The Electoral College system is seriously flawed. Five times in our history, a president was elected while getting fewer votes than his opponent. A move is afoot to eliminate this problem—the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC). The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes … [Read more…]
Every Vote Equal is the title of a thick book which describes a state-based plan for electing the President of the United States by national popular vote—the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC). A casual look at this book—or the organization’s website—shows that the NPVIC is not a liberal partisan scheme. The Fourth Edition, published … [Read more…]
One person – one vote is not a reality in American presidential elections. Five times we have elected a president who did not get the most votes nationally—in 1824, 1876, 1888, 2000, and 2016. This violation of democratic principles happens because in the U.S. presidential election system, instead of the nationwide popular vote determining the … [Read more…]