The problem is that some people are calling for us to get rid of the EC and apply it retroactively so that Hillary wins . That ' s insanity right there . There ' s a lot of people advocating we should fuck democracy just this one time so she can win . I know these people exist because I ' ve seen them advocating for this and have been arguing with them . Even if you ' re a progressive like me , the thought to subvert democracy just to keep someone like Trump out of office should never cross your mind . They keep arguing that it would technically be okay because she won the popular vote and that sometimes we need to just flat out ignore how the people voted with the system we have in place to get our way because we really really really don ' t like the Republicans . I ' ve even seen people saying it will be justified when Trump ' s supporters take to the streets with weapons after we do it . Can you blame them for trying to defend the vote of the people from a government takeover if we do end up doing this ?