This is in response to the Sun Journal article “Racial roots of Electoral College” (Nov. 19) that quoted Christopher Petrella PhD.

I believe that the nation’s founders established the Electoral College for different reasons. They wanted to distribute the power of the people more equally.

If there were no Electoral College, those people campaigning for president would concentrate primarily on about 20 large metropolitan cities. For example, it takes seven or eight rural states to equal the vote of New York City alone. That means rural folks across this whole country wouldn’t even be considered in a presidential election because there aren’t enough of them to affect the final outcome of the popular vote.

The only reason Hillary Clinton won the popular vote is because of California. The popular vote in all of the other 49 states combined put Donald Trump ahead.

The Electoral College is absolutely necessary to force candidates for president to consider all of the people, both urban and rural, in their campaign strategy.

Also, the nation’s founders foresaw that when they created a Congress with two branches.

The Senate gives all states equal say in the nation’s laws. The House of Representatives is made up primarily of representatives from urban areas. That gives large population states more law-making and voting power.

Tere Porter, Norway

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