DONALD TRUMP WON THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, DESPITE
LOSING THE POPULAR
VOTE TO HILLARY CLINTON.
22NEWS STATE HOUSE REPORTER
TIFFANY CHAN EXPLAINS WHY PEOPLE
ARE DIVIDED
ON THE USE OF THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE.
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WAS
CREATED ALMOST 230 YEARS AGO.
AFTER A DIVISIVE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION, SOME PEOPLE THINK THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
SHOULD BE CHOSEN BY THE POPULAR
VOTE.
WHEN YOU GO TO VOTE FOR A
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT,
YOU'RE
NOT ACTUALLY VOTING FOR THE
CANDIDATE DIRECTLY.
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE ELECTS THE
PRESIDENT AND A CANDIDATE MUST
SECURE AT LEAST 270 ELECTORAL
VOTES TO WIN.
AFTER THIS PAST PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION CYCLE, SOME VOTERS WANT
TO DO AWAY WITH THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE SYSTEM AND USE THE
POPULAR VOTE
INSTEAD.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR KARYN POLITO
TOLD 22 NEWS SHE LIKES THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM BECAUSE
IT GIVES SMALLER STATES A VOICE.
"IT APPEARS TO WORK AND IT'S MY
VIEW THAT IT
NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO BE THE
PROCESS THAT DECIDES FUTURE
ELECTIONS FOR OUR COUNTRY."
COMMON CAUSE MASSACHUSETTS IS
PUSHING FOR THE NATIONAL POPULAR
VOTE COMPACT THAT WOULD REQUIRE
STATES TO AWARD THEIR ELECTORAL
VOTES TO THE CANDIDATE THAT WINS
THE NATIONWIDE POPULAR VOTE.
AT THE STATE HOUSE IN BOSTON,
