It’s called the Popular Vote Interstate Compact. It’s simple. A state’s electoral college votes are allocated to whoever wins the national popular vote. Period. It’s constitutional and some prominent conservatives are pushing or it. I had the privilege of
attending on of the seminars on the initiative a couple of years ago. I’m not for or against, but the reasoning behind this was that the Democrats have some 250 electoral college votes solidly locked up. With Florida teetering into becoming a blue state, Democrats would have a lock on 270. That’s the ballgame. Yet, there are many ways to skin the electoral cat, as some say. Ohio and Florida appear to be resilient to the blue wave sweeps, and I’m betting that both go for Trump again in 2020.
Still, we’ve only had five instances where the winner of a presidential race won the Electoral College but lost the national popular vote. The current system works for electing presidents. The country isn’t on fire. Let’s relax. States are given the authority as to how they allocate their electors. The election of 1796 ended the presidential election district model for winner-take-all because Thomas Jefferson was beaten by a mere three votes. Virginia ensured that all of their electors would go to TJ by 1800 with the winner take all system.
So, given that brief overview, Colorado said
they were going to alter how they allocate their electors. Democratic Gov. Jared Polis
said he would sign the bill, and now he has (via
The Hill):
Prior to this move by Colorado, 11 states totaling 165 votes agreed to this compact. Now, it’s 12 states with 181 electoral votes. Nothing is triggered unless this push cobbles together enough states that will grant the winner 270 votes.....snip~
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattve...ation-n2543247
So what do you think? For or against?