Over the past few years, discussions about the viability of the electoral college has taken center stage. we saw this with the election of george w. bush and calls to abolish the electoral college became deafening after the 2016 election. what are the benefits and risks of abolishing the electoral college? do you believe that the electoral college should be abolished? why or why not?

In modern US politics, the Electoral College has become a huge issue among young voters. With some very controversial and close elections in recent years including that of George W Bush and Al Gore.

More recently Donald Trump won through an Electoral  college system even though his rival, Hilary Clinton had over 2 million more votes.

I personally believe that the Electoral College should not be abolished and it is simply because of the reason it was first introduced. Every State should have an equal say in the votes and no single State should be able to completely sway the election.

For example, California is by far, the largest State in the US by population. If we only go by the number of votes, California can easily swing the whole election. This is unfair for proper representation in the Parliament.

The risk of abolishing the Electoral college is that it would mean that only 2 or maybe 4 States might have complete control over the election process and smaller states will be left behind.

in the 1800s, chinese workers migrated to the united states, first to work in the gold mines, but also to take agricultural jobs, and factory work, especially in the garment industry. chinese immigrants were particularly instrumental in building railroads in the american west, and as chinese laborers grew successful in the united states, a number of them became entrepreneurs in their own right. as the numbers of chinese laborers increased, so did the strength of anti-chinese sentiment among other workers in the american economy. this finally resulted in legislation that aimed to limit future immigration of chinese workers to the united states, and threatened to sour diplomatic relations between the united states and china.