We continue to hear about voting and our democracy. Just think if we had a democracy and not a republic. Remember in 2016 Hillary Clinton, not Donald Trump, was the winner by almost 3 million votes. But the Electoral College gave the vote to Trump. Maybe, since we talk about being a democracy all of the time, we should get rid of the Electoral College and count the votes of the people instead.
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Letter: What if we had a democracy?
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