Trump said 'the Cities would end up running the Country' if the Electoral College was abolished.
was"a disaster for a democracy." Since 2000, the presidency has twice been won by the candidate who lost the popular vote, including by Trump in 2016.
"With the Popular Vote, you go to ... just the large States — the Cities would end up running the Country," he continued."Smaller States & the entire Midwest would end up losing all power — & we can't let that happen. I used to like the idea of the Popular Vote, but now realize the Electoral College is far better for the U.S.A."
"I think there's a lot to that. Because you had an election in 2016 where the loser got 3 million more votes than the victor," O'Rourke said."It puts some states out of play altogether, they don't feel like their votes really count.""What if there were five justices selected by Democrats, five justices selected by Republicans, and those 10 then pick five more justices independent of those who chose the first 10?" O'Rourke said in Iowa on Thursday.
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