Especially after the failed effort in the 1960s, when American politics was far less polarized than today, and there was no simple partisan divide over the issue, it’s clear that a constitutional amendment is not in the cards. But there may be another way. It’s called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact—an agreement among states to award all of their electors to the winner of the national popular vote, rather than the winner of their statewide vote. The compact will take effect when it is joined by states representing a majority of electoral votes, 270, thus guaranteeing that the
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