text: First of all, when the electoral college voting system is used, while people may think they are voting for a presidential canidate, they are not.  Voters are actually choosing a group of electors that then elect a president.  Shouldn't something that has a great impact on our country, such as electing the president of the United States, be chosen by the people living in the country under the president's decisions?  Anyone would agree that the people should have the power to contribute to these decisions, yet somehow the electors are taking this huge responsibility into their own hands.