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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Nov. 4, 2016.
What a difference four years makes.
A newly elected Donald Trump has changed his tune on the Electoral College, calling it "genius" after his win in the presidential election -- a far cry from when he blasted it four years ago.
Trump, despite trailing by nearly 1 million ballots in the popular vote, with 94 percent of the count in, won an Electoral College victory 290-232, with Michigan outstanding.
A large part of that victory was claiming Rust Belt states that were considered largely safe for Democrats, such as Pennsylvania and Wisconsin -- a move that stunned observers. Trump won by narrow margins in both states.
The Electoral College is actually genius in that it brings all states, including the smaller ones, into play. Campaigning is much different!
But just four years ago, when President Obama won reelection, Trump called for a march on Washington and decried the system of electors.
The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.
Trump even bragged Tuesday that he would have run up the score against Clinton had the Electoral College not been in play.
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