text: The electoral college is very unfair to voters."according to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore_ thanks to the quirks of the electoral college - won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election...voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could lose the presidencey. (The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid deeefenses of the system are wrong By: Bradford Plumber) If you wanted to vote for a specific president you would have to elect the state electors pledged to that president and hope they pick them. At times the electors have the right idea and other times the electors get confused and choose the wrong person. Other times the elector could even be biased or even racist (in rare cases), and choose the one person that you do not see running this country.