text: The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong by Bradford Plumer. This article says,"Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they have no chance of winning ... During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all,including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't see a single campaign ad"(Plumer, Line 13). This unfairness causes voters in some states to be uninformed about the candidates which could cause them to vote for people they wouldn't if they had seen some campaigning.