The electoral College was formed for a couple of reasons- one of the reasons was that- in the 1800's many people were not very highly educated. If they did not know what the presidential candidates...
when they made the electoral college, they were afraid to let the "people" vote because they did not want any foolish mistakes and did not want a bad president.
To get into the electoral college, you must be "loyal" and a strong voter to a particular party. The party has to recognize that and invite you to the certain "party"'s events. Then, from there they...