<strong>To the editor:</strong>
This is a rebuttal to the editorial by The Baltimore Sun, ("Ditch the Electoral College? Yes we can") Nov. 16.
The Electoral College was created by our founding fathers in 1787 so everyone would have a voice in a national election. This would ensure that voters in a handful of densely populated urban regions by themselves could not control the presidency.
Each state is given one electoral vote for each member of congress for their state. Only Nebraska and Maine can split their electoral votes. All the other states is a "winner takes all."
According to CNN, an obvious liberal news network station, Clinton won the popular vote nationally by only 668,483 votes as of the writing of this letter. In the liberal bastion states of California and New York, she won the popular vote by 2,518,306 and 1,503,304, respectfully. If it were not the Electoral College, states like California and New York would control the outcome of our national elections. States in the heartland would not have a voice at all.
Note to our college millennials: get over yourselves. Americans have died for your right to do the stupid things you do. In real life you will not receive a participant trophy. Trophies are only awarded to the winners. You win some, and you lose some. Your liberal schools have failed to prepare you for real life. Rise above this shortcoming and choose to be a winner.
<p style="text-align: right"><strong>John G. Jefferson</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: right">White River Township</p>
