The President should be candidate who gets the most votes nationwide ‌ ‌ ‌ For easy sharing - View as Webpage The Fractional Proportional Proposal for Electing the President This is first of several emails on various alternative proposals for electing the President. The fractional proportional (Lodge-Gossett) proposal retains the Electoral College and the current distribution of electoral votes among the states. Under this proposal, a state’s electoral votes would be divided proportionally according to the percentage of popular votes received in the state by each candidate—with this fractional calculation carried out to three decimal places. ● The fractional proportional (Lodge-Gossett) method would not accurately reflect the national popular vote. For example, if this method is applied to the 2000 election returns, George W. Bush would have been elected President. Al Gore would have received fewer electoral votes than Bush—even though Gore received 537,179 more popular votes nationwide. This outcome is the consequence of the disparities in the value of a vote that are built into this method (discussed next). ● The fractional proportional method would not make every vote equal. There are four sources of inequality inherent in the fractional proportional method, and each is substantial. 3.6-to-one inequality because of "senatorial" electoral votes (that is, the two electoral votes that each state receives corresponding to its U.S. Senators). 1.75-to-1 inequality because of the process of apportioning U.S. House seats (and electoral votes) among the states 1.67-to-1 inequality because of voter turnout differences at the state level 1.27-to-1 inequality because of population changes that occur during the decade-long period after each census. ● The fractional proportional (Lodge-Gossett) method would definitely improve upon the current state-by-state winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes. The current system results in three out of four states being ignored in the general-election campaign. Under the fractional proportional method, every voter in every state would be politically relevant, and candidates would therefore have reason to campaign in every state. ● Because the fractional proportional (Lodge-Gossett) method involves fractional electoral votes, a federal constitutional amendment would be required. In 1950, the U.S. Senate approved such an amendment, but the House rejected it. Read detailed memo ‌ LEARN MORE ABOUT NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE The National Popular Vote bill will make every vote equal in presidential elections, guarantee the presidency to the candidate who gets the most votes nationwide, and give candidates reason to campaign in all 50 states. It will ensure that every voter, in every state, will be politically relevant in every presidential election. · One-page description of National Popular Vote · Introductory video (8 minutes) · Watch Jesse Wegman, author of Let the People Pick the President · Watch Prof. George Edwards III, author of Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America · Podcast with Jason Harrow, Executive Director of Equal Citizens and National Popular Vote Chair Dr. John Koza · Listen to Open Mind podcast in which Alexander Heffner interviews National Popular Vote Chair Dr. John Koza. Spotify · Watch Michael Steele, former Chair of the Republican National Committee · Watch Rick Tyler, author of Still Right, and Saul Anuzis present the conservative case for electing the President by National Popular Vote · Watch debate at R Street between National Popular Vote's Eileen Reavey and Patrick Rosenstiel and NPV's opponents Tara Ross and Trent England Answers to 131 myths · Watch video of the 270-by-2024 virtual conference, with 16 speakers, hosted by National Popular Vote, FairVote, Common Cause, the League of Women Voters, and Equal Citizens What You Can Do National Popular Vote | Box 1441, Los Altos, CA 94023 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!