Essay Contest Winners
 Rachel
A. Kautz
North Kansas City
High School
"Should the Electoral College Be Abolished?"
The Electoral College should never be abolished. The greatest criticism of the
Electoral College seems to be that the Electoral College prevents the people
from participating in democracy and picking a candidate by popular vote. The
reason for this criticism is that many believe that slim margins of victory in
smaller states may cause those states to cast electoral votes for a particular
candidate and collectively overrule the electoral votes from larger states,
thus, not representing the popular vote. This is true. However, true democracy
(the popular vote) is not the best governmental system. Democracy allows for mob
rule-the more popular power rules even though it may not be right. The Electoral
College, although not directly related to the popular vote, is related to the
representation of regional and collective interests. The majority may not always
agree on the ideas that will help individuals in situations other than
themselves. The Electoral College, like the Senate, allows people with different
local interests to have a voice and not be overshadowed by more populated states
with different political interests. Without the Electoral College the ideologies
of a concentrated few would be represented, not the interests of the people.
This would pose a threat to the overall success of political, economical and
social ideas nationally. Therefore, the Electoral College must continue to
choose the President and Vice President of the United States in order to
preserve the overall success of the nation’s political system and continued fair
expression of American interests.
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