After Barack Obama secured a second term in 2012, Trump tweeted:The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy. The brilliance of the Electoral College is that you must go to many States to win. A majority of Republicans prefer the electoral college regardless of whether they live in a red state, a blue state or a battleground. He appears to have identified the electoral college as an opportunity to bolster a broader narrative. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) described the electoral college as “a work of genius” by the founders.

Source: Washington Post March 20, 2019 14:26 UTC