Content Categorized with "National Popular Vote"
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Presidential Candidate Tracker - Oct. 29th Update
- Posted: October 29, 2008
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote
In the eight weeks since the Republican convention, the major party candidates for president and vice-president have devoted 99% of their campaign visits to 17 states and 81% of their campaign visits to only ten states: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Virginia, Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Wisconsin, and North Carolina. With the exception of New York, these ten most-visited states are heavily contested battleground states with relatively large populations. This stockpiling of campaign attention into a handful of states is a direct consequence of the current Electoral College system. That system is governed by state statutes that by 2012 may be replaced by the National Popular Vote plan for president where every vote will be of equal weight wherever it is cast.
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When winner takes all, we lose: Fix electoral college now
- Posted: October 28, 2008
- Author(s): Bill Hammond
- Publication: New York Daily News
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote
Bill Hammond calls for a National Popular Vote to make New York voters matter in the Presidential Election. -
Presidential election momentum... The winner may be National Popular Vote
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Make all votes count
- Posted: October 26, 2008
- Author(s): Ron Dzwonkowski
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote
Disenchanted by the recent lack of attention paid to Michigan, Detroit Free Press editor Ron Dzwonkowski argues for the National Popular Vote interstate compact to make Michigan voters relevant throughout every campaign. -
It's time to get rid of Electoral College
- Posted: October 26, 2008
- Author(s): Jeff Pozmantier
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote
Editorial in the Houston Chronicle calls for the direct election of the President and asks readers to support the National Popular Vote initiative. -
Blue State Blues
- Posted: October 25, 2008
- Author(s): Gail Collins
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote
New York Times op-ed columnist Gail Collins addresses the sense of neglect felt by voters in "spectator" states as a result of the Electoral College and the winner-take-all method of allocating states' electors. -
The Electoral College And Other Hazards
- Posted: October 23, 2008
- Publication: National Journal
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote
Interview with FairVote Executive Director Rob Richie on prospects for electoral reform. -
FairVote's Campaign Tracker attracts media attention
- Posted: October 22, 2008
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote
In 2008 the campaigns and the media are heavily focused on the presidential battlegrounds – to the point where 26 states have not had a single public event by one of the major party presidential or vice-presidential nominees since the Republican convention. Boosted by the work of David Schnicke and Laura Kirshner, FairVote’s new “campaign trackers” for presidential campaign visits and advertisement spending has garnered significant media attention.
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With two weeks to go, presidential candidates spoil six lucky states
- Posted: October 22, 2008
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote
After nearly two years of campaigning, the 2008 presidential election will be over in just 13 days. For voters in most states, they won't see the candidates between now and Election Day nor experience campaign activity generated by the presidential campaigns. They will be voyeurs to the "real action" taking place in an ever-shrinking number of presidential battlegrounds.
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Biden's visit rare for a blue state on the sidelines
- Posted: October 21, 2008
- Author(s): Peter Callaghan
- Publication: The News Tribune
- Categories: National Popular Vote, FairVote
Columnist Peter Callaghan quotes FairVote and cites its 2008 candidate tracker in a story on how the current Electoral College system generally keeps the campaigns away from Washington State.