President Donald Trump reportedly floated the idea of scrapping the
Electoral College, according to The Wall Street Journal. In a meeting
with congressional leadership at the White House this week, Trump
reportedly told the lawmakers he wanted to replace the Electoral College
with a national popular vote. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
shot down the idea, pointing specifically to the costly Florida recount
in 2000 and the potential headache it could cause if such a recount were
conducted on the level of the entire country. Trump’s reported
consideration of scrapping the Electoral College comes despite having
lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton, and still won the presidency
because of the required 270 electoral vote threshold he crossed. After
losing the popular vote by several million ballots, Trump has called for
an investigation into alleged widespread voter fraud, for which there
is no evidence. |
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