text: The Election by popular vote is when the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president. The Senate would choose the vice president. According to Bradford Plumer, "Because each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representatives form California, who represents 35 million voters." Given that many voters vote one party for president and another for congress, the House's selection can hardly be expected to reflect the will of the people. Bradford says that, "At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters." 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.