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The Electoral College makes it harder for a candidate to steal an election.

Without the Electoral College, minority groups and those living outside big cities would play less of a role in elections.

The Electoral College empowers states by allowing them to set their own rules.

The Electoral College empowers the states, making sure that even the smallest states still have a fair say.

The Electoral College forces presidential candidates to keep their campaigns national in scope. 

The Founders created the Electoral College to avoid the failures of past democracies and the tyranny of the majority.

In order to prevent the “tyranny of the majority,” the Electoral College offers both a purely democratic vote and also one among electors.

Ending the Electoral College system would allow presidential campaigns to be more geographically and ideologically narrow.