On Wednesday, Maine’s legislature passed a bill joining a compact to commit all of their electoral votes, regardless of who won in their individual state, to whichever candidate won the national popular vote.
  • pat_otter@lemmy.world
    14·
    1 year ago

    The goal should be making the national popular election the deciding factor in a presidential race, Maine is moving us closer to that goal, Nebraska is not.

    • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      1 year ago

      The national popular vote is like being the team that had the most points in a 7 game series instead of the one that won the most games.