... 70% of the electoral college vote. This can also work the other way around, some candidates who win the popular vote can then fail to receive a majority in the Electoral College. This is not representational of the people's choice. An example of this is in 2000, Al Gore won 48.8% of the popular vote; 0.8% less than Bush but in the Electoral College Bush received 6 more votes. Another problem is that it leaves open the risk of 'rogue voter's. Some states have a law which explains that Electors must cast their vote according to the popular vote winner; however, some states do not have this law. The law not being implemented in all states means there is a possibility that electors may vote against the popular vote choice meaning these 'rogue votes' will vote for some other candidate. One last criticism of the system is that smaller states can often ...

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