Presidential elections flawed by Electoral College

We have a two-tiered system for electing presidents in the United States. This system should be abolished for the following reasons.

We are currently in the primary season, which I am certain, all would agree, is entirely too long. More important, however, is that having a primary season causes our-would be presidents, through no fault of their own, to tell a very different story too woo the local electorate.

They certainly are aware they must change their story in the national election to attract a more diversified electorate. They must then go after others, outside their paradigm, in order to get sufficient numbers to become "The Chosen One."

This must happen in order to obtain a simple majority and thus place all the Electoral College votes in that state in their column. Which means a simple minority are disenfranchised.

Please understand we do not make a president through popular vote in this country. Take a look at Kennedy vs. Nixon in 1960. The deficiency of "The Electoral College" system for creating presidents is the subject of a future discussion. Thanks for listening.

Robert Trumbo

Ellenton

This story was originally published December 27, 2015 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Presidential elections flawed by Electoral College ."