An Electoral College Workaround

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tiigoaOm9pA 

 

Why the Next President Could Finally Be Elected by the Popular Vote

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jx0ZnrOrQeU

US edges closer to popular vote deciding winner of presidential elections

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 – 270 of 538 – pass the legislation and thus would determine the winner of the presidential contest. With Virginia, the compact now has 222 electors...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/majority-vote-for-president-us-constitution

 

A landslide? Just 0.15 percent of all voters determined Trump’s 2024 victory

"Trump defeated Harris 312 to 226 in the Electoral College and won 2.3 million more popular votes. But had Harris won Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania — which Trump won by just 230,000 votes — then she would have secured exactly the 270 electoral votes needed for the win. 

 A mere 0.15 percent of voters nationwide was the difference between Trump's second term and Harris's first. Is that really a mandate?"

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5094602-a-landslide-just-0-15-percent-of-all-voters-determined-trumps-2024-victory/

 

Trump falls short of winning the popular majority, final results show - The Washington Post

"We achieved the most epic political victory our country has ever seen," Trump told supporters Sunday at Capital One Arena. 

Such claims are not supported by the election results, which show a starkly divided electorate and a historically slim win by Trump… 

And though Trump won the popular vote, he did not secure a majority, coming just shy with 49.9 percent of the vote, according to certified state results compiled by the Associated Press…https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/20/trump-election-results-popular-vote/

BREAKING: Surprise Trump post STUNS his own party about electoral college

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G-rCQTx7AI

Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud | Mehdi Hasan | The Guardian

In 2024, we have a new post-election lie – Trump didn't just win, Republicans say, but he won big. He won a landslide. That's false…

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/03/donald-trump-historic-landslide-win-lie

Popular vote totals make Trump’s ‘mandate’ look like a mirage

Donald Trump won the popular vote, but more Americans voted against him than for him — discrediting Republican talk about an electoral "mandate."…

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/popular-vote-totals-make-trumps-mandate-look-mirage-rcna181596

No, Trump’s Win Wasn’t ‘Sweeping,’ ‘Commanding,’ or ‘Resounding’ - POLITICO

"Yes, Republicans get to feel like winners, which is fun. On the other hand, even in this moment of triumph, they're really not that popular. 

A narrative of 2024 that depicted them wheezing into office with an unimpressive vote count might trigger some conversations they need to have, too: 

Why is a party that promises lower taxes alienating so many of the successful folks who benefit from lower taxes? 

How are they going to avoid bungling the next national emergency when they're perpetually hostile to experts? 

Are extremely online staff bros the GOP version of annoying post-collegiate Democratic aides, a cohort that will soon damage their bosses' brand?…"

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/22/trump-win-popular-vote-below-50-percent-00190793

Mandate? Fuller election results increasingly show GOP gains were small. - The Washington Post

"In other words, if you take tiny and politically unusual Vermont out of it, Republicans gained less than a seat per state, and flipped 0.4 percent of seats nationwide — about 1 out of every 250. 

None of this is to say that Republicans didn't actually win the election; they clearly did. It's just that Trump's sweep of the swing states on election night was misleading when it comes to how close the election wound up being and how little the GOP gained in the end..."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/20/mandate-fuller-election-results-increasingly-show-gop-gains-were-small/

🚨 Republican scheme to undermine 2024 election SURGES into national spotlight

Marc Elias discusses the single biggest threat to democracy that we face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTiTLEF0aYQ

🚨 MAJOR news on REPLACING Electoral College

Marc Elias discusses Maine advancing the state's adoption of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P711fO4w9B8

Fact check: Biden won most populous counties, despite winning fewer

 ... People vote, not places, and Biden won the most populous counties in the country, according to a Census Bureau report. It's also disingenuous to suggest Biden's small campaign events indicated a lack of support, given the ongoing viral pandemic...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/12/23/fact-check-biden-won-most-populous-counties-despite-winning-fewer/3992000001/

An electoral college edge? How Trump could again lose the popular vote and win

Trump is an unpopular president – but experts say the electoral college system puts him in a good place for a second term
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/12/trump-electoral-college-2020-election-popular-vote

The astounding advantage the Electoral College gives to Republicans, in one chart - Vox

In close elections, Republicans are favored to win even when they lose the popular vote...
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/17/20868790/republicans-lose-popular-vote-win-electoral-college

Midterm Election Results Saw Republicans Suffer Worst House Defeat in U.S. History Based on Popular Vote - Newsweek

The president blamed the huge losses on unfounded claims of illegal voting and some Republicans failing to accept his "embrace." ....
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-midterms-popular-vote-worst-ever-1226441

Twitter Bots May Have Delivered Donald Trump's Victory, Research Paper Says -- HuffPost

Twitter bots could have swayed the presidential election enough to account for Donald Trump’s margin of victory, according to new research....
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/twitter-bots-may-have-delivered-donald-trumps-victory-research-finds_us_5b07a231e4b0568a8809c66a

Why Trump Had an Edge in the Electoral College

With an expected win in the Electoral College today, Donald J. Trump will seal his presidential victory — despite losing the national popular vote by a significant margin....
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/upshot/why-trump-had-an-edge-in-the-electoral-college.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_up_20170426&nl=upshot&nl_art=3&nlid=78638145&ref=headline&te=1&_r=0

Trump's voter fraud evidence? A German golfer tried to vote for him but couldn't

You know, at some point you run out of words to say. Donald Trump is currently convinced that the 2016 election was rigged against him—popular vote only, mind you. Donald Trump informed House and Senate leaders of this on Monday as the first mentioned topic of his meeting with them. Donald Trump was asked for evidence of this … and this happened.

Mr. Trump said he was told a story by “the very famous golfer, Bernhard Langer,” whom he described as a friend, according to three staff members who were in the room for the meeting. [...]

The three witnesses recall the story this way: Mr. Langer, a 59-year-old native of Bavaria, Germany — a winner of the Masters twice and of more than 100 events on major professional golf tours around the world — was standing in line at a polling place near his home in Florida on Election Day, the president explained, when an official informed Mr. Langer he would not be able to vote....
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/1625206

Trump seeks retribution against city-dwellers who didn’t vote for him

Two major plans announced Wednesday target cities and populous states....
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-seeks-retribution-against-city-dwellers-who-didnt-vote-for-him-1b581c0eefa5#.mcr8yih98