Content Categorized with "National Popular Vote"
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FairVote Reforms are Hitting the Newsstands
- Posted: August 21, 2014
- Author(s): , Rebecca Hellmich
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, National Popular Vote, Congressional Elections, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Home
Fair representation voting and ranked choice systems received significant media attention this month, with several notable publications featuring FairVote’s work and running expert commentary by FairVote staff and allies. Here are some of the highlights.
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The Role of Cities in National Popular Vote Elections
- Posted: June 13, 2014
- Author(s): , Andrea Levien, Rob Richie
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Presidential Elections, All Reports
In debating options for reforming presidential elections in the United States, the most promising alternative to the status quo is the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPV). But even though we use popular vote elections to select every member of Congress and all 50 governors, some NPV skeptics warn that its adoption would have a partisan impact on presidential elections. They fear that Democrats could increase their national vote totals by focusing resources on major metropolitan areas, while Republicans could achieve similar gains only by spreading their resources across more geographically dispersed, non-urban areas. This report challenges this argument in three ways.
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The Role of Cities in National Popular Vote Elections
- Posted: June 13, 2014
- Author(s): Andrea Levien
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Presidential Elections, Home
This report challenges the argument that a national popular vote for president would advantage Democratic or urban voters in three ways. First, we demonstrate that urban areas, when properly defined as metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), lean only modestly toward the Democratic Party.
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NY Post Should Reconsider Its Views on National Popular Vote
- Posted: May 7, 2014
- Author(s): Andrea Levien, Devin McCarthy, Rob Richie
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Presidential Elections, Home
Following New York’s resounding passage of the National Popular Vote plan to reform the Electoral College, the New York Post editorial team voiced concerns about the reform effort. We want to explain why they got it wrong.
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How the 2012 Presidential Election Has Strengthened the Movement for the National Popular Vote Plan
- Posted: May 2, 2014
- Author(s): , Andrea Levien, Rob Richie
- Categories: Presidential Tracker, National Popular Vote, Presidential Elections, Presidential Elections State-by-State: Hardening Partisanship
This article, published in the June 2013 edition of Presidential Studies Quarterly, surveys the inequality in campaign resource allocation during the 2012 presidential election and demonstrates that this inequality is unlikely to dissipate unless more states enact the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
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New York Says Yes to Fair Presidential Elections
- Posted: April 16, 2014
- Author(s): Andrea Levien
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Presidential Elections, Home
New York's passage of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact leaves us 61% of the way to presidential elections in which every vote is equal.
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Big New York Win for National Popular Vote Drive to Reform (Not Abolish!) Electoral College
- Posted: April 4, 2014
- Author(s): Andrea Levien, Rob Richie
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Presidential Elections, Home
With resounding wins in both chambers of the New York State Legislature, the National Popular Vote movement has further demonstrated its strong bipartisan support.
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New York Legislature Backs National Popular Vote
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Pennsylvania's Proportional Electoral Vote Allocation Proposal: A Nationwide Analysis
- Posted: July 24, 2013
- Author(s): Andrea Levien, Devin McCarthy, Rob Richie
- Categories: Presidential Elections, National Popular Vote
FairVote's analysis shows that Pennsylvania state Sen. Dominic Pileggi's proportional electoral vote allocation plan would do little to make presidential elections fairer if implemented nationally.
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National Popular Vote Plan Poised to Pass Halfway Mark with New Win
- Posted: June 14, 2013
- Author(s): Andrea Levien, Rob Richie
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Presidential Elections, Home
The National Popular Vote plan is poised to pass its halfway mark to implementation after both houses of the Rhode Island General Assembly passed the bill on June 13th with votes of 30-4 in the Senate and 41-31 in the House. The bill earned real bipartisan support, including more than 75% of members of each major party in the state senate.