Senate Democrats Propose Constitutional Amendment to Abolish Electoral College

Republicans Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Trump have defended the Electoral College as empowering smaller states.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) speaks in Washington on Oct. 15, 2020. Susan Walsh/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Senate Democrats proposed a constitutional amendment on Dec. 16 that would abolish the Electoral College and ensure the country’s presidential elections were determined by the popular vote.

“It is time to retire this 18th-century invention that disenfranchises millions of Americans,” Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said in a press release.