Impact Of Eliminating The

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small states are at a great advantage under the Electoral College system.
Small states would also be at a disadvantage with the absence of the Electoral College due to the plain fact that candidates would have less incentive to campaign in those states. Under the current system, presidential candidates go to small states far less than they do to the states with greater electoral power. However, with a popular vote this phenomenon would be immensely magnified. Candidates would exclusively campaign in, and attend to the needs of, the largely populated states. There would be much less of an incentive for them to visit the small states when they could take a majority of the popular vote by winning a select few states, a number of states far less than the 12 needed to win the majority of Electoral votes.
The Electoral College, with its "winner-take-all" policies, discourages the emergence of serious third parties. In other countries, parties who win a small portion of the votes in ...

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