Democrats Push to Bypass Electoral College After State Wins
Democrats won control of five more state governments in last week's midterms. That puts a compact to elect presidents by national popular vote within reach of its threshold.
5 new Democratic trifectas: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, Nevada.
18 states plus D.C. have already joined the compact.
283 electoral votes would be covered if all five new states joined.
Democrats also won the House, the Senate and most governorships.
Why it matters: Member states would award all their electors to the national popular vote winner. That holds even if their own voters chose someone else.
10 Colorado electors would have gone to Trump in 2024 under the compact.
Less populous states would lose their outsized weight, opponents argue.
Left coverage, 7 sources: The left sees the midterms as a durable shift of power to Democratic governors and statehouses, with less focus on the compact itself.
Right coverage, 4 sources: The right sees the compact as a Democratic attempt to sidestep the Electoral College without a constitutional amendment, with legal scholar Jonathan Turley saying Democrats are "moving in for the kill."
