text: There are some pretty solid defenses for the United States to keep the electoral college.  For example, as stated in in the article by Posner, even though some candidates can dominate regions, "no region has enough electoral votes to elect a president."  But the thing is, even though it might not be enough to win the election, it extremely benefits the candidates race.  Another defense states in Posner's article is that the trust of the slate of electors that you are actually voting for is "rarely betrayed."  This is a flawed defense because it shouldn't be rarely betrayed, instead, it shouldn't be betrayed at all!