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AMERICA, UNRECONCILED

E “LONG DIVISION” [Nov. 16]: The rift that needs to be healed is the rural-urban divide as symbolized by the nation’s political map. The Democrats’ solution of abolishing the Electoral College is about winning the national contest but does nothing about the division. Trump showed how the angst of rural whites can be tapped. Other Republicans will follow.

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