SUPPORTERS.
BUT THAT KIND OF CHANGE DOES NOT
COME EASILY.
HILLARY CLINTON MAY HAVE WON THE
POPULAR VOTE BY A MARGIN SIMILAR
TO THE COME PINED POPULATION OF
NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA, VERMONT
AND WOULDN'T, BUT IN NOVEMBER
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM
ACTUALLY WON OVER ONE LONG-TIME
CRITIC.
>> I NEVER APPRECIATED IT UNTIL
NOW, HOW GENIUS IT WAS WHAT THEY
HAD IN MINE.
JOSH: WHAT WOULD AN ELECTION
LOOK LIKE IF ALL THAT MATTERED
WAS THE FINAL NATIONAL TALLY?
CITIES WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY BE
VALUED OVER STATES.
>> IF WE DID AWAY WITH THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE, MONEY WOULD
PLAY A MUCH BIGGER ROLE THAN IT
DOES NOW.
CAMPAIGNING IN CALIFORNIA IS
VERY DIFFERENT THAN CAMPAIGNING
IN A SMALL STATE SUCH AS NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
JOSH: THOSE WHO DO WANT CHANGE
ALSO POINT TO THE YEAR 2000 WHEN
AL GORE WON THE POPULAR VOTE BUT
WOUND UP BEING ANOTHER DHOK LOST
TO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
AND HE SAYS THAT MAKES THE
DEBATE PARTISAN INSTEAD OF
PATRIOTIC.
>> IT WILL LOOK LIKE AN ATTEMPT
TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM SO IT
BENEFITS THEMSELVES.
>> I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO
INCLUDE A TRIGGER IN THERE.
REPORTER: RAY PUCKLY BELIEVES IF
KID CANDIDATE WINS THE NATIONAL
HOAT BY GREATER THAN 3%, THAT
CANDIDATE SHOULD WIN THE WHITE
HOUSE IN WHICH 2016 HILLARY
CLINTON WOULD NEED NEARLY
7 MILLION MORE VOTES TO REACH
THAT BENCH MARK, BUT IT --
>> RIGHT NOW IF YOU'RE A
REPUBLICAN IN MASSACHUSETTS YOU
DON'T REALLY THINK YOUR VOTE
MATTERS BECAUSE OF THE
LIKELIHOOD THE REPUBLICANS WILL
CARRY MASSACHUSETTS IS 1%.
JOSH: A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
WOULD REQUIRE TWO-THIRDS OF THE
HOUSE AND SENATE AND THEN THREE
QUARTERS OF STATE LEGISLATURES
TO AGREE.
SO WITH WITH THE WAY
PARTISANSHIP IS THESE DAYS THE
