text: Furthermore, using the Electoral College to select the President can help to reduce numerical values. Even though a citizen's vote doesn't automatically go to the candidate running for office and actually selects the electors that will select the President, the amount of votes it reduced greatly. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors, rather than a estimate of 500 million votes total. Only a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect a President. This includes one for each member in the House of Representatives and two for Senators. With most states having a winner-take-all system it even more so reduces the numerical value to that of just electors to vote for the winning presidential candidate while voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay closer attention to the campaign. Those voterss are more likely to be more thoughtful on average. They also receive the most information and attention from candidates.