text: Two more reasons for keeping the Electoral College are swing states and big states. The winner-take-allmethod of awarding electoral votes induces the cnadidate to focus campaigning in toss-up states. These voters are more likley to pay close attention to the campaigning going on. They are also more likley to be more thoughtful voters. Also the Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose by the mal-apportionm,ent of the Senate decreed in the Constitution.