Outgoing California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer announced plans on Tuesday to introduce legislation which would eliminate the Electoral College and award the presidency based upon the popular vote.
“The Electoral College is an outdated, undemocratic system that does not reflect our modern society, and it needs to change immediately.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,” complained Boxer, who is resigning in January and will be replaced by California Attorney General Kamala Harris.
Democrats are incensed that Republican Donald Trump won the presidency over Hillary Clinton despite receiving fewer votes last Tuesday.
According to Boxer, Clinton currently leads Trump by 990,758 votes. But Trump won 306 electoral votes compared to Clinton’s 232 because of his victories in states like Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Supporters of the Electoral College have pointed out that a change to a popular vote system would not necessarily mean that Clinton would have defeated Trump. The Republican largely ignored blue states like California and New York knowing that he stood little chance of winning a majority of votes there.
Boxer fumed that Trump’s win is the second in recent history in which a Republican won the presidency while losing the popular vote.
“In my lifetime, I have seen two elections where the winner of the general election did not win the popular vote,” she lamented. George W. Bush defeated Al Gore in 2000 after receiving fewer popular votes.
“This is the only office in the land where you can get more votes and still lose the presidency,” Boxer said.
Boxer’s bill, which has little chance of passing a Republican-controlled Congress, would amend the Constitution to abolish the Electoral College.
“The amendment would take effect when ratified by three-fourths of the states within seven years after its passage in the U.S. Congress,” reads Boxer’s press release.
The liberal media has also blasted the Electoral College and called for its end. Slate, a left-leaning online news magazine, called the institution an “instrument of white supremacy — and sexism.”