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+ {"source_url": "https://www.dispatch.com", "url": "https://www.dispatch.com/opinion/20200101/letter-electoral-college-keeps-middle-america-viable?rssfeed=true", "title": "Letter: Electoral College keeps Middle America viable", "top_image": "https://www.dispatch.com/Global/images/head/nameplate/dispatch_logo.png", "meta_img": "https://www.dispatch.com/Global/images/head/nameplate/dispatch_logo.png", "images": ["https://www.dispatch.com/Global/images/head/nameplate/dispatch_logo.png", "http://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=9289482&cv=2.0&cj=1"], "movies": [], "text": "I respond to the Tuesday letter \u201cDitch Electoral College for presidential elections\u201d from Marge Carnahan concerning the elimination of the Electoral College in favor of a popular vote.\n\nWe are not a democracy, but a republic. The only direct elections are local, state and Congress. The president is elected by the states through the Electoral College.\n\nIf one does not want the large populations on the East and West coasts to elect our presidents \u2014 leaving the middle of the country and those states with small populations powerless \u2014 one needs to be careful of what one wishes for. This system of electing a president was not set up by our founders without great forethought.\n\nKathleen Caster, Westerville", "keywords": [], "meta_keywords": [""], "tags": [], "authors": [], "publish_date": "Wed Jan 1 00:00:00 2020", "summary": "", "article_html": "", "meta_description": "I respond to the Tuesday letter \u201cDitch Electoral College for presidential elections\u201d from Marge Carnahan concerning the elimination of the Electoral College in favor of a popular vote.We are not a democracy, but a republic. The only direct elections are local, state and Congress. The president is elected by the states through the Electoral College.If one does not want the large populations on the East and West coasts to elect our presidents \u2014 leaving the middle of the country", "meta_lang": "en", "meta_favicon": "https://www.dispatch.com/Global/images/favicons/dispatch_favicon.ico", "meta_data": {"viewport": "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0", "og": {"site_name": "The Columbus Dispatch", "title": "Letter: Electoral College keeps Middle America viable", "description": "I respond to the Tuesday letter \u201cDitch Electoral College for presidential elections\u201d from Marge Carnahan concerning the elimination of the", "image": "https://www.dispatch.com/Global/images/head/nameplate/dispatch_logo.png", "type": "article"}, "msvalidate.01": "7E15F9269E2CE66F2A488ABB04B5015E", "fb": {"pages": 8945512054}, "apple-itunes-app": "app-id=1072821501?at=1000lkC&ct=sb-dispatch", "google-play-app": "app-id=com.dispatch.coldispatch", "description": "I respond to the Tuesday letter \u201cDitch Electoral College for presidential elections\u201d from Marge Carnahan concerning the elimination of the Electoral College in favor of a popular vote.We are not a democracy, but a republic. The only direct elections are local, state and Congress. The president is elected by the states through the Electoral College.If one does not want the large populations on the East and West coasts to elect our presidents \u2014 leaving the middle of the country", "bt": {"pubDate": "20200101T04:10:22Z", "modDate": "20200101T04:10:00Z", "keywords": "letter"}, "twitter": {"title": "Letter: Electoral College keeps Middle America viable", "description": "I respond to the Tuesday letter \u201cDitch Electoral College for presidential elections\u201d from Marge Carnahan concerning the elimination of the Electoral College in favor of a popular vote.We are not a democracy, but a republic. The only direct elections are local, state and Congress. The president is elected by the states through the Electoral College.If one does not want the large populations on the East and West coasts to elect our presidents \u2014 leaving the middle of the country", "card": "summary", "image": "https://www.dispatch.com/Global/images/head/nameplate/dispatch_logo.png", "site": "@DispatchAlerts"}, "vf": {"unique_id": "siteOH-pub4028-1A1B945C-B621-4520-AE42-E1D99C0103A9"}, "article": {"opinion": "true"}}, "canonical_link": "https://www.dispatch.com/opinion/20200101/letter-electoral-college-keeps-middle-america-viable"}