In The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the bestlaid defenses of the system are wrong , Bradford Plumer says, "...according to a gallop poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore thanks to the quirks of the electoral college won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now" 2.9.

Moving on, the Electoral College also contains many loopholes in the system.