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The most popular votes, illinois will give them to the winner of that. what do you make of that suggestion? >> it is crazy. illinois has to do that by the way even if the candidate did not appear on illinoiss ballot at all. they would agree the will of the nation trumps what illinois voters say. now 12 states, plus d.c. signed on to this compact. that is 181 electors. there are two other states, new mexico, delaware, have legislative approval there but the governors have not yet signed. that wou...

Mississippi. she rattled off a long list of proposals and got a big ovation when she announced for the first time that she supports replacing the electoral college. >> come a general election, presidential candidates dont come to places like mississippi because were not the battleground states. well, my view is that every vote matters. that means get rid of the eelectric ele electoral college. >> the idea is gaining traction among democrats. in the popular vote hillary clinton beat donald trump ...

In the popular vote hillary clinton beat donald trump and al gore beat george bush but both lost the election. 12 states in washington, d.c. have said they plan to assign electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote regardless of who wins their states. >> the is switch could only hap once they have the 270 electoral votes. warren wants medicare for all and including less aggressive transitions that might keep the private insurance industry relevant. were learning a second top aide to sena...

January to get rid of the electoral college, a constitutional amendmenamendmen. were going to send it to elizabeth warren and ask her to append it for us. >> but is the state running after the electoral college to make sure they go to the popular vote winner? >> it certainly would be difficult. you have to amend the constitution. it means to get three-quarters of the states. thats enough of the or probably wont if many -- colorado and a few states have tried to start a compact to say states with...

Why not say it. but lets be realistic, the electoral college is here to stay. >> all the momentum is on the side though. i mean colorado a very key political state just went there this past week, they are at 181, they just need 270. youre right, 90 away, but certainly a lot of momentum. lets ask about the momentum for joe biden. expects to -- we expect him to get into the field by april. and cnn reporting is he is trying to secure big endorsements. obviously raise money and try to match some of ...

Electoral votes are awarded. so a growing numbers of states are and banding together to award their vote to whoever wins the vote. on friday, colorado is the 12th state to join the national popular vote interstate contact. together, they make up 181 electoral votes. the compact will take effect if enough states to sign up to reach the goal in 270. delaware and new mexico is pointed to join there as well. republican controlled legislatures are not hot on this idea of changing the electoral colleg...

Continue to ignore the fire country which is exactly why president trump was elected because people felt ignored on policy. now theyre going to be ignored with the vote. it goes against the arguments for the citizenship question. if vote -- theres that hypocrisy on so many levels. thats how it gets interpreted poorly in that way and i think it also wastes everyones time. there is a national popular vote interstate compact. none of it is going to get anywhere and yet its just rhetoric wasting eve...

Its as though youre running a runner and youre practicing for a -- instead of the mile." the electoral college, he says, "i would rather have the popular vote because to me its much easier." well, last week, colorado became the 11th state to place its electoral votes to the candidate who wins the national popular vote. however, that change would only be able to take effect if enough states to reach 270 electoral votes sign on right now. the standard about 181. >> harris: thats really interesting...

Matters. the way we can make that happen... [applause] is that we can have national voting, and that means get rid of the electoral college. >> dana: all right, i was have been talking about this for about a year, jesse, that this is coming. hillary clinton when she lost her donald trump, she said we have to take a look at the electoral college. now its almost become a litmus test among democrats that they are all saying yeah, i think we have to take a look at this electoral college thing. its t...

Constitution considered to be the risks of direct democracy. more on that in a moment, but lets look at how it works. each state in the union has electors or people that represent your state. there are 538 total electoral votes. when a candidate receives a majority, the magic number 270, they are declared the winner. its how many members of the house and senate come from that state and these are winner take all. there are a couple of examples. in 2016, president trump won florida by just 1%. bec...