text: The Electoral College is a very efficient process of election. Instead of only the people voting and the decision of who becomes president left to the popular vote, the power of selection for presidency is evenly spread between Congress and the people. Some say that the electoral colleg is unfair, and that it is irrational. This is stated in the article "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" written by Bradford Plumer. He states "The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality." This means Plumer believes that those who argue in favor of the electoral college do not take a look at the reality of things when talking about this subject. The electoral college is very fair when it comes to the election of a president, because we all want to choose the best candidate for the job, and the only way to do that is to have an effective system for choosing a candidate without having a biased opinion tossed into the mix to mess up the process. It's sort of like a job interview. You show what you have to offer to the boss (in this case it is the whole country), and if you are chosen for the job that means you were the most qualified and that you are the best choice for the job. Whichever candidate gets chosen for the job was obviously the best candidate at the time, and there is nothing that anyone can do to change that.