Require... electoral votes to be allocated in proportion to the popular votes.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If we go by the National Popular Vote, we'll get more people voting.
A national primary election would electrify the people and give them a larger stake in the outcome.
Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College.
Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate.
Electoral contests have nothing but polls, which is why people have grown so obsessed with them; we're desperate for an objective rendering of what is happening and what may happen.
It seems to be impossible to hold a credible election without reforming the electoral system.
The Government and the Parliament, even the House of Lords, will consent to a large increase of electors; and men who have not considered the subject fully will imagine they have gained much by the concession.
It is rarely the quick fix that goes the farthest. So don't get tempted by political cycles and the lure of electoral wins.
It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.
The National Popular Vote is about getting states to convert from the winner-take-all rule. The states that pass the legislation will assign all their electoral votes to the candidate that got the most votes in the country, not just in the state.