text: Additionally, Richard A. Posner says that "There are five reasons for retaining the Electoral College despite its lack of democratic pedigree; all are pratical reasons, not liberal or conservative reasons. He then goes on and says, "A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible...but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote." In the Electoral College system, their will always be a certainty of outcome. Plumer goes against that and writes, "Perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote." This cannot happen.  Posner also writes that "The electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have transregional appeal." The north, for example, does not have enough electoral votes to elect a president (Posner). The president is everyone's president.