The Electoral College has the power to vote for whoever they see fit for the presidency position, even if they are voting for the candidate with the least amount of votes. Still, most of the Electors do vote for the popular vote. The Framers of the U.S. Constitution created the Electoral College in 1787 to avoid the direct popular election of the President. The Framers were clearly fearful of "popular passions" or even "mobocracy." Electors in this era had significant power, using their own discretion in choosing a chief executive and vice-president.
             The Electors are appointed by their state political parties and/or state party leaders, subject to state law, who collectively cast their votes for a presidential candidate after the popular vote winner has been established in each state. Some states did not choose their electors by popular vote; the state legislature chose them. Today all states choose their electors through popular vote in their home state.
             The number of Electors that are allowed in each state varies from state to state. More Electors will be in the larger states because more votes are coming from those states, like California and Florida. Each state is allocated several Electors equal to the number of its U.S. Senators, which is always two no matter how big the state is, plus the number of its U.S. Representatives, which may change each decade according to the size of the State's population.
             The Electoral College works so well because it was built to protect the residents of the smaller states, and it does it well. It .equalize's each state and giving them the same options and privilege's as every other state. When elections are close, and the candidates have roughly the same amount of votes. That is where an elector would come into play; they would see who had the most popular vote and vote for who they would be best for that particular state.
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