college, the electors meet out across the country. here s how it turned out on election night. electors need to meet step by state. the electoral college goes back to the constitutional convention of 1787. the idea protect the little guys. to give less populace states influence in elections. we call them flyover states. each state selects their own elector. they can t have any involvement with the federal government. if no one gets 270 what happens? it goes the house of representatives. 26 votes to win in the house of representatives. nobody expects that to happen. but occasionally there are so-called rogue electors. after the 1872 election, grant won and won big. greeley died. 35e6 electors were faithless.