text: The electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no canidate receives a majority of the votes cast. When a run off happens this creates pressure of the voters, until the help of the electoral college comes in, which in this case helps break everything up and claim a true winner. For example, in 1968 nixon and clinton in 1992 both had only 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the electoral college, 301 and 370 electoral votes, respectively. And that concludes why i argue you to keep the electoal college and not popular vote.            Prompt