Outline two drawbacks of the Electoral College system

The Electoral College is not the best method because campaigns focus on swing states, demonstrated by the fact that in the 2012 Presidential Election, 38 states were not visited a single time. This may cause apathy towards the election in non-swing states, and thus potentially lower turnout in non-swing states.An alternative drawback of the Electoral College system is that third party candidates don’t stand a chance. For example, In the 1992 Presidential election, Ross Perot stood as an independent candidate and gained 18.9% of the popular vote, but didn’t gain the plurality of the vote in any states, therefore he received no electors at the Electoral College. As a result, voters who don’t agree with the two main parties do not obtain any representation.