The Electoral CollegeThe Electoral College, friend or foe? The answer to this question is in the minds of those who understand it. Whether it is a “friend” or an “enemy,” there will always be opposing sides and a controversial verse. Since today's political circumstances, the Electoral College seems to be the topic of every conversation and the thesis of every essay. The uncontrollable desire to know the truth behind the mystery stirs in the minds of the citizens of the United States of America. With the 2000 election underway, people are starting to take sides. Many oppose the Electoral College because unwitting voters choose their leader and many support it because it was created by the Founding Fathers. Both sides are debatable and neither side is right. The question is: Can a system be created to satisfy both sides of the American public? The Founding Fathers created the Electoral College for many reasons. One reason was to give the people the right to decide who becomes president and another reason was to also give Congress the right to choose. By the time of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, this topic aroused many opposing ideas and opinions. They had three choices: allow direct public elections, grant Congress the right to elect the president, or give voters the privilege of choosing the country's leader. What they were trying to do was prevent absolute power. Because they had tasted King George's way of governing, they were afraid that if they let a group of people choose the president, that group would get too much power or the president-elect would feel too powerful. ......m/eric/electoralcollege.htmlVoting and elections: Electoral College (1pg). Retrieved December 11, 2000 from the World Wide Web: http://www.thisnation.com/processes-electoral.htmlElectoral College Problems (2pgs). Retrieved December 11, 2000 from the World Wide Web: http://clarremontmckenna.com/ctd/college/htmlElectoral college in general (2 pages). Retrieved December 11, 2000 from the World Wide Web: http://www.nara.gov/fedreg/elctcoll/ec-artcl.htmlHow the Electoral College Works (2 pages). Retrieved December 11, 2000 from the World Wide Web: http://www.fec.gov/pages/ecworks.htmlCitizens for True Democracy: Individual EC disasters (3 pages). Retrieved December 11, 2000 from the World Wide Web: http://clarremontmckenna.com/ctd/ecsux.htmlChristopher Henry (1996). The Electoral College.Barbara Silberdick Feinberg (1996) Constitutional Amendments