text: Well for starters, under the Electoral College system, voters vote not for the president, but vote for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. This was stated by Bradford plumer in his article : The indefensible Electoral college: why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong. This is not fair to the citizens. They should be alowed to vote for whatever president they want, instead of letting a bunch of electors "pledged" to the candidates vote for them.