Last Wednesday’s Park Record had a “Viewpoints” piece, by Don Rogers, saying that the Electoral College needs to go. One has to wonder if the author grew up in the era of participation trophies to preserve one’s self-esteem. It seems too often we see groups who do not get their way in an election, business decision, design selection, environmental program, or any other contested issue, simply declare that the entire decision process must be changed. Don’t like the Roe v Wade decision? Expand the Supreme Court! Don’t like the election outcome? Someone cheated! Afraid that the electoral vote count may not agree with the popular vote and your candidate may lose? Do away with the Electoral College!     The author’s hopes, and his worst fears, were both realized early: the Electoral College vote matched the popular vote. And his contention that “the Republican Party of the moment couldn’t win a presidential election without the Electoral College” was vaporized by reality. When our Constitution was drawn up, the smaller states were concerned that the bigger states would run roughshod over their concerns (the tyranny of the majority).  A similar concern is revealed today by looking at a red/blue color map of the United States today. If the presidential election is amended to a purely popular vote, the presidential campaign would be limited to a few large cities (Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, etc) and the concerns and opinions of the less populous states like Utah would be totally ignored.        What really needs to go is the the unwillingness to accept the will of the people, even when you don’t like it. Ken MillerPark CityThe post Will of the people appeared first on Park Record.