Letters to the Editor: How the electoral college has thwarted democracy (via latimesopinion )
Sixty-seven years ago, I asked my mother what “democracy” was. She said the people vote to decide things and the one with the most votes wins.
Seven years ago, during lunch with a colleague, I suggested we abolish the electoral college. He disagreed, so I asked why would 80,000 votes in Wisconsin matter more than a million votes in California. He had no answer.President Biden beat former President Trump by about 7 million votes. But if thousands of votes in a couple of states had been different, Trump might be in the White House now. So, Biden could have had 6.9 million more votes than Trump and still lost.
About 40% of voters are independents. In our current system their voice cannot be heard. For that reason alone, many people don’t vote.
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