text: Some people argue that the electoral college is a good thing to have. There is no favoritism or run-off elections. In the source titled,"  In defense of the Electoral college:Five reasons to keep our despied method of choosing the President," it states,"No region (South, Northeast, etc.) has enough electoral votes to elect a president. So a solid regional favorite, such as Romney was in the South, has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states, for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his pulrality in states that he knows he will win." This is so that there is no winning just because of one place. Also in that same souerce in line 26 it states that," There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of votes cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the presidental election process, is reduced by the Electoral College, which invariably produces a clear winner.... It can be argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state-Democrats in Texas, for example, or Republicans in California." The Electoral college is a way to keep things fair.