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Electoral Process Advantages in U.S. Presidential Elections

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has been in place since the initiation of our Constitution as a nation, a Constitution which is the product of some of the greatest minds in history. It is  a process, however, which is commonly misunderstood and mistrusted. Indeed, since the 2000 presidential election the electoral process has been the subject of extreme controversy. Many contend, in  fact, that it should be abolished and that the nation should go to popular vote. While it is easy to understand the mistrust the process generated in this election  given the stalemate which erupted between candidates and the controversy over voting improprieties, the electoral process is actually a superior process to the popular vote and, as such, it is  imperative that it remain in place. The preferability of the electoral process can be demonstrated by examining not only the historical circumstances which  resulted in the creation of the electoral process in the first place, but also by examining what could have happened in this recent election process if the President of the  United States were chosen by popular verses electoral vote. When the framers of the Constitution of the United States met in  Philadelphia in 1787 for the constitutional convention they had already lived under a Unitary system and a Confederation system of government and knew the advantages and disadvantages of each system  (Tannahill and Bedichek, 1991). The American colonies under British rule was an example of a unitary system of government where all political power was held by a single national  government or in this case, the king (Tannahill and Bedichek, 1991). All the colonial governments were created by the British Parliament and only had the degree of power of