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[–] [S] 11 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

To be fair, this is talking about the number of state governments that have flipped, not Federal.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 hours ago (1 child)

    I did miss that nuance, but not sure it impacts the ability of the parties to do something this radical.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

    The allusion is to the state-level pact several states have made to always assign their electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote in their state. With Texas and other flipping, that makes enough states to be over 270 votes, meaning if all those new blue state governments join the compact, the EC essentially doesn't matter anymore.

    And it doesn't need to include Texas

    On Tuesday, Democrats took control of state legislatures and governorships in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Nevada, all states that haven’t agreed to the compact. If all five vote to join, then the total number of electoral votes apportioned based on the national popular vote jumps to 283.

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