text: To begin with, Electoral Colleges do not vote for the president. Source 2 "Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" states " Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect for the president." This quote shows that if you vote for a slate of Republicans or Democratic electorss pledged the president but those electors won the statewide election, those electors would have to go to Congress and the president would get the amount of electoral votes the people have made. It's a process having Electoral College systems therefore, it's much easier having popular votes for the president.