Electoral College makes all states relevant

Electoral College makes all states relevant

I would like to respond to Steve Rawlins’ letter on Dec.6 (“Along with presidential win comes work, blame”), particularly to the comment about the popular vote. Isn’t it amazing how our Founding Fathers knew that the Electoral College was the way to go?

Even back then, they realized that if a candidate were to win Philadelphia and New York, he or she would always win the popular vote and the other 11 states or colonies would have no say. The same is true today.

If a candidate wins California, New York, Illinois and maybe one other state, they would pretty much sew up the popular vote. Those four states represent only 8 percent of our states. Even less if you count Washington, D.C., and the territories.

That leaves out 92 percent of the country. Votes in the less-populated areas of the West and Midwest would never have any clout in a national election. The Democrats even admit they are a “coastal” party, representing only the east and west coast (Pelosi in San Francisco and Schumer in NYC). You and I are fortunate that we live in Ohio. Our state is a “swing” state in almost all national elections (and we swing both ways, Obama and Trump), but if we lived in say Utah, our vote would mean nothing in a popular vote election.

Walt Hughes, Delhi Township