National Popular Vote compact nears 270 electoral votes after Democratic midterm gains

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1. Nov 13, 2026After Democrats swept state races in the 2026 midterms, the movement to award the presidency to the national popular vote winner gained momentum but still faces hurdles in legislatures and courts.
2. Nov 12, 2026Commentary argued the Democratic takeovers in states like Michigan and Pennsylvania could put the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact back on the table, alarming some conservative commentators.
3. Nov 12, 2026Nevada Governor-elect Aaron Ford said Nevada should join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, saying the Electoral College's 'racist underpinnings' mean 'we need to get rid of it'.
4. Nov 10, 2026In the November 2026 elections Democrats won full control in Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, states holding 71 electoral votes.
5. Nov 10, 2026Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said he would like his new Democratic legislature to take steps toward making the Electoral College obsolete.
6. Nov 10, 2026Reports said that if Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin joined the compact along with either Arizona or Nevada, it would take effect, possibly electing a president by national popular vote.
7. Nov 10, 2026Incoming Arizona Senate Majority Leader Priya Sundareshan said her caucus will take up the national popular vote, though the timing remains unsettled.
8. Nov 10, 2026An analysis noted the compact must be in effect by July 20, 2028, or the 2028 election runs under the old rules however many states have signed on.
9. Nov 8, 2026National Popular Vote said it had identified multiple legislative sponsors in each of the five states and expects bills pre-filed before or early in the 2027 sessions.
10. Nov 8, 2026An analysis projected the compact states' total could fall to 275 electoral votes after the 2030 census, requiring all five new Democratic trifecta states to join to stay above 270.
11. Nov 6, 2026The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee announced Democrats flipped more than 500 state legislative seats and 12 chambers in the 2026 midterms.
12. Nov 5, 2026A fact-check found the five new Democratic trifecta states' electors could push the compact past 270 electoral votes but would not abolish the Electoral College itself.
13. Nov 4, 2026Reports said Democrats' wins of the governorship and both chambers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin and Nevada could lift the compact to 283 electoral votes, past the 270 needed.
14. Nov 2, 2026Save Our States founder Trent England warned the November 2026 state legislative races could help Democrats push the compact into Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona or Alaska.
15. Oct 29, 2026Virginia's April 2026 signing brought the compact to 222 of 270 electoral votes; coalition consultant Patrick Rosenstiel called the compact nonpartisan.
16. May 4, 2026Trent England argued Virginia's entry into the compact was a partisan attempt to nullify the Electoral College and predicted it would fail in court for lacking congressional consent.
17. Apr 18, 2026Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed HB 965, committing Virginia's 13 electoral votes to the national popular vote winner under the compact.
18. May 24, 2025Maine, which joined the compact in 2024, was poised to become the first state to withdraw as Representative Barbara Bagshaw's repeal bill passed the House.
19. Nov 11, 2024Lame-duck Michigan House Democrats considered bills to join the compact in late 2024, with Republican Representatives Rachelle Smit and Ann Bollin saying Democrats lacked the votes.
20. Oct 24, 2024A Michigan compact bill sponsored by Representative Carrie Rheingans, who expected a vote by year's end, was never taken up by lawmakers.
21. Jun 14, 2024Michigan House Republicans announced opposition to HB 4156, a Democratic bill to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
22. May 18, 2023Nevada's Democratic-controlled legislature approved Assembly Joint Resolution 6, proposing to enter Nevada into the compact via a state constitutional amendment requiring later approval.

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• Movement to end electoral college gets boost after Democratic winswashingtonpost.com· 35h

  The Washington Post reports that the movement to award the presidency to the national popular vote winner gained momentum after Democrats won full control of state governments in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, five uncommitted states with 61 electoral votes among them; 18 states and D.C. with 222 electoral votes have already joined, and the compact takes effect at 270. Opponents, including conservative lawyer Daniel Lennington, call the compact an illegal workaround and predict a barrage of litigation that supporters would have to win entirely.
• Is this the end of the Electoral College?vox.com· 47h

  Caitlin Dewey's Today, Explained newsletter piece argues that Democratic wins in states like Michigan and Pennsylvania could put the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which would award electors to the national popular vote winner, back on the table, alarming conservative commentators who call it rigging. Dewey judges it not nefarious but revolutionary for presidential elections.
• New Nevada Governor Calls to Join Pact to Overthrow Electoral Collegenewrepublic.com· 2d

