text: When voters vote they vote for a slate of electors not for the president. Many people dont want to vote for a elector. They want to vote for a president because that is the main reson that they are voting. If people vote for electors then thier hopes might get down. Each party selects a state of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee. Just because the winner of an electoral vote wins doesnt mean the electoral vote wins the national popular vote. In 2000, George W. Bush and Al Gore were running for president. Gore had more popular votes than Bush and Bush had more electoral votes.