If you are, you need to awaken from your coma. The Electoral College ultimately decides the national election for president. It is the individual vote that ultimately directs the electoral decisions. It is citizen participation that channels legislators toward the bills that become laws. It is that participation or lack there of that causes a government to stack more new laws on top of existing laws that are not enforced, i.e. gun control.
Government knows nothing except what the people tell it.
The people that talk the loudest and most often are to often the ones who have interests in direct conflict with yours. Watch for the laws that control or limit access to waterways in the interest of conservation but without scientific basis. This is sometimes called the new ecology movement , low or no impact, wildlife or fisheries preservation areas. These movements are destined to limit where one can fish, when one can fish, how one can fish and even if one can fish. These are your own words used and miss directed to limit your enjoyment of the outdoors.