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Which side do you agree with? Why?
Electoral college

User Siraj Pathan
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Answer:

No

Step-by-step explanation:

The electoral college was supposed to be a check if the voters or the state legislatures (as the state legislatures nominated the delegates at first) chose a terrible president and then the delegates could overrule this. It was also supposed to like the Senate balance the representation of states with lower populations. But in practice the electoral college leads to pandering to "battleground states" and the more populous the state the better. I live in a battleground state but I still don't think the electoral college is fair. The winner of the popular vote should be president.

So I do not agree with it

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