poem

Taking a nap and waking to find

A man who many said would never win has won

the hope, joy, and pride has died, only leaving anger and fear behind

for hours, many, myself included, were stunned

because our country, land of the free, home of the brave, is apparently racist

but come to find later of a messy system, to you I'll insist

not every vote is equal

we can thank the Electoral college for that.

270 anonymous people from each state votes for the whole

they don't have to listen to us either

they just look at what we picked on our ballot

taking that into consideration,

but that doesn't mean they will

not only that, but the electoral college makes it where none of the votes are truly equal.

a person's vote in Maine is not the same worth as a person's vote in Florida.

it Is because of the electoral college that the person with the most actual votes is not our next president to be.

because only the votes in a few certain states matters and not the whole

It has happened 5 times now

shouldn't we do something about it?

it's like taking a class and splitting it into sections

Tommy's vote is worth 3 times more then Shaniquia

Shaniquia's vote is worth twice as much as Juan's vote

Carl's vote is worth 5 times more then Shaniquia's.

and now it's a math problem.

shouldn't each vote be equal to one another?

to come together as a whole in a simple long addition?

wouldn't that make us equal?

so why do we rely on such an old, outdated way to decided our leader

I want my leader to be decided by everyone equally.

 not with the votes being equal with only 270 mysterious unknown people deciding for me.