text: "Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast." 1968 - Nixon; 1992 - Clinton only had 43% plurality of the popluar vote, while winning majority in Electoral College. "Pressure for run - off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast; the pressure which would complicate the presidential election process, which is reduced by the Electoral College, which invariably produces a clear winner."