text: " In 1968 a sift of just 41,971 could have cause a tie in the polls." in this article just that many people and the representatives could have chosen a president and the reason this is bad is because they will get a president that will do what ever they want. "If there were just 5,559 voters in ohio and 3,687 voters in hawaii that went the other way the electoral college would have tied making a representative choose." " in this article just that many people and the representatives could have chosen a president and the reason this is bad is because they will get a president that will do what ever they want.