text: Also the electoral college system makes sure there are no run-off elections. Run-off elections are elections where no candidate wins a majority  of votes. This leaves leaves pressure. For example, if there was no electoral college system if Nixon and Clinton were in an election and were running against each other it would lead to a serious problem. Since both men had only 43 percent  plurality of the popular votes, it would be hard to choose a winner since they were both tied.