Group Project: Importance of the Electoral College

Chad Johnson
Amy Deem
Matt Stratton
Jeff Turner

POLS 1100
Group Project


Evolution & Evaluation of the
Electoral College


This is an exciting year to be in a political science classroom. As we draw closer to November 4th we will be hearing more and more about the Electoral College and its role in this historical election. As our group thought about this we came up with a few questions which prompted us to use the Electoral College as a topic for our group presentation.

The points we decided to research are as follows:
• Why was the Electoral College established in the first place
• How was it originally set up and what was its role/responsibility
• How has it been changed or modified over the years
• How it works today
• What are the benefits of having such a system and
• What are the downsides/disadvantages of the Electoral College


Our goal is not only to educate ourselves and fellow classmates about how the Electoral College functions but also the impact that it has had and will have on elections. The questions/subtopics listed above may be subject to change based the findings of our research.