Here is some of what former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has to say about National Popular Vote in his new book, Our Unfinished March.
"The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) ... has the power to be transformational. ... It will make our elections better. ...
"Under the current system, presidential candidates are incentivized to spend all their time in a few swing states, since their residents are the voters who decide the Electoral College. But with the NPVIC in place, they would have to campaign everywhere, for every vote, no matter how red or blue a state might be. ...
"Even more important, it would change how presidents govern. ... Voters from all states would have the chance to hold them accountable. ...
"It would make it much harder for a losing presidential candidate to try to steal an election. ... Every step of President Donald trump's coup attempt ... was predicated on the idea that he could change the result of the election by flipping the outcome in a few swing states. ... It would have been much easier for him to 'find" 44,000 votes across Georgia, Arizona, and Wisconsin -- the states that decided the election -- than it would have been to close the seven-million-vote gap he faced in the nationwide tally. ...
"Only because of the Electoral College ... did President Trump's putsch even stand a chance.
Eric Holder is a member of the
Advisory Board of National Popular Vote. Aside from discussing National Popular Vote, his book is full of surprising history, intensive analysis, and actionable plans for the future, a powerful primer on our most urgent political struggle, written by one of America’s most articulate democracy analysts.
