{"id":24477,"date":"2024-12-06T14:20:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T19:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/?post_type=work&p=24477"},"modified":"2024-12-06T14:20:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T19:20:48","slug":"michigan-needs-the-national-popular-vote","status":"publish","type":"work","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ru\/work\/michigan-needs-the-national-popular-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"\u041c\u0438\u0447\u0438\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0443 \u043d\u0443\u0436\u043d\u044b \u0432\u0441\u0435\u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0432\u044b\u0431\u043e\u0440\u044b"},"template":"","class_list":["post-24477","work","type-work","status-publish","hentry","work_type-legislation"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"National Popular Vote: A Movement to Fix the Broken Electoral College","featured_image":"","work_type":158,"related_issues":[141,2066],"location":69},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"For too long, the Electoral College has distorted our democracy, allowing the winner of the popular vote to lose the presidency. In two of the last six presidential elections, the candidate who won the most votes across the country did not become president. This system forces candidates to focus on a handful of swing states while ignoring voters across most of the country, including right here in Michigan.\r\n\r\nThe National Popular Vote Compact (NPVC)<\/strong> is a bold and pragmatic solution to this issue. It\u2019s a growing movement where states agree to award their electoral votes to the nationwide popular vote winner, ensuring that every vote counts equally in every state.\r\n

Why Michigan?<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nMichigan is a critical battleground in presidential elections, but that may not always be the case. Under the current system, presidential campaigns focus almost exclusively on a few key swing states, meaning that at any point, Michigan voters could be left behind once our state isn\u2019t deemed competitive or \u201cnecessary\u201d to win. That\u2019s why passing National Popular Vote (NPV) is so important\u2014it ensures that every vote counts, no matter where you live.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nBy passing NPV, Michigan can help change the game, making the outcome of every election reflect the will of the entire nation, not just a handful of swing states.\r\n

What is the National Popular Vote Compact?<\/h3>\r\nThe National Popular Vote Compact is an agreement among states to pledge their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, once enough states join the compact to represent 270 electoral votes\u2014the threshold needed to win the presidency.\r\n