  The New Republic rounds up the news, leading with Nevada's incoming governor Aaron Ford calling for the state to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, whose member states award their electoral votes to the national popular-vote winner, and citing his quoted view that the Electoral College's "racist underpinnings" warrant abolishing it. The roundup also covers Jensen Huang's resignation amid an affair with an executive identified as a Chinese spy, JD Vance's reported secret Bo
• Farewell to the electoral college? Democrats now control enough states to elevate the popular votepbs.org· 3d

  An AP article on PBS reports that Democratic midterm gains in states including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan have opened a possible path to the 270 electoral votes needed for the National Popular Vote compact to take effect, though key governors have not committed. Skeptics like Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller foresee legal and constitutional challenges.
• Electoral College kill switch within reach for Dems after midterm landsliderawstory.com· 4d

  RawStory reports that Democrats' midterm sweep has brought the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact — already holding 222 electoral votes from 18 blue states and D.C. — within reach of the 270 needed to sideline the Electoral College. Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada will be under unified Democratic control, though some governors are noncommittal.
• Democrats plot their course on national popular votepolitico.com· 4d

  Politico reports that Democrats' new trifectas in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada put them under pressure to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which would take effect with those five plus either Arizona or Nevada — potentially electing a president by popular vote while losing the Electoral College. Gov. Josh Shapiro is open to signing, while Arizona's Katie Hobbs and other governors decline to say.
• Can Democrats Really End the Electoral College?youtube.com· 4d

  In a Baby Boom Lawyered episode, Imani Gandy explains how the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact could sidestep the Electoral College without a constitutional amendment, and says Democrats' new trifectas in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada give it their best shot in 20 years. She warns the compact, still short of the 270 electoral votes it needs, must pass by July 20, 2028 and likely face a Supreme Court she doubts would uphold it.
• Democrats close in on plan to kill the Electoral College for goodindependent.co.uk· 4d

  The Independent reports that Democratic gains in six states in the November 2026 elections have brought the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, under which states pledge electors to the nationwide popular-vote winner, close to the 270 electoral votes needed to sidestep the Electoral College. Governors Josh Shapiro and David Crowley back the push, though legal challenges are expected.
• Democrats’ midterm sweep opens path to bypassing Electoral College by 2028foxnews.com· 6d

  Fox News Digital reports that Democrats' midterm wins in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Nevada could let the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, 48 electoral votes short of the 270 needed to take effect, reach the threshold by 2028. Critics like Hans von Spakovsky call it unconstitutional and predict litigation, while supporters say states have sole authority to award electors.
• Democrats Now Have a Path to Sidestep the Electoral College. Would It Work?nytimes.com· 6d

  A New York Times analysis by Ben LayBlatt lays out how Democrats, newly in control of five state governments after the midterms, could push the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact past the 270 electoral votes needed to sidestep the Electoral College without a constitutional amendment. The article warns the pact would face legal challenges over the compact clause and state constitutions, and that population shifts after the 2030 census could leave it short of electoral votes unless all five states join.
• Josh Shapiro signals support for abolishing Electoral Collegewashingtonexaminer.com· 6d

  Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signaled openness to abolishing the Electoral College at the Crooked Con event in Washington, D.C., saying the national popular vote makes sense, that his views have not changed since 2020, and that he will work with lawmakers on moving forward. The Washington Examiner adds that Shapiro is floated as a 2028 candidate and ties the push to tensions between centrist and socialist Democrats after the party's 2026 midterm wins.
• Democrats' big midterm wins could change how we elect the next presidentyahoo.com· 8d

  Yahoo News explains how the 2026 midterms, in which Democrats won full control of state government in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada and Arizona, could let the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact — now at 222 electoral votes — reach the 270 needed to elect presidents by national popular vote. Advocates say it would force candidates to campaign everywhere, while critics like law professor Derek Muller argue it faces constitutional challenges.
• We're Not Talking Enough About Democrats' State Legislative Victoriessubstack.com· 8d

