text: What's wrong with electoral college? " Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." So who picks the electors in the first place? "It depends in some states. Sometimes state conventions, sometimes the state party's central committee, sometimes the presidential candidates themselves."Most voters think the electoral college is unfair."The winner-takes-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states."