More than half of all Republicans wrongly believe that Donald Trump won the popular vote for president, according to a recent poll released by Qualtrics polling and the Washington Post.
Fifty-two percent of Republicans polled said they believe Trump won the popular vote, while 24% of independents say he won and just 7% of Democrats believe he did. Overall, 29% of Americans believe Trump was the overall preference of all American voters. [...]
Former congressman and conservative commentator Joe Walsh (who once suggested he would reach for a musket if Trump lost the election) was more realistic, recognizing that Clinton indeed won the popular vote. But Walsh added that she only won the popular vote if you included California — which, of course California counts because it's a state in the U.S. [...]
Another method to ending the Electoral College (not requiring a Constitutional amendment) exists in the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. Essentially, a number of states would need to agree to abide by the popular vote results, regardless of how their state voted, and assign all of their Electoral College electors to support the winning candidate.
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