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Democrats’ plan to scrap the Electoral College is finally within reach. One of its architects is having second thoughts.
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Politics · Economy · Military · Security · TechDemocrats’ plan to scrap the Electoral College is finally within reach. One of its architects is having second thoughts.
Yale University law professor Akhil Reed Amar testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in September 2017. | Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call The 2026 blue wave could end up washing away the Electoral College. In addition to winning Congress, Democrats won full control of state governments in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. That means that a two-decades-in-the-making plan to switch our presidential elections to a popular vote system — a plan 18 states have already approved— could cross the threshold that would make it a reality. The plan is the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC). A state signing on to the compact agrees that, rather than awarding its electors to the presidential candidate who won statewide, it will allot electors would to the presidential candidate who won the national popular vote. The catch is that each state will only do so if enough other states have signed on to determine the outcome. To clarify: There are 538 electora
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