text: In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep ur despised method of choosing the President it states "The Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state." This explains that potential voters may not vote because they know that candidate will most likely not win for their state. Depending on what type of people there are in that region (race, religion, political point of view) they may not vote on a certain candidate. So most voters know their one vote probably wouldn't make a diffrence. If we had popular vote everyone would have say in who is chosen for our president.