like Wyoming. Also, this system keeps the election organized and less chaotic. If we didn't have the electoral college system, the candidates would be able to focus on getting votes in larger states and might ignore less populated states. Direct popular votes would cause tyranny to the majority. The democrats out number the amount of republicans in the United States. Republicans have the majority in many less populated states. So almost every president would be a democrat which really isn't fair to everybody. I strongly believe that the Electoral College is a good, organized and helpful system for the presidential election.