Mirroring sentiment of every-day voter

It’s absolutely amazing how President-elect Trump won this election. Trump had to overcome a biased media that did not have one positive comment about him.

Their main objective was to destroy Trump. His competition in the Republican primary made a promise to support whomever was chosen as the Republican candidate; most did not live up to their promise and, in fact, campaigned against him.

Democrat operatives were financially supporting domestic terrorists to infiltrate Trump campaign rallies with the specific purpose to cause violence.

Also, Democrat operatives were advising how they could manipulate polling data to favor Hillary.

Is it any wonder why all the polls showed Trump losing?

The financial sector had a part in trying to control the outcome of this election; exemplified by a Merrill Lynch investment advisor claiming if Trump wins, the stock market will tank.

Guess what? Two weeks after the election all stock market economic indicators are at all time highs.

So, how did President-elect Trump win? His campaign platform mirrored the sentiment of the every day voter like me.

Ernie Lasse

Mount Prospect

Top vote-getter often hasn’t won

The seemingly never-ending election season is over just in time for the next one to begin.

The outcome has been determined and like it or not, we must all accept it.

Rioting is not a solution but more a display of infantile frustration. Peaceful demonstration is a more acceptable way to go and showing up at the ballot box next time is the most appropriate goal.

In either event the result is the same.

The only thing that I take exception to is the statement that asserted that the majority of voters selected Trump; the majority of the Electoral College will select Trump.

Clinton, as did Gore, had the majority of votes and only through the archaic mechanism of the Electoral College (and the Supreme Court of course) did a different person actually become president.

Perhaps if one had not slept through social studies in school one would actually be aware of how a person becomes president.

Doesn’t it bother anyone that in 40 percent of the last five presidential elections the person who actually won the most votes failed to become the president?

James Prescott

Schaumburg