The electoral college disregards the popular vote, making a mockery of fair democratic principles, as no other elected office in the U.S. operates this way. It allows for a situation where the majority of voters nationwide can be outweighed by a narrow victory in a few swing states, rendering many citizens across the nation voiceless in the presidential election process. This archaic system, initially designed to appease Southern slave states, persists as a flaw in our democracy.
The fundamental issue with the electoral college isn't the institution itself but the winner-take-all method by which states allocate their electoral votes. This policy means that victories in the presidential race are decided by how well candidates perform in a handful of battleground states, sidelining countless voters in larger or more uniformly partisan states, who become mere onlookers in the electoral process. As long as this approach is in place, the voices of those citizens remain muted.
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