text: Theres no reason for each party to select a slate of electors.  It can be argued that this system can turn off potential voters as a candidate.  There are 5 reasons for retaining this system.  Those are certainty of outcome, everyone's President, swing States, Big states, and avoid run-off elections.  Still we need to be able to make our own decisions.  We don't need other people to make them for us.