It is possible to win the popular vote but have another candidate become president because some of the electors are not required to vote based on the popular vote in their state. In 2000 the vote went according to the process established by the constitution, because not all the electors have to vote according to the popular vote they did not. However in some states the electors will have to pay a fine if they do not vote according to the popular vote in the state they represent.
I think that the Electoral College is not a valid way to run our elections; it may have worked for the government when they first established it but it no longer works for us. Because the electors are not obliged to vote as their state did we can end up with a false vote like we did in 2000, the 2000 election upset many people because the popular vote lost to the vote of the Electoral College. In my opinion a group of corrupt electors is the equivalent of a corrupt government.
Although this system may have worked for us when it was first established, it no longer does, we have the technology necessary to count the popular vote correctly, so why don’t we use it? I think it is because people are afraid of change, we get to know one system, on way of life, and we become afraid of trying something new. It is in the human nature to dislike change but sometimes we need to think less about what would make us more comfortable and more about what would benefit our society. I know we have the capacity to learn about our candidates and to make a good decision; we are capable of more than we think we are. I know it is not something people want to hear, but we need to start making some changes if we are ever going to better our society, even at the cost of having to do a bit more work than before.
Perfection is not something we can reach, but with a bit of work we can better our government and make our system work for our life now, and I think the start is getting rid of the Electoral College.