  A Big Picture post argues the bigger story of the 3 November 2026 midtimes is in the statehouses: Democrats flipped more than 500 legislative seats and 12 chambers, took governorships in Georgia, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio and Texas for a 28-20 majority, their first since before 2010, and won five new trifectas. The post adds these gains give Democrats, on paper, enough trifectas to push the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact past 270 electoral votes, and incoming leaders like Wisconsin's Greta Neubauer weigh redistricting and ambitious agendas while defending against a Trump White House for two more years.
• Democratic gains could advance an alternative to the Electoral Collegeinquirer.com· 8d

  A New York Times article by John Yoon and Mack Liederman reports that Democratic gains in the 2026 midterms, which relegated Republicans to their thinnest Capitol Hill ranks in decades, could advance the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an agreement to award electoral votes to the national popular vote winner. It also says President Trump picked Stephen Miller to replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff.
• America finally has the votes to end the Electoral Collegemotherjones.com

  A Mother Jones article argues the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact may soon have enough states to end the Electoral College: 18 states including Virginia have pledged 222 electoral votes, 48 short of the 270 needed, and Democrats took trifecta control of Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Nevada after Tuesday's wave election. The magazine says the system has favored white supremacy and left most voters ignored, and forecasts Democrats will have the votes by January.
• Can Democrats effectively abolish Electoral College after midterm wins?snopes.com· 9d

  A Snopes fact-check examines a rumor that Democrats' 2026 midterm wins in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin would let them effectively abolish the Electoral College. It finds the five states' electors could push the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact past the 270 needed to take effect, but not abolish the College itself, and notes legal hurdles such as the Constitution's Compact Clause.
• Democrats finally have the votes to make the Electoral College obsoletetherealnews.com· 9d

  A Truthout article argues that new Democratic trifecta governments won in the November 2026 midterms could let Democrats make the Electoral College obsolete through the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which needs 270 electoral votes to take effect. With 18 states and D.C. already signed on for 222 votes, new trifectas in Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada, and Pennsylvania — holding 50 votes — would provide the 48 more needed, possibly by the 2028 election, while a constitutional amendment remains unlikely.
• BOMBSHELL: Democrats score BONUS WIN on Election Dayyoutube.com· 9d

  Brian Tyler Cohen interviews Maryland Governor Wes Moore about Democrats' election-night sweep — taking the House and Senate and winning trifectas in six states — and the underreported bonus win: the five new trifecta states' 61 electoral votes would push the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact past the 270 needed to take effect. Moore touts Maryland's Question 3 win on redistricting, says the president's gerrymandering and tariffs blew up in his face, and praises a new crop of governors, while Cohen urges viewers in the five states to call their legislators to pass the compact.
• Democrats Finally Have the Votes to Make the Electoral College Obsolete — Will They Do It?truthout.org· 10d

  A Truthout article argues that new Democratic trifectas won in the midterms — in Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada, and Pennsylvania — give Democrats the votes to put the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact over the 270 electoral votes it needs, possibly by the 2028 election. It explains the compact would have member states' electors back the national popular vote winner, while a constitutional amendment remains unlikely despite 56 percent support in an Economist/YouGov poll.
• Democrats' midterm gains could sideline Electoral College by 2028axios.com· 10d

  Axios's Andrew Pantazi reports that Democrats' sweeping statehouse gains in Tuesday's midterms could open a path to effectively replacing the Electoral College with a national popular vote by 2028 without a constitutional amendment. He writes the results may end the possibility of winning the White House while losing the popular vote.
• Democrats’ Midterm Gains Could Sideline Electoral College by 2028portside.org· 10d

  Axios, via Portside, reports that Democrats' 2026 midterm trifectas in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Nevada could let the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact reach 270 electoral votes by 2028, effectively replacing the Electoral College without a constitutional amendment. The compact faces obstacles: enactment is uncertain in the new states, and critics like Notre Dame's Derek Muller argue it needs congressional approval.
• Democrats Win Enough Seats Nationwide to End Electoral Collegenewrepublic.com· 10d

