text: I dont like the way they did it, the senate suppose to vote not the people because some people just vote for a reason or to get a job. "It's official; The electoral college is unfair ,outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis  in reality, and the arguments against direct elections are spurious at best." The electoral college requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region has enough elestoral votes to elect a president.