Efforts to elect the president by popular vote has had mixed popularity this year, as Arizona and Maine failed to gather the required number of signatures to appear on the November ballot.
Still, after the Connecticut Legislature voted in May to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, the plan is just 98 Electoral College votes shy of becoming a reality.
Under the compact, states that join agree to award their electors to the presidential candidate who wins the nationwide popular vote, even if the candidate loses that state.
Advocates say this plan would keep the Electoral College in place, reflect the national popular vote, and not require amending the Constitution.
The compact, which has 11 blue states and the District of Columbia on board, would become effective only after gaining enough states to equal 270 votes—or a majority of the Electoral College, the same number required to elect a president.
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8 comments:
Give it up. It's not going to happen.
Trump won over 95% of all counties in the US.
He is POTUS because he won.
Hillary is the most compelling reason to stick with the College.
She needs to be in JAIL.
If Trump had won by popular vote they would fine another reason the democrats lost the election. Popular vote isn't fair for the smaller states with less population.
A 900 square mile area on the east coast (New York) would've put Clinton in office if popular vote was in effect. Now that really would would have been speaking for the nation, wouldn't it?
The electoral college should be implemented in statewide elections too
If I remember correctly from my constitutional law class, ANY amendment to the constitution- and the Electoral College system falls under that - requires a three-fifths majority of congress to amend. That just ain't going to happen.
Counties don’t vote, moron. People do. He lost 51% of the people. Try again.
He didn't say counties vote. He was saying Trump won the vote in over 95% of counties.
And what he said is actually correct.
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