  The New Republic reports that Democratic 2026 midterm wins in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Nevada could lift the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact—already passed by 19 states holding 222 electoral votes—to 283, effectively nullifying the Electoral College without a constitutional amendment. It also describes Republican redistricting in Texas, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Alabama, and Missouri backfiring as voters chose Democrats anyway, and quotes Trump brushing off regrets while saying Hegseth is doing a very good job, though CBS News reports his job may be in jeopardy over the Iran war.
• Democrats’ Midterm Gains Could Sideline Electoral College by 2028portside.org· 10d

  Andrew Pantazi reports in Portside that Democrats' wins of the governorship and both chambers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Nevada could let the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact reach 283 electoral votes, past the 270 needed to award those states' electors to the national popular-vote winner. He notes the five states would still need to enact the compact, whose priority and constitutionality remain uncertain.
• Electoral College defender warns Tuesday’s state races could decide popular vote pact’s fatewashingtontimes.com· 12d

  A Washington Times Advocates column reports that Trent England, founder of Save Our States, warns the 3 November 2026 state legislative races could help Democrats push the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact—which holds 222 of the needed 270 electoral votes—into states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, or Alaska. It also covers the Federation for Immigration Reform backing a DHS refugee-termination rule and the America First Policy Institute urging a citizenship-based 2030 census count.
• National popular vote indirectly on the midterm ballotthecentersquare.com· 16d

  The Center Square reports that the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, now joined by 18 states and D.C. with 222 electoral votes after Virginia signed on April 13, could gain enough states through the 2026 midterms to determine future presidential elections. Coalition consultant Patrick Rosenstiel calls the compact nonpartisan and predicts no controversy under it, while Honest Elections Project director Jason Snead calls it an extraordinarily partisan development that plays with fire and puts the constitutional system at risk.
• Popular Vote Compact is a direct attack on the Constitutionwashingtonexaminer.com· 27w

  In an opinion column, Trent England, founder of Save Our States, argues that Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger's signing of the National Popular Vote compact is a partisan attempt to nullify the Electoral College without amending the Constitution, and predicts it will fail in court for lacking congressional consent. He recommends changing the Constitution itself instead.
• Virginia joins the campaign to end the Electoral Collegewashingtonexaminer.com· 30w

  The Washington Examiner reports that Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed HB 965, joining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which would award the state's 13 electoral votes to the national popular vote winner once member states reach 270 — now 222, leaving 48 votes short. The outlet argues the Electoral College's design still protects smaller states, while the Virginia Republican Party called the law a "fake moderate's" unconstitutional assault that would render Virginians' votes "NULL AND VOID!".
• Maine Poised to Become First State to Withdraw From Popular Vote Compact - The Daily Signaldailysignal.com· 1y

  The Daily Signal reports that Maine, which joined the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact in 2024, is poised to become the first state to withdraw, as Rep. Barbara Bagshaw's bill to exit passed the House and heads to the Senate. The compact's 17 participating states hold 209 of the 270 electoral votes needed, with Bagshaw saying membership undermined Maine's district-split system and Rep. Arthur Bell countering that the Electoral College leads candidates to ignore Maine.
• MI Dems Push National Popular Vote In Final Moments Of Powerthefederalist.com· 2y

  A Federalist article by Logan Washburn reports that lame-duck Michigan House Democrats may bring bills joining the National Popular Vote Compact to the floor Thursday, according to a tentative agenda shared by Rep. Rachelle Smit. Republican Reps. Smit and Ann Bollin say Democrats lack the votes, while Bollin argues the bills would drown out Michiganders' voices.
• Is America Ready to Bid the Electoral College Farewell? | The Daily Showyoutube.com· 2y

  Michael Kosta's satirical Daily Show segment has him investigate the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an agreement by which states award their electoral votes to the national popular-vote winner once enough join — 17 states plus DC have passed it, totaling 209 electoral votes. With John King explaining the electoral college from his magic wall, Kosta travels to battleground Michigan to push the bill, which sponsor Carrie Rheingans expects a vote on by year's end, but lawmakers never take it up.
• Michigan Republicans reaffirm opposition to national popular vote proposalwashingtonexaminer.com· 2y

  The Washington Examiner reports Michigan House Republicans' opposition to HB 4156, a Democratic bill that would join Michigan to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, now at 209 of the 270 electoral votes needed to take effect. Reps. Ann Bollin and Neil Friske call it disenfranchising, while sponsor Carrie Rheingans says every vote should count equally.
• Checking in on the status of the National Popular Vote Compact--Nevada, Minnesota, Michigan #ELBelectionlawblog.org· 3y

