text: Of course there are reasons why the electoral college should be abolished. Plumer argues, "the Louisiana legislature nearly succeedeed in replacing the democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy." Because of the replacement the popular wouldn't have gone to Kennedy. Plumer continues to state that "Electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please..." That means the opposing party gets the electoral vote because of the "faithless" electors. It understandable why the electoral college should be abolished; it is unreliable and unfair. However, we cannot abolish the only logical and reasonable way of electing our persidents.