Content Categorized with "National Popular Vote"
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Winner-Take-All. We Can Do Better.
- Posted: April 13, 2012
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Home
Winner-take-all elections box voters into simplistic red and blue divisions that poorly reflect our diversity of views. They turn most state legislative and congressional elections into "no-choice" contests. Only a handful of swing states will get attention from presidential candidates.
To take on winner-take-all, FairVote backs forms of proportional representation for electing legislatures and a national popular vote for president instead of state-based winner-take-all rules.* Most robust democracies use proportional representation, NOT winner-take-all. See more here.* FairVote Chair Emeritus John Anderson's new op-ed in Chicago Tribune on cumulative voting* FairVote's resources on a national popular vote for president -
FairVote analysis in national news
- Posted: February 13, 2012
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Presidential Elections, National Popular Vote, Universal Voter Registration, Home
On February 12th, FairVote executive director Rob Richie was a guest on CSPAN television's Washington Journal, aired live around the nation. That day he also had the first and final letters in the New York Times' "Invitation to Dialogue" series on voting reform. FairVote staff and interns have been publishing many articles in 2012.
Rob Richie on CSPANNew York Times "Invitation to Dialogue"
Fair voting op-eds in St. Louis Post-Dispatch & Austin American-Statesman
FairVote blogs on Huffington Post & Oped News
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Presidential Tracker: New Evidence of our Shrinking Battleground
- Posted: January 30, 2012
- Author(s): Hüseyin Koyuncu, Katie P. Kelly, Presidential Tracker
- Categories: Presidential Tracker, National Popular Vote, Home
President Obama's travel patterns over the past months have been leaning toward battleground and fundraising states. How does the whole of 2011 shape up? We summarize the past year and look at what is to come as the 2012 presidential election year comes into full swing.
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South Carolina voters better enjoy it while it lasts
- Posted: January 20, 2012
- Author(s): Katie P. Kelly, Rob Richie
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Home, Presidential Nominations Reform
With the South Carolina primary just around the corner on Saturday, the preferences of South Carolina voters are of intense interest to the nation -and of course to the candidates swarming the states. Events, polls, debates and the media are all focused on South Carolina voters. But after Saturday? Forget it.
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Presidential Tracker: Looking at the Structure
- Posted: December 1, 2011
- Author(s): Katie P. Kelly, Presidential Tracker
- Categories: Presidential Tracker, National Popular Vote, Home
Tracking the president's events and visits doesn't produce surprises considering the electoral system under which he operates, but it does provide insight into the inadequacies of our current structure -- affirming that the rules have a direct correlation on the outcomes.
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NPV Critic Response Series: Spakovsky and the NPV plan
- Posted: October 31, 2011
- Author(s): Katie P. Kelly
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Home
Another installment of the NPV Critic Response Series. This post addresses Hans A. von Spakovsky's recent arguments against the National Popular Vote plan that recently appeared in The Washington Times.
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Gallup Poll: National Popular Vote Favored by Majority
- Posted: October 26, 2011
- Author(s): Katie P. Kelly, Rob Richie
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Home
Latest poll on Electoral College versus a national popular vote from Gallup shows that Americans across the major political parties and age groups support a popular vote for president. It’s time to go with the people and support a national popular vote for president – making every vote equal and every vote count.
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NPV Critic Response Series: Sen. Grassley Defends Wrong System
- Posted: October 22, 2011
- Author(s): Katie P. Kelly
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Home
Grassley and Iowa Governor Terry Branstad say that 31 small states would not matter under a national popular vote for president. They are just simply wrong.
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NPV Critic Response Series: Big Cities Won't Rule
- Posted: October 14, 2011
- Author(s): Katie P. Kelly
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Home
Recent arguments against the National Popular Vote plan for presidential elections have claimed that power would shift to big cities, thereby favoring Democrats. FairVote explains why these claims are wrong, backed by no facts, and based on false assumptions.
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NPV Critic Response Series: The Electoral College
- Posted: October 6, 2011
- Author(s): Katie P. Kelly, Rob Richie
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Home
Critics of the National Popular Vote (NPV) plan often make misleading or misinformed remarks and judgments. To address these remarks, we are launching a new blog series designed to address the latest arguments from opponents. We start today by first reviewing some important features of the current Electoral College system and how those features influence our critique of current state laws governing modern elections. Subsequent posts will address arguments specifically and directly respond to new criticisms.