National Popular Vote, Electoral college reform (title)
"Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors ..." -- U.S. Constitution
Endorsed by 1,777
State Legislators
In addition to 829 state legislative sponsors (shown above), 948 other legislators have cast recorded votes in favor of the National Popular Vote bill.
Editorial Support
Short Explanation
The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee a majority of the Electoral College to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The bill would reform the Electoral College so that the electoral vote in the Electoral College reflects the choice of the nation's voters for President of the United States.   more
5 Enactments
The National Popular Vote bill has been enacted into law in states possessing 61 electoral votes — 23% of the 270 electoral votes needed to activate the legislation.
Hawaii - 4 votes
New Jersey - 15 votes
Illinois - 20 votes
Maryland - 10 votes

Washington - 11 votes


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Advisory Board
John Anderson (R-I–IL)
Birch Bayh (D–IN)
John Buchanan (R–AL)
Tom Campbell (R–CA)
Tom Downey (D–NY)
D. Durenberger (R–MN)
Jake Garn (R–UT)
What Do You Think
How should we elect the President?
The candidate who gets the most votes in all 50 states.
The current Electoral College system.

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70% Public Support
29 Houses Pass Bill
Other Polls on Nationwide Election of the President


TV-Radio-Web Polls

California KCRA-TV Sacramento

Do you think the president should be elected by popular vote?

Yes         420   71%
No          111   20%
Not Sure     17    3%
Total       548

Posted June 19, 2007
Results as of June 21, 2007


Arkansas Today's THV web poll

An Arkansas Legislator has filed a bill calling on other states to adopt a system of electing the president by popular vote. It is part of a campaign by a group trying to do away with the traditional role of the Electoral College.

Do you think the Prsident should be elected by popular vote?

Yes       971  76%
No        259  20%
Not sure  51   4%
Total     1281

Posted February 23, 2007
Results as of March 1, 2007


Utah KSL Radio web poll

How do you think the election of the President should work?

By electoral college  383  41%
By popular vote       545  59%
Total                 928

Posted February 7, 2007
Results as of March 1, 2007


Reform the Electoral College so that the electoral vote reflects the nationwide popular vote for President