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(AP Photo \/ Rex Features)\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/election_protesters_ap_img.jpg?scale=896&compress=70\u0022 alt=\u0022Election Protesters\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cp class=\u0022caption\u0022\u003EProtesters in Los Angeles take part in a demonstration against Donald Trump\u2019s presidential-election victory in front of the City Hall building, November 9, 2016. \u003Cspan class=\u0022credits\u0022\u003E(AP Photo \/ Rex Features)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/aside\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cdiv style=\u0022clear:both\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cp\u003EWhen tens of thousands of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.wcnc.com\/news\/politics\/protests-erupt-across-the-us-in-response-to-trumps-victory\/350670762\u0022\u003Eprotesters\u003C\/a\u003E on the streets of cities across this country chant \u201cNot my president!\u201d they speak for the majority of Americans who cast ballots in Tuesday\u2019s election.\u003Cspan class=\u0022paranum\u0022\u003E1\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Caside class=\u0022ad right most-popular-plus-ad grey_back\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\u003Cdiv id=\u0022ad-halfpage-230032-0\u0022 class=\u0022sailthru_class_form\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/advertising-policy\u0022 class=\u0022ad-policy\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAd Policy\u003C\/a\u003E\n\t\t\t\u003C\/aside\u003E\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EDonald Trump has secured \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_presidential_election,_2016\u0022\u003Ejust 47.5 percent of the popular vote,\u003C\/a\u003E and that figure is likely to decline as millions of as-yet-uncounted votes are recorded.\u003Cspan class=\u0022paranum\u0022\u003E2\u003C\/span\u003E\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EThe combination of votes for Hillary Clinton and various third-party candidates now accounts for 52.5 percent of the relatively small portion of the voting-age population that participated in an election where the turnout was \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.electproject.org\/2016g\u0022\u003Edismal\u003C\/a\u003E when compared with that of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/icelands-election-draws-79-percent-turnout-the-us-not-so-much\/\u0022\u003Eother democracies\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cspan class=\u0022paranum\u0022\u003E3\u003C\/span\u003E\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EMore significantly, Clinton is defeating Trump in the popular-vote count. And the Democrat\u2019s advantage will grow as outstanding votes from \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/la-pol-ca-california-primary-wednesday-s-big-question-how-many-1465375928-htmlstory.html\u0022\u003EWest Coast states\u003C\/a\u003E that have favored Clinton are tabulated.\u003Cspan class=\u0022paranum\u0022\u003E4\u003C\/span\u003E\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003ENow the only question is how big a loser Trump will turn out to be. As with so many of the electoral processes of the United States, the systems for counting votes (which differ from state to state) are often absurdly slow. It will be weeks before all the votes are counted, recounted, and reconciled. But because so many of the votes that remain to be counted will come from West Coast states that favored Clinton, the Democrat\u2019s advantage will expand.\u003Cspan class=\u0022paranum\u0022\u003E5\u003C\/span\u003E\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003Caside class=\u0022left twitter-quote indent\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cp\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIf America aspires to be a democracy, we can no longer allow a centuries-old political structure to warp elections.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ca target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022tw span_article_tweet\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=If+America+aspires+to+be+a+democracy%2C+we+can+no+longer+allow+a+centuries-old+political+structure+to+warp+elections. http:\/\/bit.ly\/2eFvVRG\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/p\u003E\t\u003C\/aside\u003E\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is what we know on the Thursday after the election:\u003Cspan class=\u0022paranum\u0022\u003E6\u003C\/span\u003E\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EHillary Clinton has a 230,000-vote lead over Donald Trump. The Democrat has taken 47.7 percent of the vote, as compared with 47.5 for the Republican.\u003Cspan class=\u0022paranum\u0022\u003E7\u003C\/span\u003E\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EIn other countries that elect presidents, Clinton would either be \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiwan_presidential_election,_2000\u0022\u003Epreparing to take office\u003C\/a\u003E or preparing for a runoff election between the top two finishers (as happens in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_presidential_election,_2017\u0022\u003EFrance\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003Cspan class=\u0022paranum\u0022\u003E8\u003C\/span\u003E\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003ETrump is preparing to assume the presidency because he is expected to win the most votes in an Electoral College established at the founding of a country that distrusted democracy to such an extent that it did not allow women, people of color, and poor people to cast ballots.\u003Cspan class=\u0022paranum\u0022\u003E9\u003C\/span\u003E\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is not the first time that a popular-vote loser will assume the presidency. 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But their protest should include a systemic complaint.\u003Cspan class=\u0022paranum\u0022\u003E11\u003C\/span\u003E\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EPresidential elections should be decided by the popular vote of the American people, not via a convoluted process that assigns the most powerful office in the United States, and arguably the world, to the loser in the balloting.\u003Cspan class=\u0022paranum\u0022\u003E12\u003C\/span\u003E\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EIf America aspires to be a democracy, no one should be happy with the fact that a centuries-old political structure\u2014established when elites fretted that democracy might threaten the institution of slavery\u2014constrains and warps the process by which presidents are chosen.\u003Cspan class=\u0022paranum\u0022\u003E13\u003C\/span\u003E\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s time to do away with the Electoral College and put the voters in charge of choosing presidents, as they are in charge of choosing members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, governors, legislators, mayors, and school-board members. 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