text: The Electoral College is considered an anachronism, or just not fit best for the present time. Basically each party selects electors and then they vote for that party's nominee. The winner-take-all method is really what the Electoral college is all about, what is does is gets voters in toss up states to pay close attention to the campaign and on average are the most thoughtful voters and on average usually decide who will win the election. The Electoral College usually balences the voting considering large states gets more attention from presidential campaigns then a small state would "... restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states  lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the constitution ". Although some people want a political reference rather then one single vote deciding on who the winner of the election is.