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The National Popular Vote (NPV) initiatives website has a lot of good info and background on the issue, and takes on the myths around it. - https://www.nationa
by car 7y ago
The National Popular Vote (NPV) initiatives website has a lot of good info and background on the issue, and takes on the myths around it.
- https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/ https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/
Explanation - https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/written-explanation https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/written-explanation
Myths - https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/answering-myths https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/answering-myths
As for the compact being a partisan issue, losing the presidency despite winning the popular vote can happen in either direction:
A shift of 59,393 votes in Ohio in 2004 would have elected John Kerry despite President Bush’s nationwide lead of over 3,000,000 votes.
Edit: C-SPAN interview with NPV co-founder John Koza from March 2019:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?458502-6/washington-journal-john-koza-discusses-popular-vote-movement https://www.c-span.org/video/?458502-6/washington-journal-jo...