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« Reply #300 on: July 08, 2011, 01:08:07 AM »

If the NPVIC will requirers all states to sign on, why not just have an amendment?

It only requires enough states for a majority of electoral votes.
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« Reply #301 on: July 15, 2011, 01:37:53 AM »

California legislature passed the NPVIC and sent it to Brown to sign it.

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/14/3769954/calif-senate-approves-change-to.html

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« Reply #302 on: July 15, 2011, 03:13:01 AM »

Even though CA and NY are both democratic States, their entry in the compact would add a lot of EVs to it, and thus hopefully help it to gain some credibility.
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« Reply #303 on: July 23, 2011, 04:52:51 AM »

I'm still not convinced this will work.

The whole "Any member state may withdraw from this agreement, except that blah blah blah" bit is useless.

Remember this is a state law. Therefore, what this really says is

ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF MARYLAND, LAW 5182 MEANS WE GIVE OUR ELECTORAL VOTES TO EBERYBODY SO WE KAN ALL SHARE MMMKAY

All you need to do is pass a new

ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF MARYLAND, LAW 5182 IS NOW VOID. HAHAHA SUCKERS.
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« Reply #304 on: July 23, 2011, 10:36:28 AM »

I'm still not convinced this will work.

The whole "Any member state may withdraw from this agreement, except that blah blah blah" bit is useless.

Remember this is a state law. Therefore, what this really says is

ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF MARYLAND, LAW 5182 MEANS WE GIVE OUR ELECTORAL VOTES TO EBERYBODY SO WE KAN ALL SHARE MMMKAY

All you need to do is pass a new

ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF MARYLAND, LAW 5182 IS NOW VOID. HAHAHA SUCKERS.


If this compact were to get Congressional approval there would be no question about whether the six month provision is enforceable.  Even without Congressional approval it probably would be.

But even if they were to be able to withdraw, after the six month deadline, it likely would not cause a suckerpunch moment at the government level.

If Maryland passes a new law after election day, then Maryland would lose the safe harbor status for its electors and they likely would suffer a challenge in the Congress.  (It's also possible that electors chosen in conformity to the compact would also suffer a challenge.)

If Maryland passes a new law before election day, then the other states would be able to assign electors on the basis of their previous law.

About the only impact that would be likely to occur from a late withdrawal would be upon campaigns that planned their strategy assuming that the compact is in force only to find that we were back to winner take all by state.
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« Reply #305 on: July 23, 2011, 11:44:12 PM »

I actually tried to prepare a map of states that are considering this that'd add up to a majority, and then show an example of one party being able to pull this; but there are enough states for both parties that are looking at this that I was unable to do so.
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« Reply #306 on: August 04, 2011, 10:55:31 AM »

The Republican National Committee is considering officially opposing the National Popular Vote:

http://www.ballot-access.org/2011/08/02/republican-national-committee-considers-taking-a-stand-on-national-popular-vote-plan/

This would officially make the National Popular Vote a partisan issue, and would IMO sink its chances in the medium term (next 10 to 20 years).
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« Reply #307 on: August 04, 2011, 05:28:17 PM »

The Republican National Committee is considering officially opposing the National Popular Vote:

This would officially make the National Popular Vote a partisan issue, and would IMO sink its chances in the medium term (next 10 to 20 years).


Sigh. These guys are almost always against good ideas and for bad ones. Hope the resolution fails.
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« Reply #308 on: August 06, 2011, 12:22:24 AM »

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/5/rnc-nixes-national-popular-vote-initiative/

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« Reply #309 on: August 06, 2011, 03:19:55 AM »

What is their rationale for opposing this ? "Democrats support it, so it sucks" ? Or "Electoral college will always help us in close elections" ?
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« Reply #310 on: August 06, 2011, 05:36:39 AM »

What is their rationale for opposing this ? "Democrats support it, so it sucks" ? Or "Electoral college will always help us in close elections" ?

