Letters to the editor

Humiliation

Editor: After listening to plaintive responses as to why the GOP lost elections held recently in New York, Maryland and Virginia, I’m at a loss as to why these frustrated elephants can’t fathom the real reason for their humiliating defeats. The elections I speak of are the mayorship of New York city and the governorships of Maryland and Virginia.

Repeatedly and ad nauseam we hear flawed messages from GOP political strategists, viz., a less-than-expected turnout on the part of their constituents, not to mention voting irregularities favoring their opponents. These claims might make sense only in a sane voting system.

But do we any longer have such a system? The answer is no. I submit that the vast number of citizens residing in the large cities receiving government largess up