The President of the United States of America is responsible for the most powerful military, laws and their enforcement as well as an arsenal of apocalyptic amount of weapons that can end civilization and who ever makes world changing decisions should not be elected through such an outdated system. This election should not be taken lightly. Although it may seem dramatic, The Iraqi war and its expenses along with major cuts to the government's revenue, hostility to anything regarding climate change, the cost of health care near doubling and nearly crippling the economy. Although while in office Bush did implement Education programs which increased scored and a HIV relief program saving millions of lives (Matthews, 2013), and like any human being put under the stress of the most demanding job in the world, will make difficult choices and some have good results and others have horrendous consequences, but in the end he was elected by the majority of the american …show more content…
The end. Or not. Al Gore in 2000 won the popular vote yet George W.Bush is the forty-third president and this situation has occurred three other times in the history of the electoral college. Four rare outcomes, out of fifty seven elections, proponents of the college would say that, those occasions are a rarity and keeps minority interests in mind and was made by the framers of the constitution to keep the nation united. The framers when picking this method of election passed over popular vote due to four reasons. The first being citizens in distant and less populous states would not have a good base of knowledge for each candidate and may vote for a candidate based on where they have came from and not on their positions on the economy, social and national defense. This would’ve been an issue till before the telegraph or television and the