I ' m fairly certain that if some of my coworkers saw this , they ' d suffer a heart attack from all the pure , concentrated adorableness . <| sep |> i think you ' re thinking of when passing legislation ? because if there ' s a tie for that the VP votes . but even then , that still wouldn ' t be a direct democracy . The real response to a candidate not winning majority is a runoff election , but this is one of the things the EC exists specifically to avoid . A runoff election would end in plurality no matter what because the two candidates already didn ' t receive a majority , which means when that person wins the presidency the majority of America wanted so and so just doesn ' t stand . The EC is unfair because this technically already happened the majority of america didn ' t choose either Trump or Clinton . But the point is no matter what system we have , it will not be fair . The EC provides a check for corruption , a check for citizen ' s fickleness , as well as assures small states that their vote matters . tldr Some people believe the electoral college is unfair , but direct democracy would be just as unfair , on top of being less efficient . happy thanksgiving you nerds