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In addition to 1,129 state legislative sponsors (shown above), 981 other legislators have cast recorded votes in favor of the National Popular Vote bill.
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Short Explanation
The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee a majority of the Electoral College to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The bill would reform the Electoral College so that the electoral vote in the Electoral College reflects the choice of the nation's voters for President of the United States.   more
9 Enactments
The National Popular Vote bill has been enacted into law in states possessing 132 electoral votes — 49% of the 270 electoral votes needed to activate the legislation.

  • Maryland - 10 votes

  • Massachusetts - 11

  • Washington - 12 votes

  • Vermont - 3 votes

  • DC - 3 votes
  • Hawaii - 4 votes
  • New Jersey - 14 votes
  • Illinois - 20 votes
  • California - 55 votes

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    John Anderson (R-I–IL)
    Birch Bayh (D–IN)
    John Buchanan (R–AL)
    Tom Campbell (R–CA)
    Tom Downey (D–NY)
    D. Durenberger (R–MN)
    Jake Garn (R–UT)
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    Fred Thompson (R–TN)
    Jim Edgar (R–IL)
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    70% Public Support
    National - 72%
    Alaska - 70%
    Arizona - 67%
    Arkansas - 80%
    Arkansas - 74%
    California - 69%
    California - 70%
    Colorado - 68%
    Connecticut - 73%
    Connecticut - 74%
    Delaware - 75%
    Dist. of Columbia - 76%
    Florida - 78%
    Kentucky - 80%
    Idaho - 77%
    Iowa - 75%
    Maine - 77%
    Maine - 71%
    Massachusetts - 73%
    Michigan - 70%
    Michigan - 73%
    Minnesota 75%
    Mississippi - 77%
    Missouri - 66%
    Missouri - 70%
    Montana - 72%
    Nebraska - 74%
    Nevada - 72%
    New Hampshire - 69%
    New Mexico - 76%
    New York - 79%
    North Carolina - 74%
    Ohio - 70%
    Oklahoma - 81%
    Oregon - 76%
    Pennsylvania - 78%
    Rhode Island - 74%
    South Carolina - 71%
    South Dakota - 75%
    South Dakota - 71%
    Utah - 70%
    Vermont - 75%
    Virginia - 74%
    Washington - 77%
    Washington - 77%
    West Virgina - 81%
    Wisconsin - 71%
    Wyoming - 69%
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    2,110 State Legislators are Sponsors of the National Popular Vote Bill or Have Cast Recorded Votes in Favor of the Bill
    May 8, 2011

    The National Popular Vote bill now has 1,129 sponsors in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In addition, 981 other state legislators have cast a recorded vote in favor of the legislation (either in committee or on the floor of their respective legislative chambers).

    The sponsors of the bill are shown at top of left column of this web page and the additional legislators who have cast a recorded vote in favor of the bill are shown below.

    National Popular Vote is currently in discussions with legislators who may sponsor the National Popular Vote bill in the remaining states. To see status of the National Popular Bill in any state, click on the clickable map on our home page or go to the "States" page.

    The National Popular Vote bill would enact the proposed interstate compact entitled the "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote." The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the election of the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.    Explanation


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    Reform the Electoral College so that the electoral vote reflects the nationwide popular vote for President