But Christians believe it . <| sep |> Multiple arguments simply don ' t hold water . The electoral college was designed to benefit slave owning states . The electoral college does not protect small states as is demonstrated by where money and candidates go . Nobody spends time or money in Wyoming , Idaho , Alaska , Hawaii , or South Dakota . All small states , all passed over by the electoral college . Swing states like Ohio , Pennsylvania , Virginia , and Florida . Not small . Candidates could not spend time in only big cities because big cities don ' t account for enough votes to win an election . The electoral college does not guarantee that a candidate spreads out and appeals to the majority of states . In fact , it is possible for a candidate to win only 11 out of 50 states and still win the electoral college . Now , that map may look a little weird to us because Texas has to flip from red to blue . But with changing demographics and the fact that it was a Democrat stronghold up to the 80 s would suggest that , at least , it ' s conceivable . The electoral college is a bad system and we should get rid of it .