On Nov. 8, the American people spoke clearly, and chose Hillary Clinton for President.
As of this writing, Clinton leads the popular vote by roughly 20,000 votes, with 92 percent counted. Further, her lead will likely grow, with most of the remaining votes coming from blue states California, Oregon, and Washington.
However, because Clinton's support was geographically concentrated, Donald Trump will win the Electoral College and become president of the United States.
This comes only 16 years after Al Gore won the popular vote but did not become president of the United States, in a similar affront to democracy.
It is long past time that we stopped using the Electoral College to choose our presidents and started using the national popular vote instead. Every vote should count equally. Every state should be a swing state.
There is a realistic path to making an end-run around the Electoral College for the 2020 elections. This is because we don't need a constitutional amendment to stop using the Electoral College. We only need the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact: