text: Electoral votes are cast by electors chosen to represent each state, these electors are "...trusted to vote for the party's nominee...", stated Richard Posner. This means that electors are trusted and qualified to efficiently represent the vote their state desires. The trust set upon electors is "rarely betrayed" Posner said. The last time an election was won by someone who didn't get the popular vote was in 2000, and this doesn't happen often. This is contrary to what was said by Bradford Plumer. Plumer stated "The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse."