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Electoral College: Sports analogy is applicable

Re: “Electoral College: I’m a disillusioned new voter,” (TNT letter, 11/5).

To the letter writer who dislikes the United States’ “winner-takes-all method” of electing a president:

Think of the Electoral College as similar to baseball’s World Series. At the end of the seven-game series, the team with four games won is the winner, not the team that scores the most runs during the seven games.

Kenneth Severe, Lakewood

This story was originally published November 7, 2020 at 10:36 AM with the headline "Electoral College: Sports analogy is applicable."

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