Answering myths
Heard a reason it won't work? It's almost certainly here.
Changing how we elect the President deserves careful scrutiny. This page lays out every concern raised about the National Popular Vote and shows how each one is a myth. backed by 14 videos and 45 deeply-sourced chapters in Every Vote Equal.
Fourteen videos. One per common myth.
Three- to seven-minute explainers from the National Popular Vote team. Start with the introduction.
Forty-five chapters. Every objection, addressed.
Detailed analysis from Chapter 9 of Every Vote Equal. Tap any chapter to read it in the free PDF.
9.1Myths about the Constitution
9.2Candidates reach out to all states
9.3Small states
9.4Big states
9.5Big counties
9.6Big cities
9.7Big metropolitan areas
9.8Rural states and rural voters
9.9Absolute majorities and run-offs
9.10Proliferation of candidates / two-party breakdown
9.11Extremist and regional candidates
9.12Mob rule, demagogues, tyranny of the majority
9.13Campaigns
9.14Faithless presidential electors
9.15Presidential power and mandate
9.16Electoral College produces good Presidents
9.17Non-citizen voting
9.18Voting by 17-year-olds
9.19Operation of the compact
9.20Replacing dead, disabled, or discredited candidates
9.21Fraud
9.22National Popular Vote is unpopular
9.23Congressional consent
9.24District of Columbia
9.25Withdrawing between Election Day and EC meeting
9.26Candidates kept off the ballot
9.27Ranked choice voting
9.28STAR, range, and approval voting
9.29Election administration
9.30Vote counting
9.31Compact thwarted by a single state
9.32Adjudication of election disputes
9.33Adjudication of compact constitutionality
9.34Recounts
9.35Durability of the compact
9.36Systematic R / D advantage in EC
9.37State identity
9.38Hamilton favoring the current system
9.39States gaming the compact
9.40Slavery
9.41Voting Rights Act
9.42World Series analogy
9.43Origins and funding of the campaign
9.44Single-state or few-state proposals
9.45Unintended consequences