text: The first reason we should keep the Electoral College is there will be a certainty of outcome.  Even though the total number of votes is 538, the chance of a tie is likely ,but highly unlikely.  "In 2012's election, for example, Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney....Because almost all states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, even a very slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state," this means that a tie is not likely, but it could happen (Posner 18).  If we used the process of popular vote in the United States there would be a bigger chance of a dispute over the outcome then there would the outcome of an Electoral College.