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NationalPopularVote:state-based plan to guarantee the Presidency to the candidate winning most votes (Original Post)
BeckyDem
Nov 2020
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sweetloukillbot
(10,970 posts)1. Good luck getting red states to sign up for this
Biggest pipe dream of the past 20 years.
DrToast
(6,414 posts)2. You only need enough to reach 270
sweetloukillbot
(10,970 posts)3. Find the states to do it then
It's not happening. So far EVERY state that has signed up over the past 20 years has been blue. No Red or Purple states. They're not going to give up their power.
Dem2
(8,166 posts)4. Why would Republican states sign onto this?
They have no incentive since they've lost the popular vote in most of the last elections.
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)5. My guess is they hope to persuade and they lose nothing by trying.
Arizona may turn blue, maybe we can get them on board from there.
groundloop
(11,513 posts)6. The previous posts are correct, red states will never go along with this
The EC gives GOPers a built in 2 to 3 percent advantage, they'll never give that up.