Most Votes Should Win: Five of our 45 Presidents have come into office without winning the most popular votes nationwide. There have also been frequent near-misses. The national popular vote winner would have been defeated in four 20th Century elections by a shift of a mere 9,246 votes, 9,212 votes, 20,360 votes, and 1,711 votes. Learn more

Presidents should have to run a 50-state campaign: The reason why voters in only a few states matter in presidential elections is that most states award all of their electoral votes to the candidate who gets the most votes inside the state. Consequently, candidates have no reason to pay attention to voters unless they live in a state where the race is close. The 2020 presidential campaign has zeroed in on 6 closely divided battleground states. Voters in most other states are being taken for granted. Learn more

Every vote should be equal: Donald Trump became President in 2016 even though he lost the national popular vote by 2,868,518 votes. Trump won in the Electoral College because he carried Michigan by 11,000 votes, Wisconsin by 23,000 votes, and Pennsylvania by 44,000 votes. Each of the 78,000 votes in these three states was 36 times more important than the 2,868,518 votes cast elsewhere.

National popular vote will increase voter participation: Turnout in the dozen or so closely divided battleground states was 11% higher in 2016, 16% higher in 2012, and 9% higher in 2008 than the rest of the country. The reason is that presidential candidates make no effort to solicit votes in three-quarters of the states, and voters in spectator states realize that their vote is not as important. Learn more

In November, state legislators are up for election in almost every state. They are listening now! So use our convenient system to send them an email asking them to support the National Popular Vote bill in your state.