In 2028, the Republican Party controls the U.S. Senate and the Democratic Party controls the U.S. House of Representatives. Each party hopes its candidate can win the presidential election, giving the party more of a say in the country's policies. It's a close race — in the end, 51 percent of Americans vote for Republican candidate Ted Torres. Former U.S. senator Rosa Marcus, the Democratic candidate, receives 5 more electoral votes than Torres — just enough for her to reach a total of 270 electoral votes.

According to the rules of the Electoral College, Marcus will win the election. Why might some see that as a problem?

A. Because the majority of the people voted for Torres
B. Because Marcus didn't receive enough electoral votes to qualify
C. Because the Senate should not control the outcome of an election
D. Because the outcome ignores how a winner-takes-all election should work

The American electoral democratic system elects the president by the electoral college. In this way, it may happen that most of the American people vote for one candidate, but the other wins the majority of the electoral college and is elected. Even that was what happened in 2016, when Hillary Clinton had the majority of voters, but Donald Trump was elected.

Some people do not agree with this type of election because it is not exactly majoritarian. Despite being democratic, eventually the cantidado who wins received fewer individual votes. It is debatable!

michell96 michell96 · Answer 2 · 2019-04-26T19:39:16+02:00

The correct answer is A. Because the majority of the people voted for Torres

Explanation:

In the U.S. the Presidential elections that took place every four years, are affected by two types of votes. The first one is the popular vote in which the citizens of the U.S. directly vote for the candidate they would like to be a President and that provides information about the preferences of the citizens, but do not determine the winner. The second type of votes is the ones of the electoral college which is composed by 538 electors of different states that vote for the candidates and are the ones that determine the winner as the candidate with at least 270 electoral votes wins the election.

In the case presented, Ted Torres won the popular votes, but not the electoral votes, this means Rosa Marcus was the one that won the elections due to the way the Electoral College works. This situation and the general system the U.S. has in the case of Presidential election is debatable and represents a problem for some people because the final winner in some cases is not the one the majority of the people support, which in this case is Torres, but the one chosen by the electoral college which makes people believe their preferences are not considered. Thus, according to this system, this situation can be problematic "Because the majority of the people voted for Torres", but this is not enough for him to win the elections as the electoral votes are more important..