Malloy: Popular vote wouldn’t work

Columnist Chuck Malloy/Idaho Politics Weekly explains why a popular vote would be a poor way to elect American presidents:

We hear this talk every four years about abolishing the Electoral College, and especially when a presidential candidate wins the popular vote, but loses the electoral vote.

Critics say the Electoral College is outdated, and that the only fair way to elect a president is through the popular vote – which was won by Hillary Clinton. Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer of California announced that she was filing legislation to get rid of the Electoral College – which will go nowhere, and for a good reason. Do you know what we’d get by letting the popular vote decide the presidential election winner?

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