Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20161218:17:57:00
Has there been any presidents with efforts like this? >> it's not really, no. the electoral college has, as you say, been largely procedural almost since the beginning. it was designed to be something where there would be deliberation and debate. as soon as we developed a party system, it became an instrument of the parties and a reflection of the votes in the home states. >> given that, what happens if donald trump doesn't reach 270? >> it goes to the house of representatives. >> then what? >> then the house -- the states vote state by state. one vote per state. that has happened twice in our...