Under the Electoral College system, presidential elections are decentralized, taking place in the states.
Critics of the Electoral College say they simply want to elect the president the way we elect most other officials.
Every state governor is chosen by a statewide popular vote. Why not a national popular vote for president?
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 asked themselves the same question, and they rejected a national popular vote along with several other possible modes of presidential election.
The plan they adopted is found in Article II, Section 1: “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress.”
So, what are the beneficial effects of choosing our presidents through the Electoral College?
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