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Pete Buttigieg: “If we selected our president by letting the person who got…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Published | Video Starts at 1:04:50

Now, one last thing I'll mention again, not to get all academic with you, but one thing that would make a huge difference is If we selected our president by letting the person who got the most votes actually take the office instead of the national electoral college. It would be a really good idea because then any Democrat wanting to be president would have to campaign in Oklahoma. By the way, any Republican would have to campaign in Brooklyn. (1:04:50–1:05:00)

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Advocates for the abolition of the Electoral College in favor of a popular vote system.

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