PR for electors based only on House seats or PR for all electors ? Either way , Clinton won less than half the popular vote , so wouldn ' t have had an Electoral College majority . What to do in that case ? Stick with the House of Representatives electing the President ? Then still Presidentelect Trump . Allow 3 rd party candidates to have their electors vote for other candidates , a bit like coalition building in countries with parliamentary systems ? Maybe , but it might leads to lots of 3 rd parties each getting a few electors . For me the central question is how to handle no candidate getting a true majority . For me , plurality wins is worse than status quo . <| sep |> You ' re invited to my house next Thanksgiving for sure .