text: Candidates do not spend any time in states they think will not win due to the winner-take-all system. Their main focus are on the "swing" states. As if we do not matter. The Office of the Federal Register says in the year 2000 campaign seventeen of the states did not see the candidates, and twenty-five of the largest media markets did not see a campaign add at all. Again, think about it and ask yourself, do we really matter?