Bernie Sanders supports abolishing Electoral College: 'We have a president who lost the popular vote by 3 million votes'

In total, five presidents in U.S. history have won office while losing the popular vote, including Trump and George W. Bush in 2000.

Several other 2020 Democratic candidates have called for eliminating the Electoral College, including Pete Buttigieg, Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, Jay Inslee, Julián Castro, Elizabeth Warren and Marianne Williamson. Then there are some candidates like John Delaney and John Hickenlooper who said they would support abolishing the voting system if they were starting from scratch, but that it is too difficult or impractical to eliminate it now.

The pact, officially recognized by the National Popular Vote Bill, would only take effect if enough states join to guarantee the winning candidate gets 270 electoral votes.

I support this. AbolishTheElectoralCollege

News flash: the electoral college prevents us from electing a hooligan like u

Yes abolish the electoral college. Let the voters pick our presidents not a bunch of elitists.

Does he believe there should be a popular vote runoff? Otherwise, if enough people run (and the pressure would be for as many as possible to run), you could elect a president who has far less support than an Electoral College winner.

Worry about getting urself elected Bernie!And worry is the word cause lookin at all the candidates there’s not one who can beat trump U keep bashing trump instead of what ur campaign is promising which u politicians never do anyway once in office Except for non-politician Trump

30 states v 20. Case closed.

It makes sense that Bernie Sanders wants to get rid of the electoral college, since he already wants to get rid of the constitution and the American democracy.

Bernie wants to turn us into a communist state. Leftists experimenting with the constitution will lead to our nation's downfall.

When the 1st presidential candidate from the Democratic Party is elected by the Electoral College, this outdated system is GONE! What happened to majority rule? RedAFHatAF OrangeAFHatAF

It shows how unamerican he really is. The electoral college is part of the US constitution.

But what if it had been the other way around?

But those United States are a federal union, not a unitary democracy.

California and New York alone could theoretically elect our president. That’s the only reason democrats are calling for this. The Electoral College allows every vote to count. Popular vote is the mob. We’re a Republic not a Democracy!

Yea, let's make it so that only 5-6 large population regions control the country.

Bernie Sanders... Tom Petty, Free Falling...

Bernie chooses this option because it’s in his and the democratic parties best interest. Not the countries. The states of New York and California should never be the sole states that decide the presidency

well according to your philosophy, only 1.5M bc Crooked Hillary would be awarded the other half

If Hillary had won this way would this be an issue?

I don't love Bernie but doing away with the Electoral College is a great idea.

Go away Bernie. You'll never ever ever be President

Not the 1st time a pres has lost the pop vote.

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