text: With the Electoral College system, instead of voting for a canidate, we are voting for someone to vote for the canidate.  The people who are representing our votes don't have to vote for who we choose. The electors can vote for another canidate, one that their state didnt vote for.  In 1960, people who were against John F. Kennedy almost replaced the electors in Louisiana with electors who would vote against JFK, no matter what their people vote for.  This could have easily swung the votes and changed the outcome of that election.