To the editor:

Every four years we elect a president, not by popular vote but based on which candidate wins the popular vote in each state. The strategy for anyone running for president must be to obtain 270 Electoral College votes out of a possible 538. The Electoral College was established in our Constitution because small states, like New Hampshire wanted to insure they had a voice in who was elected president. This issue almost resulted in the Constitutional Convention in 1787 being adjourned.

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