Popular vote compact nears 270 threshold
The gist
Democrats' midterm wins in five states could lift the National Popular Vote compact to 283 electoral votes.
The compact binds member states' electors to the national popular-vote winner.
How it unfolded
- 2006The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is launched.
- 2019Nevada's Democratic governor vetoes the compact, saying it would hurt the state's role in presidential elections.
- 2023 -2024Democrats in Michigan fail to pass the compact while holding a trifecta.
Key terms
- trifectas
- A situation in which one political party controls the presidency and both chambers of Congress.
- popular-vote compact
- An agreement among U.S. states and D.C. to award all their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote.
Source: Wikipedia