text: First, the presidential election is held every four years so you can vote for the president you want to vote for. Also when you vote for your candidate you're actually voting for candidate's electors. Some people that are voting don't know that they're voting for their candidate's electors. In some states they have different decisions in the electoral college. Like for example in state conventions,state party's central commitee,and sometimes even the presidential candidates. Voters can get confused on these kinds of things in the electoaral college because the electoral college sometimes hasn't made a decicion yet on how or what they want to do or say.