Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120120:12:44:00
I think a lot of americans like the idea that the candidate that's got the most votes win. and you're about 50% to your goal of making that the law of the land. >> actually, that's very true. recent gallup poll over 65% of the americans want us to go to the national popular vote. whereas the candidate who gets the most votes nationwide wins the election. four times in our history, which doesn't sound like a lot, but there's only been 56 presidential elections in our history, four times out of 56 times, the candidate with the least number of votes became president. we've also had near misses. f...