I have vowed that I will not post anything here or on Facebook about the outcome of the 2016 Presidential election concerning who ended up as President, as it would serve no point. I would, however, like to write down my frustrations with the electoral college system. I have been listening to all kinds of discussions about the pros and cons of the system and why it was formulated in the first place, blah, blah, blah. I can't speak to every aspect of the system, but I can say why it personally drives me nuts.
Living here in Utah, the electoral college representatives are going to give their votes to the Republican candidate pure and simple. I still feel it my civic duty to vote regardless. For quite a few years I have voted for the Democratic candidate and I feel like my time filling out my ballots were wasted. Then this year, it is looking like Clinton, when all is said and done, will have won the popular vote by at least 2 million. Trump still wins because of the electoral college system. This is the fifth time in our country's history that the candidate who won the popular vote lost the election. I am sure there are many people in many states who are in the same situation as I am. I just WANT MY VOTE TO COUNT FOR SOMETHING!!! It seems to me that every person's vote should count the same, regardless of whether they live in a small state, a large state, a red state, or a blue state.
Living here in Utah, the electoral college representatives are going to give their votes to the Republican candidate pure and simple. I still feel it my civic duty to vote regardless. For quite a few years I have voted for the Democratic candidate and I feel like my time filling out my ballots were wasted. Then this year, it is looking like Clinton, when all is said and done, will have won the popular vote by at least 2 million. Trump still wins because of the electoral college system. This is the fifth time in our country's history that the candidate who won the popular vote lost the election. I am sure there are many people in many states who are in the same situation as I am. I just WANT MY VOTE TO COUNT FOR SOMETHING!!! It seems to me that every person's vote should count the same, regardless of whether they live in a small state, a large state, a red state, or a blue state.
