Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20161110:13:51:00
And also part of it was we didn't have a democratic ethos in some ways when this country was founded so it was about electors rather than a populist. it's a relic though and many people don't like this system because of what happened the other night. >> right. because if you're going to tell people that every vote counts and get out there and vote and then you find out that she -- she can lose the popular vote, every vote does not count. if this was based on protecting slave states, what does that mean? how is it going to protect slave states? >> well it helped small, rural states instead of v...