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A bill to eliminate the Electoral College was introduced by a member of the Democratic Party on Thursday night.
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) put forward the proposal on the first night of the 116th Congress, as his party officially took control of the House.
A number of high-profile Democrats have been highly critical of the Electoral College, which cost Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race.
Clinton won 65.8 million votes but President Donald Trump won the race for the White House as he bagged 304 electoral votes to Clintons 227, despite losing the popular vote.
"In two presidential elections since 2000, including the most recent one in which Hillary Clinton won 2.8 million more votes than her opponent, the winner of the popular vote did not win the election because of the distorting effect of the outdated Electoral College," Cohen said in his statement, as reported by The Hill.
"Americans expect and deserve the winner of the popular vote to win office.
"More than a century ago, we amended our Constitution to provide for the direct election of U.S. senators. It is past time to directly elect our president and vice president.
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TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)marybourg
(12,634 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,157 posts)marybourg
(12,634 posts)It should have been in the first or second sentence, Most people dont continue to read until the last sentence. But even if it had been made well, I dont think I would have violated any forum rules by reiterating it
tymorial
(3,433 posts)Yeah I know, i'm supposed to support democrats... and I do but this isn't going anywhere.
Joe941
(2,848 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,400 posts)The electoral college needs to go. For that to happen, more voters need to recognize that it needs to go. That requires publicity.
Educate the electorate.
akraven
(1,975 posts)It's an outdated and totally bribable institution usually stacked with RWNJ's here.