text: the electoral college it stores some of the weight in the political balance in that large state. In electoral college is the method of selecting the president my turn off potential voters for the candidate who has no hpe of carrying their state-democrats in Texas. back in 1960 segregationists in louisana legislature nearly secceeded in replacing the democratic electors. The most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. if the vote is a tie they move it would be thrown to the huse of representatives where the state delegations vote on the president.