text: Last, but not least the electoral college is irrational. Plumer says it best writing: "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the presiden." Anyone who disagrees that is irrational is wrong. Not only that, but there has been occasions in which electors have not voted for their party's candidate. Most importantly, electoral college method of selecting a president turns off potential voters that know they have no hope of carrying their state as well.