We all are ready for this presidential election cycle to end

Less than two decades have passed since a presidential candidate won the popular vote but lost the electoral college. Remember the hanging chads?

Al Gore lost in 2000. A dozen years later, the Democrat called for an end to the electoral college because it alienates delegates living beyond the battleground states.

“I’ve seen how these states are written off and ignored, and people are effectively disenfranchised in the presidential race. And I really do now think it is time to change that,” Gore told The Hill last August.

If a recent Gallup poll is correct, it will be déjà vu all over again — only in reverse.

Frank Newport, editor-in-chief of Gallup, told the Washington Post that we could be headed a split with Romney winning the popular vote and Obama claiming the electoral college — and the election.

It could get even weirder. Odds for a potential tie in the electoral college aren’t out of the question, according to Business Insider. In that case, the election goes to the House of Representatives.

Partisans viewed the recent debates through the prism of their own political preference. We can listen to conservative and liberal pundits declaring victory, but the election will come down to the swing states. We’re sure those undecided voters are ready for the election to end — along with the attack ads.

Like everyone else paying attention, we’re ready for the election to be over.

And we hope the outcome is determined quickly and painlessly.

We’re ready to end the anxiety of uncertainty and get back to focusing on our local communities.

— Enid (Okla.) News and Eagle