text: The popular vote is the most reliable way to get results from the people. It is the most raw, unbreakable way of selecting the highest political figure of the country. On the other hand, the electoral college's slight stretches have the possibility of unreliable results. In "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong", it becomes known that "...thanks to the quirks of the electoral college - [Al Gore] won the popular vote but lost the presidency". It is still argued that the electoral members chosen are extremely trustworthy :"each party selects a state of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee (and that trust is rarely betrayed)" (from "In defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President"). However, even in the continuation of the fragment above, even Richard A. Posner (,the author,) admits "[;however,] it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national vote." The electoral college members are trusted to vote for whom they were voted for, but their job is to be a highly knowledgeable political expert; and if they see the other president as a better choice, then it can become very unfair.