Elections

Electoral College

          The Electoral College are people representing the states in the United States, who vote in the election for the president and vice president. Since Electoral college has started, it received a lot of criticism because it lets the nominees to win the election without taking the popular vote into account.

"In Defense of The Electoral College"

The article In Defense of The Electoral College by the Washington post focuses on protecting the electoral college system. They believe that the system is effective to run an election. They quote, "But the founders were not interested in efficiency; they were interested in securing 'the blessings of liberty.' The electoral college is in the end, not a bad device for securing that". meaning that it not a bad way to work the election votes.

Vox Believes Electoral College Is The Worst

          The perspective of the article is, "Why the Electoral College is the Absolute Worst, Explained," by Vox which is the current situation of the Electoral College system is corrupt. They believe that it is not fair that the popular does not get taken into account. 

Comparing and Contrasting The Articles

          There are a couple ways to compare the articles. They both state claims made by each other's side and use their evidence to back themselves up. Another, both of the articles are posted by both white and male, which completely shows and tells us "who has more power and has more knowledge about Electoral College."

The author of Vox

Authors of The Washington Post

           The only difference that I can make is that their point of view in argument is different and the Authors of The Washington Post do not agree with most of the Vox post unlike the Vox post itself. 

In conclusion, I agree with that the Electoral College system is not the best and effective way to run an election. However I can also understand where Vox is coming from.