Retiring Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, who was an outspoken supporter of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election, is set to introduce a Senate bill that aims to end the Electoral College.
Boxer announced in a statement on Tuesday that the bill, which she planned to introduce later Tuesday afternoon, would determine the winner of presidential elections by the outcome of the popular vote.
She cited President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the Electoral College despite Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s apparent popular vote advantage.
Trump now praises Electoral College, says he could have won popular vote
“In my lifetime, I have seen two elections where the winner of the general election did not win the popular vote,” Boxer said in a statement. “The Electoral College is an outdated, undemocratic system that does not reflect our modern society, and it needs to change immediately. Every American should be guaranteed that their vote counts.”
She cited President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the Electoral College despite Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s apparent popular vote advantage.
Trump now praises Electoral College, says he could have won popular vote
“In my lifetime, I have seen two elections where the winner of the general election did not win the popular vote,” Boxer said in a statement. “The Electoral College is an outdated, undemocratic system that does not reflect our modern society, and it needs to change immediately. Every American should be guaranteed that their vote counts.”
Sen. Barbara Boxer ✔ @SenatorBoxer
The presidency is the only office where you can get more votes & still lose. It’s time to end the Electoral College. http://bit.ly/2fRVBgh
1:21 PM – 15 Nov 2016
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“In 2012, Donald Trump tweeted, ‘The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy,’ ” Boxer added. “I couldn’t agree more. One person, one vote!”
According to CNN’s election results as of Tuesday, Clinton won 61,329,657 votes and Trump won 60,530,867.
This is the fifth time in history that a nominee has won the popular vote but not the Electoral College. The same situation happened to Al Gore in 2000, when he lost to George W. Bush.
The actual likelihood of Boxer’s bill passing is low. It’s a proposed constitutional amendment, which would require passage not only by two-thirds majorities in the House and Senate, but then in three-quarters of states. A lame duck session and a Republican Congress will make it difficult to get such a bill through the legislative branch.
On Tuesday, Trump praised the Electoral College after previously criticizing the system. He said he could have won the popular vote if he campaigned differently.
Trump tweeted he would have won the populous states of Florida, New York and California if he had spent more time campaigning there.
This bill has to go through the Republican controlled congress, let’s just say it’s not happening.
newsflash!…… MET have you heard? not even a week since chumpie won the election and his transition regime is in disarray! word on the street is he is purging his transition shitstym of all the people loyal to that fat slop chris christie because of the scandals surrounding him with bridgegate(prosecution most likely in the works) among other things and chumpie see christie as a luggage(figuratively and literally) to the transition, then we aint gonna talk about who put on their track shoes & their spikes like bolt & frazer :ngakak including “uncle-thomas” nephew ben carson, remember he was tapped to be heading the department of health or surgeon general? yep! no mas! then there is about 3 other people that chumpie had tapped for government posts including 2 republican governors and they later politely announce they won’t be serving in a trump administration :travel but here is the real passa passa!…… tea party liberaterian ron paul said he is gonna vote down ruddi gullianni and about 3 other people that chump had tapped for any of those posts that they are rumored to be appointed notably secretary of state because of their support for the war in Iraq under bush :travel like I said before get your pop-corn and lemonade ready because its going to be a sitcom, but if you ask me it will be more like a ” shit-com” :ngakak
We dus a go look and laugh ooooooooooo
But Rammy Republican still a lick out pan chumup..Mi did think a Ben Carson seh him nuh want no position..A wha really a gwaan aredi??
News Flash: slabbo hog,christie is being locked out by Ivanka husband, because slabbo bought charges that successfully convicted his father for multiple tax evasions.
The brain surgeon that’s in need of a brain surgeon and a map to Africa declined any postion….WAIT FOR IT :hn :travel :ngacir2 :tkp BECAUSE HE DOESN’T KNOWN MUCH ABOUT GOVERNMENT! :hammer
Yet he was trying to become PRESIDENT/World leader while ttearig down the first black man to hold that office…
Di higher monkey climb oooooooooooo
…… also that new hotel that he just opened in DC just meters from the white house? THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS THE US GOVERNMENT, HE LEASED THE PROPERTY FROM THE US GOVERNMENT WHICH MEANS HE LEASED THE PROPERTY FROM HIMSELF! and 3 of his kids gonna be his aides so he is requesting top security clearance!…… #CONFLICTofINTEREST :tkp
Rammyyyyyyyyyyyyyy we need fi have a chumup watch category
Rammy I want to know if that man eva si any president pickney a wok ina di white house..bush children dem did a senator ina dem respective states..chumpup a go put himself right out
Well said, not happening, well at least not until after Trumps government… Yippee
It will take an amendment to get rid of the electoral college. This means a bill has to pass in the House and Senate and since both houses are currently controlled by Republicans they won’t vote against it. The Republican party benefits the most from the electoral college giving Bush the win in 2000 and Trump the win last week. Without the ec the Dems would have controlled the White House since 1992.
Ha ha Trump has benefited from the ec system which they the establishment put in to cheat… It has now worked against them and they cannot say anything… What goes around comes around…
Wasn’t it the same EC that trump said was against him, but give him the win? So what shit you spouting bout establishment. The whigs have always been in disarray irregardless of name or century.
It’s spelled College, not collage.
Learn to spell.
Di spelling nah go stop di shit from going down so while me learn fi spell u hold on really tight
It spell correctly for this damn pantomime!
It was a COLLAGE of rightful thinkers and 290 medley of corrupt, hateful ass holes that gave trump the starring role. Nit pick something worth picking.