Election system seems to be working fine

Since Hillary Clinton won the popular vote and Donald Trump won the electoral vote which won him the presidency, there have been calls to change our voting rules and eliminate the electoral college and elect by popular vote only.

As a Midwesterner, I like the current rules. Otherwise, the outcome of all our national elections would be determined by our most populated areas, California and New York, which happen to be liberal.

If numbers that I saw were authentic, the difference in the popular vote that Clinton beat Trump by in California was the same margin as the total national results. Since President Roosevelt was elected to four terms, and term limits were installed, (it should have been done for the House and Senate also), we have elected seven Democrats and seven Republicans. After each four-year term, the opposite party was elected with the exception of the election when George Bush 41 succeeded Ronald Reagan and then lost his re-election to Bill Clinton.

Seems to me that when two different political parties occupy the White House an equal amount of time, there is nothing wrong with our current system.

Chicago is a good example of one-party control, as is the state, where one party controls the state Senate and House. You have to wonder why the voters of Chicago and the state of Illinois continue to elect these same people year after year?

Howard Huber

Mundelein