[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14394]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           ELECTORAL COLLEGE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, election day was tough for a lot of 
Americans. To say things didn't go the way we wanted on this side of 
the aisle would be a gross understatement. America is still reeling 
from this, and there will be even more concern in a few days when the 
final vote tally comes because Hillary Clinton will have gotten more 
than 2 million votes more than Donald Trump.
  So I think it speaks volumes that a Democratic Senator entered 
legislation yesterday that will take a look at the electoral college 
system. This should not be a partisan issue. It should be an issue that 
committees of jurisdiction in this body take a look at. Let's listen to 
some experts talk about it and find out if the system is working very 
well. It was set up a long time ago, and maybe it should be changed. 
So, I think it is something we need to take a look at.
  It is interesting that just in the last few years--in this century--
we have had two winners of elections that got less votes than the 
losers. I am sorry. We have two elections this century where the losers 
got more votes than the winners. So we need to take a look at that, and 
so I hope something is done on a bipartisan basis because no one knows 
what is going to happen 4 years from now, 8 years from now, 12 years 
from now. It is something that should be looked at. It is very 
important for us as a country to take another look at the electoral 
college system.

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