text: From what I have gathered though, the electoral college is a group of people that citizens vote for and these people are then allowed to elect a president? I am sure there is a lot more to it but from that statement which is proven true by the article, I think the electoral college is dumb. Instead of electing biased people to choose a biased president, why can't we just let the citizens elect a president; someone who appeals to us and not a large group of people that get hated on all the time. By having the electoral college it's like the government is lying to us."Oh hey, we believe our citizens are the REAL people in charge of this country, but we aren't going to ever take off their training wheels." Our government hasn't actually said that. but it's the kind of vibe majority of Americans get.