Well said, Wesley.  No wonder so many people don't vote!  When 2.5% of the vote does not count, and 536 strangers (electoral college voters) determine the election, why should anyone, especially on the west coast, vote?  In no other election (state or local) are the losers of the popular vote declared the winner -- and the election results aren't announced until all the votes are counted.  The electoral college was enacted when news was delivered by horseback.  When a select group, plus Putin and FBI Director Comey, decide an American presidential election, I'm all done with national politics and with the delusion of democracy. I hear that Trump voters are afraid they are going to lose their health care (Obamacare).  That's not all they'll be losing.  As Maya Angelou famously said:  "When someone shows you who they are, believe them."