text: If one could sum up the definition of the Electoral College in a few words, those words would be unessasary and room for error. The Electoral College was established by our fore fathers in the constution. Paragraph one in What is the Electoral College by the Office of the Federal Register states "A compromise between election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens." It is more than possible that a change in our voting system could better america in all kinds of ways.