Donald Trump's win could spell the end for the Electoral College, the Washington Examiner reports.
Hillary Clinton edged out Trump for the popular vote early Wednesday morning, making this the second election in 16 years in which the Republican candidate lost the popular vote, but won the electoral vote and therefore the presidency.
According to The Washington Post, Democrats "have virtually no power" to eliminate the Electoral College. "It'd be immensely difficult."
The Electoral College is established in the Constitution, meaning an amendment is required to make any alteration, meaning a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress and ratification by at least 38 states.
Democrats did not succeed in winning a majority in either the House of Representatives or the Senate.
The Electoral College hasn't been seriously challenged in decades. According to the House archives:
"The closest Congress has come to amending the Electoral College since 1804 was during the 91st Congress (1969–1971). H.J. Res. 681 proposed the direct election of a President and Vice President, requiring a run off when no candidate received more than 40 percent of the vote. The resolution passed the House in 1969, but failed to pass the Senate."
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