text: According to an excerpt titled "What is the Electoral College?" by the Office of the Federal Register, the Electoral College is a process established by the founding fathers in the Constitution "as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens."(Source 1.1) This process consists of a selection of 538 electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress with a majority of 270 needed to be elected president. (Source 1.2-3)