text: It was always believed that the people elected the president, but it has been proved that it isnt that way. As mentioned in Source 3, "Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide and election." Due to the Electoral College, voters, knowing their vote will have no effect, will have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were chosen by popular vote. This shows that if citizens knew that their votes were for voting for someone to elect their president, they would lose interest and stop voting.