DEMOCRATIC LEADERS AT THE
STATE CAPITOL...ARE PUSHING
FOR CONNECTICUT TO BECOME THE
12TH STATE TO APPROVEA
COMPACT... THAT CALLS FOR THE
ELIMINATION OF THE "ELECTORAL
COLLEGE" FOR ELECTING U.S.
PRESIDENTS.76-PERCENT OF
"STATE RESIDENTS" SUPPORT THE
IDEA;DEMOCRATS SAY THE
"ELECTORAL COLLEGE" IS AN
OUTDATED CONCEPT.U.S.
PRESIDENTS ARE ELECTED BY
WINNING THE MOST STATES WITH
THE MOST ELECTORALVOTES.
ELECTORAL VOTES ARE DETERMINED
BY THESIZE OF A STATE'S
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
CALIFORNIA HAS 55 ELECTORAL
VOTES. CONNECTICUT HAS JUST 7.
(("THERE'S NO OTHER OFFICE IN
THIS COUNTRY, OTHER THATN THE
PRESIDENT OFTHE UNITED STATES,
WHERE THE PERSON WHO GETS THE
MOST VOTES DOESN'TWIN THAT
OFFICE. IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT
AND IT'S TIME FOR THAT TO
CHANGE."))
IN 20-16... DONALD TRUMP LOST
THE POPULAR VOTE TO HILLARY
