2. Welcome!
Today’s topics will include:
1. Why the electoral college is problematic and harmful
2. What can be done to solve the problem of the electoral college
3. What our country will look like without it, and what YOU can do!
3. SEBASTIAN GAMBOA- SUMMER 2020
The Electoral College
• Created to give small states more representation based on a
large, non-voting, slave population
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5. SEBASTIAN GAMBOA- SUMMER 2020
The Electoral College
• Created to give small states more representation based on a
large, non-voting, slave population
• Values Black voters less and white voters more
6. SEBASTIAN GAMBOA- SUMMER 2020
The Electoral College
• Created to give small states more representation based on a
large, non-voting, slave population
• Values Black voters less and white voters more
• Supports the unpopular two-party system through the “winner-
take-all” system
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8. SEBASTIAN GAMBOA- SUMMER 2020
The Electoral College
• Created to give small states more representation based on a large,
non-voting, slave population
• Values Black voters less and white voters more
• Supports the unpopular two-party system through the “winner-take-all”
system
• Creates political polarization and props up unpopular presidents
9.
10. SEBASTIAN GAMBOA- SUMMER 2020
The Electoral College
• Created to give small states more representation based on a large, non-voting, slave
population
• Values Black voters less and white voters more
• Supports the unpopular two-party system through the “winner-take-all” system
• Creates political polarization and props up unpopular presidents
• Over-represents and inflates votes of white, sparsely populated, conservative states
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12. SEBASTIAN GAMBOA- SUMMER 2020
The Electoral College
• Created to give small states more representation based on a large, non-voting, slave
population
• Values Black voters less and white voters more
• Supports the unpopular two-party system through the “winner-take-all” system
• Creates political polarization and props up unpopular presidents
• Over-represents and inflates votes of white, sparsely populated, conservative states
• DOES NOT stop “mob rule” or an “uneducated and misinformed” majority to take control
13. SEBASTIAN GAMBOA- SUMMER 2020
Solutions for the Electoral College
• Dismantle the electoral college and shift to a popular vote
• Unlikely given there is just barely majority support from the
public
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15. SEBASTIAN GAMBOA- SUMMER 2020
Solutions for the Electoral College
• Dismantle the electoral college and shift to a popular vote
• Unlikely given there is just barely majority support from the public
• The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC)
• Has many states, including Illinois, onboard.
• Has 196/270 electoral votes needed to go into action
17. SEBASTIAN GAMBOA- SUMMER 2020
Solutions for the Electoral College
• Dismantle the electoral college and shift to a popular vote
• Unlikely given there is just barely majority support from the public
• The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC)
• Has many states, including Illinois, onboard.
• Has 196/270 electoral votes needed to go into action
• Subtract 2 electoral votes from every state to make the amount of electoral votes each
state has proportionate to population
18. If change happens, how will the elections
system look?
SEBASTIAN GAMBOA- SUMMER 2020
• Equalized voice of all voters
• Accurate reflection of out ideals as a whole
• Less possibility for minority rule
• More representative government
• The people actually picking the president
• Public trust of government
• Weakened institutional racism
19. • Scan QR code
• Sign the two petitions
• Check out informative and fun videos
• Read up on the electoral college and form
your own opinion!
Do Your Part!
SEBASTIAN GAMBOA- SUMMER 2020
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20. Thank you for listening! I hope
you learned something and
enjoyed!
