The issue is not the popular vote . Even if Trump won the popular vote you ' d still see people arguing that the electoral college should not elect him . The entire reason they exist is to override the will of the people to prevent demagogues from being elected . Some people myself included view Trump as a demagogue , so from our point of view either A the electoral college should select another President or B the electoral college should be dissolved if it ' s no longer safe to override the result in the modern political climate without causing a civil war . The electoral college does not even need to select Clinton to replace Trump . They could select another Republican like Romney or McCain or decline to vote and send the decision to the House . I don ' t honestly think they will override the result , but I do think they should still be dissolved so we can have a popular vote next election . Or we could have states pledge to allocate electors proportionally instead of winner takes all so that it ' s effectively a popular vote .