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The National Popular Vote & Reforming the Electoral College

The electoral college is a scourge on American democracy. In Making Every Vote Count’s blog, we explore the problems with the electoral college’s current winner-take-all system. Follow the blog to learn how the electoral college undermines both the fairness of presidential elections and how it has created perverse incentives against good governance. The existing system negatively affects all Americans in a myriad of ways, which the MEVC popular vote blog treats in depth. And we keep you up-to-date on the national progress being made to forge a viable solution:

MEVC believes that it is imperative for our state legislators to support the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. Passage of the Compact would effectively ensure that the winner of the national popular vote—the winner of the most votes nationwide—always becomes the president of the United States. The issue could not be more urgent; preservation of constitutional order and the American democratic way of life depend upon its success.

Let’s make every vote count now.

The Future of the Electoral College: a Free Online Course

May 22, 2019 | MEVC introduces first-ever online course on the Electoral College

Learn about the history and future of the Electoral College and its relation to the national popular vote.

Experiment with the remarkable Election Map Tool to generate simulations showing exactly how the Electoral College skews the presidential election’s outcome.

Why Do Americans Want a National Popular Vote?

March 20, 2019 | Making Every Vote Count on Hardball with Chris Matthews

Reed Hundt joined Hardball’s Chris Matthews to chat about why the Electoral College is more unpopular now than ever before . . .