The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact would have states agree to pledge their electoral votes to whichever candidate wins the popular vote nationwide.
That's essentially the idea behind the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, whereby states agree to pledge their electoral votes to whichever candidate wins the popular vote nationwide. In an alternate popular vote universe, you'd have had President Al Gore. Or President Hillary Clinton. Which is why Democrats, who are concentrated in cities and in coastal states, tend to really love the idea.
Study: Electoral College should be abolished 04:41The proposal has passed one chamber in a handful more states, including Republican-controlled legislatures in Oklahoma and Arizona.That's a key point. The idea that the candidate who gets the most votes should win is not that crazy in a country that considers itself a democracy, but getting there will require states that voted for President Donald Trump in 2016 to sign on.
— Donald J. Trump March 20, 2019 ....just the large States - the Cities would end up running the Country. Smaller States & the entire Midwest would end up losing all power - & we can't let that happen. I used to like the idea of the Popular Vote, but now realize the Electoral College is far better for the U.S.A.
— Donald J. Trump March 20, 2019 It's only natural for a popular-vote-losing President to have that view. Supporters of the compact argue that under the current system candidates focus only on a few winnable swing states, which has the effect of the presidential election really being fought only in a handful of places like Florida, the Rust Belt, North Carolina and Arizona.But if the pact were enacted, you can imagine the Supreme Court would have to weigh in.
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