Electoral College Reforms Ahead

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 4, 2019

Jamelle Bouie, columnist for The New York Times, discusses the very latest in national politics including how the Electoral College may impact the 2020 presidential election and why it may be time to leave the political practice in the past.

"As it stands it’s a long shot for Democrats to win the Senate in 2020, the odds of Democrats winning 60 Senate seats are close impossible," says @jbouie.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 4, 2019

"That worked twice when George Washington was up for election and promptly after that the electoral college became a fiasco." 2/2 https://t.co/Ssd6fx5DQR
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