What is the Electoral College?

After doing a little research on the internet about what the electoral college is, I feel I now have a greater understanding of this aspect of our government. As most Americans know our government is based on the principals of democracy, the people chose who they would like to see in office. This power come to the people in the form of voting and in many cases the vote for a presidential candidate is the most important, the president is the executive leader of our country. So it is no surprise that this decision does not only sit in the hands of the American people, the electoral college also plays a major roll in deciding our next leader.
The electoral college is comprised of representatives from each of our 50 states, bigger states having more and smaller states having fewer representatives. So , it is key that the prospective candidates win over the bigger states with more representatives because this increases the number of votes from the electoral college. For example, if the state of New York has 70% democrats and 30% republicans, the vote from the electoral college is going to the democrats. It is with both the vote of the people and the vote of the electoral college that our country is able to function as a democracy.