As I surveyed the midterm election results county by county, one glaring truth jumped out at me. As long as the Democrats control the vote in the eastern end of Pennsylvania via Philadelphia, along with Harrisburg and Allegheny County, they will always win in Pennsylvania. There is not enough population in the other counties to offset the large Democratic population in those areas. Therefore, the majority of counties in the state have no say in who is elected.

To rectify this problem, I would suggest that all the counties whose citizens’ votes have no effect in who is elected should secede from Pennsylvania and form a 51st state where everyone’s vote will count and party politics is not in control.

I am 74 years old and have watched this problem persist in election after election with no solution in sight. The most recent redistricting ordered by the Democrat- controlled courts has put the area of Westmoreland County in which I live at a decisive disadvantage by combining us with part of Allegheny County, which has a much larger Democratic population. Fair? Not by any stretch of the imagination.

The only solution I see is for the disenfranchised counties to organize and secede without the political shenanigans that have been going on in Pennsylvania for many years and form a new and free 51st state.

John T. Watson

North Huntingdon

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