{"id":107902,"date":"2026-04-15T08:16:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/us-edges-closer-to-popular-vote-deciding-winner-of-presidential-elections-us-politics\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T08:16:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:16:54","slug":"us-edges-closer-to-popular-vote-deciding-winner-of-presidential-elections-us-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/us-edges-closer-to-popular-vote-deciding-winner-of-presidential-elections-us-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"US edges closer to popular vote deciding winner of presidential elections | US politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A national majority vote for president is one step closer to reality after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/virginia\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Virginia<\/a> governor, Abigail Spanberger, signed the national popular vote bill into law, joining an interstate compact with 17 other states and the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Under the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, states would assign their presidential electors to the winner of the popular vote, regardless of the results within the state. The compact takes effect when states representing a majority of electoral votes \u2013 270 of 538 \u2013 pass the legislation and thus would determine the winner of the presidential contest. With Virginia, the compact now has 222 electors.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"cab68687-5ebd-4e49-ba29-6264d00c8d3e\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-47fhrn\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:2,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Swalwell\u2019s shock exit throws California governor\u2019s race into disarray: \u2018This really tosses the table over\u2019&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;cab68687-5ebd-4e49-ba29-6264d00c8d3e&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/14\/california-governor-race-eric-swalwell-resigns&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Every state that has so far enacted the compact has Democratic electoral majorities, including California, New York and Illinois. But legislation has been introduced in enough states to reach the 270-elector threshold, including swing states like Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The legislation relies on two provisions of the US constitution, which would face intense legal scrutiny if and when the compact comes into force. Article II, section 1 of the constitution authorizes each state to appoint electors \u201cin such manner as the legislature thereof may direct\u201d. The constitution does not require states to even have a vote for president, never mind delegating those electors as a state\u2019s voters choose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The second provision, article I, section 10, clause 3 of the US constitution, governs interstate compacts. The text authorizes states to form legally binding agreements governing their relationships to one another. The text requires states to gain the assent of Congress to enact a compact. But longstanding US supreme court precedent holds that states only require congressional approval for a compact if the agreement infringes on federal power. Supporters of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact argue that the delegation of electors is a state power, not a federal power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A Pew Research Center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2024\/09\/25\/majority-of-americans-continue-to-favor-moving-away-from-electoral-college\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">poll<\/a> from 2024 showed that 63% of Americans would replace the electoral college with a national popular vote for president, with 35% opposing change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWe\u2019ll continue our state-by-state work until the candidate who wins the most popular votes is elected president and every voter is treated equally in every presidential election,\u201d said John Koza, chairman of National Popular Vote, an organization spearheading the legislation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Stand Up America, which also advocates for a national popular vote, noted two out of the four US presidents of the 21st century \u2013 George W Bush in 2000 and Donald Trump in 2016 \u2013 lost the popular vote and won the White House nonetheless through the electoral college. Of the 60 presidential elections in US history, <a href=\"https:\/\/click.agilitypr.delivery\/ls\/click?upn=u001.kkImArSL-2BnyniFba-2B-2Fp-2BN6of3g2xjo6UkKSZaAKBaLz-2BIaC90xB54GYTFHgUeP78j6QWsS31V6yph4qrKUoe8hvC5KAsEAz8ZZEwUxFhoXu8T3FHxFJeonX-2Berl4vR4B3g2yEttHBz7ZB1q4pPaAgQ-3D-3DFLh5_Oi6wz-2F6a-2Bo3zAPGHEdkznpLCgeDrPWF0deVVK5HFnqhZS4IYHJWlrjdzf9GudaEEAsrb1pDPY5WF22wuqHh5qp3Oz2MKqi21MvNymQX4jGE9-2FxJYCLSIC6SqPRXPPsxs-2Fp4XI-2F2lni9Ocfn1frUXWY8yDBrWvgZf5Oxgq-2BMY-2FEFXUP42mPeluSBfy3HAztiIRSsWIgLcwFzn7D3BlXXuyHlTuLgpCaOHPLI0a9uUOgVjzqvLbuB2mruGv5Afxr6O2tTUyQs2lLhz4lkEvA1MUKCgx4uFtdlp5lcGtZ29dhbZM2KRuBJxKoQfhwr4QC3OQZ1l76HaAThQYKR3fagbbt0LR46SXkceSu-2BRomcZSQvuarMKFs0FgjJnDDarNdh5wlVE0g8M-2Fr-2Fe7xOmE-2BOSTdBp1v8A5qNc5-2BsyVSesX4qwa0wMHZiIDlxXIzrE5MlqMvPG800RzRDdQGTCzQbS3tS4lzYKBmZV-2Fr4-2FCEIqzJw-3D\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">10<\/a> others were near misses in which a small number of votes in a few states could have tipped the electoral college toward the candidate who lost the popular vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThe presidency should be won by the candidate who receives the most votes nationwide \u2013 not just the right combination of battleground states,\u201d said Christina Harvey, Stand Up America\u2019s executive director. \u201cThis brings us one step closer to a system where Americans\u2019 votes for president and vice-president count equally, no matter where they live.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/14\/majority-vote-for-president-us-constitution\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A national majority vote for president is one step closer to reality after the Virginia governor, Abigail Spanberger, signed the national popular vote bill into law, joining an interstate compact with 17 other states and the District of Columbia. 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