Senator Pete Buttigieg recently called for abolishing the Electoral College during a town hall event in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as part of Democratic efforts to reform federal elections.

In his remarks, Buttigieg stated: “One thing that would make a huge difference is if we selected our president by letting the person who got the most votes take the office, instead of the national Electoral College.”

The proposal overlooks a critical detail: in the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump won the popular vote against Kamala Harris by approximately two million votes. Under current electoral rules, he would have remained president even if the Electoral College had been abolished prior to the 2024 election.