text: For example, "In [2012's] election, for example, Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney. . . . Because almost all states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, even a very slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state"(Source #3). This shows a certainty of the outcome for that state. This also cause candidates to not spend their time in states "they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states"(Source #2).