Without the Electoral College, presidential candidates might focus solely on populous urban areas, while neglecting the smaller states, and this is a problem with other models, like national direct popular vote or the two round system, because some candidates could just ignore certain states, which does not promote federalism. This way, with the Electoral College system, each state has a proportional say in the presidential election, regardless of its population size. Also, the Electoral College allows states to have autonomy. The winner-take-all system allows states to determine their own rules for selecting candidates, and can reflect the preferences of their residents, preserving the sovereignty of the