text: "Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states. During The 2000 campaign, seventeen states didnt see the cadidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the larrgest media markets didn't get to see a single campain ad." That is, because the electors are the ones that choose. The candidates don't even attempt to campaign in places they know they wont get a vote on. The cadidates will try to win over the bigger states first to gain more electoral votes to win.