Until this year’s election, the Republican Party had won the national popular vote only once this century. The conventional wisdom was that due to demographic shifts, the Republican Party might not ever be able to win the popular vote again. As a result, the National Popular Vote (NPV) Interstate Compact -- which would reform the way Electoral College votes are allocated -- had stalled in Red states with Republican majorities.

However, this assumption is no longer true now that Donald Trump narrowly won the popular vote nationwide, taking partisanship out of the argument and allowing us to focus 100% on one person, one vote -- everywhere -- even in Red states.

The Electoral College is a blatantly undemocratic institution that wreaks havoc over one of the core tasks of our democracy: the election of the President of the United States. Watch our video for a breakdown:

Should someone else's vote count more than yours? For 80% of Americans that's exactly what's happening. Thanks to the Electoral College, which allots Electoral Votes to states unevenly, these citizens’ votes count less than one person, one vote. Giving voters in states with smaller populations a systematic advantage in every presidential election since George Washington is a constant in American politics that disenfranchises the tens of millions of Americans who live in populous states.

There is a way we can change this, without a constitutional amendment. It’s called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, and every state that joins the compact casts all of their votes for the candidate who wins the national popular vote. It will only go into effect when enough states join the compact to meet or exceed the 270 Electoral Votes needed to win.

As a result, our elections would become more stable. The margin of victory would be determined by hundreds of thousands or millions of actual votes, not the handful of single or double digit electoral votes in only a few swing states that decide our presidential elections now.

For example, in 2020, Joe Biden won seven million more votes than Donald Trump, but Trump was able to cast suspicion over states where the margin was much closer, making the election appear much closer than it was.

Already, states representing 209 electoral votes have signed on to the compact. We need to keep public pressure on to get to 270 and effectively end the Electoral College once and for all.

It’s time to count every presidential election vote, everywhere, equally. The stakes are simply too high to stop pushing, for 2028 and beyond. Tell state leaders to pass the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact now!>>