Washington and California are already signatories. Naturally, it's the red states that are dragging their heels, as they feel like they have the most to lose.
If Texas manages to finally flip during this presidential election, though, I'd say all bets are off and the NPVIC might finally become law of the land.
I don't think it is meaningful if Texas flips, only if it becomes a swing state. If Trump looses Texas he will already have lost the election a long time ago so it doesn't really matter.
Note that some states with almost similar number of electoral votes are going in the other direction. Florida is becoming more safe red all the time, and PA is a swing state and might become safe red at some point.
It’s great video and it seems a fair and honest explanation of the electoral college. I completely disagree with the idea of a national popular vote subverting the interests of an electorate. Just as the video explained the concept of US government is republican, representative, and based upon compromise opposed to purely popularity which is a democracy. The fear is that a collective mob will dictate priorities to a disenfranchised minority without a balanced recourse, which sounds like something close to separate yet equal.
“Collective mob”, aka the majority of the population? Remember the government was setup as a republic to ensure a minority of the population, landowning white males, retained power regardless of demographics. By-and-large people of color, the poor, and women were not allowed to vote.
> I completely disagree with the idea of a national popular vote subverting the interests of an electorate.
Citation needed. The electoral college does not represent the interests of the electorate more than a popular vote does.
We don't go ask, say, Catholics which presidential candidate they prefer, and then award the winner the entire Catholic vote (including those who have been disenfranchised from voting, or who didn't vote). Yet we do that with states.
aaronbrethorst|5 years ago
If Texas manages to finally flip during this presidential election, though, I'd say all bets are off and the NPVIC might finally become law of the land.
kmonsen|5 years ago
Note that some states with almost similar number of electoral votes are going in the other direction. Florida is becoming more safe red all the time, and PA is a swing state and might become safe red at some point.
austincheney|5 years ago
xref|5 years ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_rights_in_the_United_...
vkou|5 years ago
Citation needed. The electoral college does not represent the interests of the electorate more than a popular vote does.
We don't go ask, say, Catholics which presidential candidate they prefer, and then award the winner the entire Catholic vote (including those who have been disenfranchised from voting, or who didn't vote). Yet we do that with states.