The Electoral College Electors in the Electoral College actually elect the president and vice president of the United States the numbers of electors in each state in equal to that state's number of representatives in both houses of congress electors typically cast their votes for the candidate that receives the plurality of votes in that state because of the winner take all system of the electoral college, it typically serves to exaggerate the popular margin of victorThe Electoral College • Electors in the Electoral College actually elect the president and vice president of the United States • the numbers of electors in each state in equal to that state’s number of representatives in both houses of Congress • electors typically cast their votes for the candidate that receives the plurality of votes in that state • because of the winner take all system of the electoral college, it typically serves to exaggerate the popular margin of victory