TY - JOUR
T1 - The Myth of the Bipartisan National Popular Vote Plan
AU - Evans, Jillian
AU - Gaines, Brian J.
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - Advocates of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) promise that it can deliver plurality electoral rule ("first past the post") for presidential elections, at the national level, without amending the Constitution or abolishing the Electoral College. They also contend that the plan has seen bipartisan support and will pass on the strength of such cross-party attraction. In fact, the NPVIC remains a polarizing scheme, strongly appealing to most Democrats and strongly repellant to most Republicans. In turn, it is extremely unlikely that sufficiently many states will join the Compact for it to reach the next stage of legal testing.
AB - Advocates of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) promise that it can deliver plurality electoral rule ("first past the post") for presidential elections, at the national level, without amending the Constitution or abolishing the Electoral College. They also contend that the plan has seen bipartisan support and will pass on the strength of such cross-party attraction. In fact, the NPVIC remains a polarizing scheme, strongly appealing to most Democrats and strongly repellant to most Republicans. In turn, it is extremely unlikely that sufficiently many states will join the Compact for it to reach the next stage of legal testing.
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U2 - 10.1515/for-2019-0020
DO - 10.1515/for-2019-0020
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85072712464
SN - 1540-8884
VL - 17
SP - 345
EP - 373
JO - Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics
JF - Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics
IS - 2
ER -