Time for the Electoral College to go
The election is upon us but, sad to say, your vote for president won't count. And neither will mine. That's because we live in true-blue Connecticut, where the result is preordained.
Kamala Harris will win Connecticut and its seven electoral votes whether you and I vote or not. In fact, it's generally accepted that there are only seven "battleground" states where the result is not preordained. That means that the voters of the other 43 states, where over 80% of the U.S. population resides, are effectively disenfranchised by the electoral college. Our votes for president simply don't matter. Is this any way to run a presidential election, where only 19% of the people get to actually participate? I think not.
We're often told that every vote counts, but in presidential elections, it simply isn't true — not if you live in one of the other 43 states. But this is what the Electoral College has done for us. An antiquated system that might have made sense 250 years ago, makes no sense today, and it deprives most of us of the right to participate in the choice of a president. It's long past time for the electoral college system to go.
Gary Burfoot
Groton
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