https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr Do you feel the Electoral College method of electing our president is fair? Why or why not? Should we continue it? How did you feel if you were an elector representing a big state/small state? en-us 2017-11-13 14:35:33 UTC 2025-09-29 13:39:06 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254159  Do you feel the Electoral College method of electing our president is fair? Why or why not? Should we continue it? 

I don't feel the Electoral College method of electing our president is fair. In the Pepsi vs. Coke activity, I had Mississippi, which only had 6 electoral votes. I felt like I had no control over the election. Yet, the large states such as California (with 55 electoral votes) and Texas, had more power in the vote. Luckily, many of the big states were on my side, but we ended up losing because although we had some big states, we had many small states that couldn't reach our goal of 270 electoral votes. I don't think that we should continue the Electoral College because of these things, we should find a better and more effective way to pick the president.]]> 2017-11-13 14:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254159 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254222 I think that the Electoral College is an unfair way of voting for the president. With just two states, one candidate can get 89 votes. Bigger states have an advantage over smaller states, and people in smaller states may feel that their votes and opinions on candidates don't matter. If the country was founded on democratic principles, our government should change and be centered around the people. ]]> 2017-11-13 14:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254222 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254257 I don't think that the Electoral College method of electing our president is fair because not all states get the same amount of votes. I think that they should find a more fair way of voting because there are some states like California that can really change the election, but then some states have only 3 or 4 votes. There could be a lot of states that vote for on thing and then one state like California votes for the other thing and it just messes up the whole election.]]> 2017-11-13 14:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254257 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254306 I don't think that the electoral college is a fair way to select the president. I had two small states and I hated it because my votes had a very small impact on what I thought should've won. Honestly, the popular vote should have some sort of impact on the presidential votes. Pretty much, people are voting for no reason! Nearly every single election, the popular vote winner is different from the person who actually wins the election. Really, just the representatives from each state are deciding who should be president instead of the actual people. If the actual peoples votes counted, Hillaryt Clinton would be our president right now.]]> 2017-11-13 14:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254306 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254386 I think that the electoral college votes are unfair. I had two smaller states and they had barely any impact on the end results. Just the large states have more electoral votes than the smaller states and that doesn't seem fair to me. I think that if we were to continue the electoral college method, than each state would be able to have equal electoral votes. In my opinion, we should determine the president by only the popular vote.]]> 2017-11-13 14:40:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254386 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254398 I feel that the electoral college system is unfair and we should go by popular vote. The electoral college is unfair because the larger states are given more power than the smaller states, so if all the larger states vote for one person, that person will most likely win, even if they are not the popular option. We should stop using the electoral college and use the popular vote because everybody, no matter the state, will feel like their vote will mean something. That is why we should remove the electoral college system, so every person can feel like their vote counts.]]> 2017-11-13 14:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254398 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254495 I think the electoral college votes are unfair, because the smaller states have less of a say then bigger states. In the activity we did I had Idaho, with only four votes and I felt like I had any power.]]> 2017-11-13 14:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254495 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254546 I don't think that the Electoral College is a fair way of electing the President. In this method the biggest states have control, and the smaller states have almost zero say. I feel that there aren't as many votes as their should be. Since our population is in the millions, we should have more votes to decide our country's future than 538 votes. With this method it feels as though only a few people get a say. ]]> 2017-11-13 14:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254546 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254559 I don't think that the Electoral College is a fair way to vote for the President. I think that it is unfair that the larger states have more power over the smaller states. I feel that the states should all have the same voice in the election. I had two medium/small states and I don't think that it is very fair that my state's vote was almost insignificant. I believe that we should choose the president based on popular vote. I feel that it would be fair if every vote really counted.]]> 2017-11-13 14:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254559 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254581 I don't think that the Electoral  College is a fair way to vote. Even though I was part of the winning faction I thought the whole thing was unfair especially when the vote came close. The Pepsi team had some of the biggest states but  the rest of their votes only counted as three or four. But we had more states vote for Coke big or small.]]> 2017-11-13 14:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254581 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254613 I don't think that the Electoral Collage is a fair way to vote. It gives the larger states a bigger voice then the smaller states. With this system the popular vote may not even win. E]]> 2017-11-13 14:41:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254613 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254682 I don't think that the Electoral College is a good way to choose the people that run the country. Using this method, the larger states have more say in the matter. All larger states' opinions are valued over that smaller states. If a smaller state votes for something, it doesn't have a big effect on the issue.  ]]> 2017-11-13 14:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254682 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254788 I feel like the electoral college is somewhat unfair because of the way that it sometimes goes against the popular vote. Although it may not be completely fair, I don't think we should change it. I feel like our country is too used to having the electoral college that if we changed it, it would be cause more problems then there was before.]]> 2017-11-13 14:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254788 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254824 I feel that it's not really fair. The bigger states had more power as when they picked the same side it helped that side a lot. Also, I had a small state and the power of my state didn't contribute that much to the ]]> 2017-11-13 14:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254824 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254829 I believe that it is a fair way to vote.  It controls the voting better because it makes sure that if we have a not good leader that gets the popular vote, we don't die as a country. Also it makes it fair by state size and the equivalent power.]]> 2017-11-13 14:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254829 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254885 I don't think that the Electoral College vote isn't fair because they aren't accurate with the states population.I don't think that we should continue the Electoral College because even if it does have the accurate amount of representatives in the electoral college it just doesn't seem fair to the smaller states that have very little say. ]]> 2017-11-13 14:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254885 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254911 I don't think the electoral collage is fair or practical for our country anymore. The first issue with it is that it is not 100% accurate because if people do not turn in their cencess they will not be counted and the population will not be accurate. The second problum is that not all of the votes ]]> 2017-11-13 14:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254911 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254950 I don't think that the Electoral College method of selecting a president is necessarily the right way of choosing a president. I think that this system of selecting a president does not include/base the final vote on what everyone thinks. Since the states with the bigger votes have much more of a say in the election, it could be making a lot of the smaller states feel useless. I feel it would be better to just make them all equal. ]]> 2017-11-13 14:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206254950 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206255568 I believe that the electoral college is very unfair. The larger states have more power over small states and they should all be equal. I think the people should get to pick their president. We should change it because it has happened were someone wins the popular vote, but doesn't become president. That is completely unfair because the people should decide who should win, the popular vote should decide the president. ]]> 2017-11-13 14:42:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206255568 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206255828 I believe using the Electoral College as a method to elect our president is unfair. I was one of the many individuals that had a state with very few electoral votes compared to others. When I had a state that was worth 4 rather than 55, I felt like my opinion didn't matter and the states with a higher vote, had more of a voice. ]]> 2017-11-13 14:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206255828 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206256385 I think the electoral College is not a fair way to elect a president because a large state can be very close, but still cast all its votes for a single candidate. I do not think that the president should be voted in off of the popular vote either. I think all states should have a divided electoral college like Maine and Nebraska do. That is a balance between the popular vote and our current electoral college.]]> 2017-11-13 14:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206256385 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206256666 In my opinion, our voting system is quite fair. Each state is able to choose the president they prefer based on the leader's solutions to the state's problems. I don't see the electoral votes giving the state power, but the people. The people (population) help determine the electors' vote. I think it would also be fair to split electoral votes if a popular vote is split almost even. If one state prefers a leader over another, it is only fair to choose the leader that will help the state as a whole, not each person in that population.]]> 2017-11-13 14:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206256666 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206374807 I believe that is somewhat unfair. I don't think that it is okay for the electoral college to have the right to overrule the population vote. I think the people should have a voice. But the people before us in history thought that that was what would work for us, so I don't think we should change it. It would cause a lot more problems than it would benefit us.]]> 2017-11-13 17:36:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206374807 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206520037 I believe that the Electoral College is an unfair way to vote. The larger states and the smaller states had a large gap in the amount of votes given. If a canditate won California they would have a large advantage in the election, and they could move on to other large states like Texas and Florida. The Electoral College also is made up of electors, that are not forced to vote for what the people in the state wants. Lastly, when one candidate wins a state, every vote in that state goes to them. So if one candidate has 51% votes in the state, they get 100% votes in the state. As a large state, you would feel very powerful, and as a small state, you would feel like you have no say at all.]]> 2017-11-13 22:57:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/206520037 https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/207036637 I don't think the electoral college is a fair way to elect a president because a lot of voices aren't being heard. For example Bigger states (which have the most power in the election) may be very split, but end up casting all its votes for one candidate. However I do not think it should go off of popular vote because there is a large minority of uneducated (mislead by fake new or fancy campaigns) voters. Instead I will have to agree with Ethan's idea and say, I think all states should have an internal divided electoral college which is a balance between the popular and electoral votes. I must also say that, I haven't done much background research on the way this system works, so I don't know how well it will work on a large scale. ]]> 2017-11-15 02:57:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kressj4/fk9w18vfrlzr/wish/207036637