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Democrats win trifectas in several states that could enact a popular-vote compact
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Mother Jones, Truthout and The New Republic report that Democrats won trifecta control of several state governments in Tuesday's midterm elections. The outlets say this gives Democratic legislators the votes to pass the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, under which member states would award their electors to the winner of the national popular vote. The compact takes effect only once states representing a majority of electoral votes join. The New Republic says 19 states have already passed it, adding up to 222 electoral votes, and that Democrats took legislatures and governorships in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin and Nevada, none of which have joined. Mother Jones says Virginia became the 18th state to join in April.
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Democrats won trifecta control of several state governments, holding both legislative chambers and the governorship, in Tuesday's midterm elections.
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- Mother Jones, Truthout, The New Republic
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact would award a joining state's electors to the national popular vote winner and takes effect once states with a majority of electoral votes join.
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- Mother Jones, The New Republic
Democrats took state legislatures and governorships in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin and Nevada, states that have not joined the compact.
One outletThe New Republic· Far Left
The New Republic reports that states which have joined the compact total 222 electoral votes, short of the 270 needed to win the presidency.
One outletThe New Republic· Far Left
Changing the Electoral College by constitutional amendment would be needed to abolish it, which Truthout calls unlikely soon.
One outletTruthout· Far Left
Democrats in Michigan failed to pass the compact when they held a trifecta from 2023 to 2024.
One outletThe New Republic· Far Left
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Have 19 states passed the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact?
The New Republic says 19 states have passed the compact. Mother Jones says Virginia became the 18th state to join in April.
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All three outlets report that Tuesday's midterm results gave Democrats trifecta control in several states, which could let them pass the National Popular Vote compact. The sample contains only left-side outlets, which present the compact as a route to ending the Electoral College without a constitutional amendment.
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All three headlines present the midterm results as giving Democrats the votes to end the Electoral College, with Truthout calling it obsolete and The New Republic citing enough seats nationwide.
Democrats Win Enough Seats Nationwide to End Electoral College
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nullifyMore neutral: replace the Electoral College in choosing the president
The verb says the compact would void the Electoral College, which goes beyond describing how the compact would assign electors.
…by enough states, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact would effectively nullify the Electoral College and with it, the possibility of a candidate being elected…
Used byThe New Republic (Far Left)
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ObsoleteMore neutral: replaced
Calling the Electoral College obsolete presents a contested view of the institution as settled fact.
Democrats Finally Have the Votes to Make the Electoral College Obsolete
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seismicMore neutral: significant
The word adds drama to the result without showing why it matters more than other outcomes.
But the most seismic result for American politics and democracy may come out of the battleground states…
Used byMother Jones (Far Left)
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- Democratic trifecta wins in state governments
- The popular-vote compact as a workaround to a constitutional amendment
- The Electoral College as unpopular or outdated
- Presidents who lost the popular vote
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- Mother JonesFar Left
America Finally Has the Votes to End the Electoral College
Tuesday’s wave election swept Democrats into power in Congress. But the most seismic result for American politics and democracy may come out of the battleground states where Democrats just won trifecta control by taking both state houses and the governor’s mansion: Come January, …
- TruthoutFar Left
Democrats Finally Have the Votes to Make the Electoral College Delegitimizing label“Obsolete”Calling the Electoral College obsolete presents a contested view of the institution as settled fact.More neutral: replacedDisagree with this highlight?
“Blue wave” wins have produced enough Democratic state governments to pass the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
- The New RepublicFar Left
Democrats Win Enough Seats Nationwide to End Electoral College
With Democratic victories in state legislatures and governorships across the country Tuesday, the Electoral College could now be in jeopardy—even without a near-impossible constitutional amendment. …
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- The New RepublicFar LeftNov 4, 2:58 PM EST
- TruthoutFar LeftNov 4, 4:42 PM EST
- Mother JonesFar LeftNov 5, 10:58 AM EST
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