More the default conservative position, IMO. Don't fix it if it ain't broke or something.
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« Reply #311 on: August 06, 2011, 07:38:46 PM »


Though I am suspicious of the Washington Times, at this point I think the article is probably reliable.  This bodes poorly for the NPVIC in the medium term.
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« Reply #312 on: August 06, 2011, 10:55:30 PM »

What is their rationale for opposing this ? "Democrats support it, so it sucks" ? Or "Electoral college will always help us in close elections" ?

Internal party politics could play a factor as well.  The delegate allocation rules for the two parties determine bonus delegates for how the party does in Presidential Politics differently.  The Democratic rules effectively allocate a bonus based on the percentage of the PV in the State during the last three Presidential elections.  The Republican rules give a straight up bonus based on whether the Republican got a majority of the EV in the last Presidential election. (Nebraska receives its full bonus since 4 of its 5 EVs were cast for McCain) That makes some sense under the current method of electing a President, but not if we switched to PV for electing Presidents.
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« Reply #313 on: August 07, 2011, 04:18:13 AM »
« Edited: August 07, 2011, 04:20:12 AM by Senator Antonio V »

What is their rationale for opposing this ? "Democrats support it, so it sucks" ? Or "Electoral college will always help us in close elections" ?

Internal party politics could play a factor as well.  The delegate allocation rules for the two parties determine bonus delegates for how the party does in Presidential Politics differently.  The Democratic rules effectively allocate a bonus based on the percentage of the PV in the State during the last three Presidential elections.  The Republican rules give a straight up bonus based on whether the Republican got a majority of the EV in the last Presidential election. (Nebraska receives its full bonus since 4 of its 5 EVs were cast for McCain) That makes some sense under the current method of electing a President, but not if we switched to PV for electing Presidents.

Can't they just change such a silly rule ?

Rhetorical question of course : the GOP is an awesome party so its rules are all perfect and shall never be changed.
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« Reply #314 on: August 07, 2011, 10:33:39 AM »

What is their rationale for opposing this ? "Democrats support it, so it sucks" ? Or "Electoral college will always help us in close elections" ?

There were two frequent rationales cited by the RNC members. One was that the system is not so broken that it needs this fix, which will likely have unintended consequences. The other was the recognition that the founders intended to provide an additional boost to smaller states in the republic, and NPVIC would alter that balance.

The Electoral College does not always help the GOP in close elections. OH was quite close in 2004, and if it had gone for Kerry then he would have won the EC with a larger PV deficit to Bush than Bush had to Gore.

One consequence I worry about is the emergence of a fringe candidate who can win with less than a majority. There was a PV Amendment floated in Congress 40 years ago, and it had a runoff provision to protect against this possibility. The NPVIC entirely lacks a runoff provision for candidates with less than a majority. Parliamentary systems require a majority to run the government. The EC system has a runoff in the House, and countries such as France have a direct runoff for president.
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« Reply #315 on: August 07, 2011, 11:12:10 AM »

Candidates can win the EV with a minority in the PV, too. Actually, it happened 3 times in the last 5 elections.
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« Reply #316 on: August 07, 2011, 09:49:36 PM »

What is their rationale for opposing this ? "Democrats support it, so it sucks" ? Or "Electoral college will always help us in close elections" ?

Internal party politics could play a factor as well.  The delegate allocation rules for the two parties determine bonus delegates for how the party does in Presidential Politics differently.  The Democratic rules effectively allocate a bonus based on the percentage of the PV in the State during the last three Presidential elections.  The Republican rules give a straight up bonus based on whether the Republican got a majority of the EV in the last Presidential election. (Nebraska receives its full bonus since 4 of its 5 EVs were cast for McCain) That makes some sense under the current method of electing a President, but not if we switched to PV for electing Presidents.

Can't they just change such a silly rule ?

Rhetorical question of course : the GOP is an awesome party so its rules are all perfect and shall never be changed.

