Entries Categorized with "National Popular Vote"
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Why James Madison Wanted to Change the Way We Vote For President
- Posted: June 18, 2012
- Author(s): Rob Richie, Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Home, Presidential Elections, National Popular Vote
James Madison helped to create the Electoral College, but he never supported the way we vote for our presidents today. Find out what Madison would change about our current electoral system.
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Dispelling the Major Legal Arguments Against the National Popular Vote Compact
- Posted: June 11, 2012
- Author(s): Jessica Heller
- Categories: Home, National Popular Vote
Opponents of the National Popular Vote Compact have put forward various legal arguments against the NPVC, including that it violates several provisions of the U.S. Constitution as well as the Voting Rights Act. However, the NPVC is well within the constitutional and legal bounds of state power, and should withstand any legal challenges.
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The Constitutionality of the National Popular Vote: Refuting Challenges Based on Article II, Section One
- Posted: June 7, 2012
- Author(s): Rob Richie, Elise Helgesen
- Categories: Home, National Popular Vote
The National Popular Vote plan withstands major constitutional challenges raised by opponents. Particularly, when analyzed in light of McPherson v. Blacker, it is clear that NPV is valid under Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution.
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Romney Tracker: Swing states, fundraising states and who else?
- Posted: June 6, 2012
- Author(s): Jared Gay
- Categories: Presidential Tracker, National Popular Vote
We are tracking Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama's public events throughout this campaign season to see what their travel behavior reveals about our voting rules. This post focuses on Mitt Romney's events since April 24, 2012.
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Presidential Tracker: The Orphaned States of America
- Posted: May 16, 2012
- Author(s): Jared Gay
- Categories: Presidential Tracker, National Popular Vote
Two weeks ago, voters in South Carolina looked on as President Obama passed them by once again. Since coming into office in 2008, the president has held 18 events in North Carolina, yet has not once held any sort of event in South Carolina. Geographically, religiously, and historically, the Carolinas are quite similar. The big difference: In 2008, President Obama won North Carolina with 49.9%, but lost South Carolina with 44.9%.That modest difference means everything given the way states currently cast their electoral votes.
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Presidential Campaign Strategies Based on Swing States
- Posted: May 4, 2012
- Author(s): Chris Beaulieu
- Categories: Home, Presidential Elections, National Popular Vote
Both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are zeroing in on the swing states where either candidate could come out on top in the November elections. However, the unusual amount of attention given to certain states while others are essentially left by the wayside illustrates the problems with the Electoral College system.
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Presidential Tracker: New Evidence of our Shrinking Battleground
- Posted: January 30, 2012
- Author(s): Presidential Tracker, Katie P. Kelly, Hüseyin Koyuncu
- Categories: Presidential Tracker, Home, National Popular Vote
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): Rob Richie, Katie P. Kelly
- Categories: Home, National Popular Vote, 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): Presidential Tracker, Katie P. Kelly
- Categories: Presidential Tracker, Home, National Popular Vote
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: Home, National Popular Vote
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.