text: The electoral college is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by delcaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner. The advocates of this position are correct in arguing that the electoral college method is not democractic in a modern sense.... it is the electors who elect the president, not the people. When tou vote for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors.