text: Furthermore, in the article by Bradford Plumer, Plumer states, "the electoral college is unfair to voters." In other words, the popular vote basically gets no say in who they are choosing for presidential candidate, only who gets to choose the candidate. Even as stated in the opposing article by Richard A. Posner, Posner states, "the electoral will not win the national popular vote." This is stating that basically the popular vote is powerless in voting for a presidential candidate.