Of course they could change it, but it would mean that Republicans from highly Democratic states such as California and New York would gain influence at the expense of those who currently have it in the party.  Still, I expect this factor is of less importance than the perception that the Republicans by and large have the advantage in the small population States that have a greater influence in the EV than they would in the PV.
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« Reply #317 on: August 07, 2011, 10:00:54 PM »

Of course they could change it, but it would mean that Republicans from highly Democratic states such as California and New York would gain influence at the expense of those who currently have it in the party.  Still, I expect this factor is of less importance than the perception that the Republicans by and large have the advantage in the small population States that have a greater influence in the EV than they would in the PV.

There are many ways to measure "party strength" in a state besides the presidential vote.  It's reasonable for the GOP to grant more delegates to Florida than New York, since, despite having nearly equal populations, there are more Republicans in Florida than New York.......but there are much smarter ways of measuring that than their current formula.
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« Reply #318 on: August 08, 2011, 04:26:45 AM »

Of course they could change it, but it would mean that Republicans from highly Democratic states such as California and New York would gain influence at the expense of those who currently have it in the party.  Still, I expect this factor is of less importance than the perception that the Republicans by and large have the advantage in the small population States that have a greater influence in the EV than they would in the PV.

There are many ways to measure "party strength" in a state besides the presidential vote.  It's reasonable for the GOP to grant more delegates to Florida than New York, since, despite having nearly equal populations, there are more Republicans in Florida than New York.......but there are much smarter ways of measuring that than their current formula.

Indeed. Why don't they simply apportion delegates according to the number of votes get by their presidential candidates ?
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« Reply #319 on: August 08, 2011, 07:12:59 PM »

Jerry Brown signed the NPVIC bill.

http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/08/jerry-brown-signs-popular-vote.html
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« Reply #320 on: August 08, 2011, 09:48:35 PM »

Indeed. Why don't they simply apportion delegates according to the number of votes get by their presidential candidates ?

They are doing that.  They just apportion the bonus delegates for the presidential vote by the votes that count at present, the electoral votes, not the popular votes.
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« Reply #321 on: August 09, 2011, 03:58:48 AM »

Indeed. Why don't they simply apportion delegates according to the number of votes get by their presidential candidates ?

They are doing that.  They just apportion the bonus delegates for the presidential vote by the votes that count at present, the electoral votes, not the popular votes.

Well, that's moronic. It doesn't produce a proportional representation of Republican voters.
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« Reply #322 on: August 13, 2011, 07:41:28 AM »

With it now seemingly becoming a partisan issue, I wonder if the more realistic way forward for the NPV is to try to convince Republicans in strongly GOP states to sign on (making the case to them that they're getting screwed by the electoral college), or if it would actually be more realistic to try to get swing states to sign on during a period when the Democrats control the state legislature (which is not the case in nearly any of the swing state legislatures at the moment).

All of the states to sign onto the NPV so far are states that have gone to the Dems in recent presidential elections, and have not been seriously contested in the last few cycles.  If the NPV cannot expand beyond that base, then it's dead.
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« Reply #323 on: May 09, 2012, 06:11:13 AM »

So there's talk now about how Obama is doing better in statewide polls than he is in national polls.  While it's quite a longshot, what do you think would be the impact on the NPV's prospects if Obama ends up winning reelection via the electoral college despite losing the national popular vote?  Would enough Republicans suddenly become supporters that it would start passing in heavily GOP states, and actually manage to reach 270 EV and be enacted by the end of the decade?
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« Reply #324 on: May 09, 2012, 09:06:48 AM »

So there's talk now about how Obama is doing better in statewide polls than he is in national polls.  While it's quite a longshot, what do you think would be the impact on the NPV's prospects if Obama ends up winning reelection via the electoral college despite losing the national popular vote?  Would enough Republicans suddenly become supporters that it would start passing in heavily GOP states, and actually manage to reach 270 EV and be enacted by the end of the decade?


I don't see small GOP-controlled states going that way. The EC gives them more voice than NPVIC. It would be interesting to watch a state like TX, however. They could suddenly be on the radar for presidential campaigns with NPVIC in place.

I still think the proposal is deficient without a runoff clause, but most backers from either party aren't concerned about the unintended consequences. I imagine a multi-party race with an extreme candidate taking a plurality like Le Pen nearly did in the 1st round of 2002 in France.
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