text: The last problem with the electoral college that I would like to address is how the electoral college discourages people from certain states from voting.  For example, a Rebulican in California or a Democrat in Texas are obviously aware that their vote isn't going to count towards the majority of the state's votes, or to which canidate the state's electoral votes will be going to.  People are definitely more likely to vote if they know that their vote will be heard in some way.  The "winner takes all" method is eliminating any representation of the opposing party's vote and discourages the minority of the state from voting.  Everyone says that being a good citizen requires being aware and involved with government decisions, and voting whenever possible, yet in the 2012 election, one-half of Americans that were eligible to vote, did not.  I'm sure that a good portion of non-voters were influenced by the unfair ways of the electoral college.