  An Election Law Blog post checks on the National Popular Vote Compact in Nevada, Minnesota, and Michigan, noting it has stalled at 195 electoral votes since 2019 and needs 75 more. It flags Nevada's AJR6, Minnesota's SF 1362 and HF 1830, and new bills in Michigan's committees.
• Democratic legislature takes step toward entering Nevada into National Popular Vote Compactnewsfromthestates.com· 3y

  A brief Nevada Current article reports that the Democratic-controlled legislature approved Assembly Joint Resolution 6 on May 18, 2023, proposing to enter Nevada into the National Popular Vote Compact via a state constitutional amendment that would still need approval in a later session and by voters. Member states pledge their electoral votes to the national popular vote winner once a majority of electoral votes commits; fifteen states and D.C. have joined, leaving 75 electoral votes short, and Nevada's 2019 bid failed when Gov. Steve Sisolak vetoed it, saying the compact could diminish smaller states' role in presidential contests.

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• Poll: Most US Voters Want a Popular Vote Model for Picking Future Presidentstruthout.org· 26h

  A Truthout article reports that an Economist/YouGov poll conducted November 9-11 found 51 percent of registered voters want presidents chosen by popular vote rather than the Electoral College, which 28 percent want kept. It argues midterm flips in Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada, Arizona, and Pennsylvania create an opportunity for the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which needs 48 more electoral votes and congressional approval.
• Hegseth’s impeachment may be tabled, but public support isn’t going awayfiftyplusone.news· 29h

  FiftyPlusOne's polling roundup The Trendline reports that the House tabled articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, yet a September YouGov/The Economist poll found 51 percent favored impeaching him for starting the war with Iran without Congress's authorization, and FiftyPlusOne expects the new Democratic Congress to take the effort up again. It also covers renewed interest in the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, Trump 2024 voters' defections over inflation and assistance cuts, and a YouGov finding that 58 percent say yard signs should come down within a week — which FiftyPlusOne recommends people do.
• Democratic sweep opens the door for major policy changes at state levelwashingtonpost.com· 2d

  A Washington Post article reports Democrats' sweeping Election Day victories: 12 state legislature chambers flipped, Republican supermajorities broken in 13, five new governorships, and Democratic trifectas in six more states including Arizona, Michigan and Pennsylvania. The Post expects the state-level gains to matter more to millions of Americans than the national ones, with a sixth governorship possibly flipping in Alaska.
• DOJ to Democratic Senator: Stop Your Ballroom Investigation or Else!newrepublic.com· 2d

  A New Republic roundup leads with the Justice Department accusing Senator Richard Blumenthal of harassment over his probe into donors behind Trump's $400 million White House ballroom, with U.S. Attorney Aaron Reitz ordering him to lock away his findings or face legal consequences. It also covers Democrats' midterm wins fueling the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact push, Jensen Huang's resignation from Nvidia amid an affair-and-spying scandal, JD Vance's secret meeting with a Vitol trader before the Venezuela invasion, and Nick Shirley retracting his fraud claims about a Seattle grocery.
• Maintaining calm while GOP panics.substack.com· 5d

  In a Substack essay, Robert B. Hubbell urges Democrats to stay calm and ignore pundits after their November 3, 2026 midterm 'Blue Tsunami,' arguing Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries must earn the unfilled Speaker and Majority Leader posts and citing Trump's call to imprison Democrats and Todd Blanche's threats to investigate them as signs of panic. He also explains how the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact works and could take effect for 2028 if states with 48 more electoral votes join.
• These Are My Top 10 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Blue Tsunamisubstack.com· 7d

  In a Substack post, W. Kamau Bell draws ten takeaways from the Democrats' 2026 midterm "Bluenami": Keisha Lance Bottoms becoming Georgia's first Black woman governor, Gina Hinojosa unseating Greg Abbott in Texas after Joe Rogan and Elon Musk's pro-Trump Texas takeover backfired, LaKesha Womack beating the congressman who gerrymandered her district, and Trump's Supreme Court–enabled redrawing of districts costing Republicans seats. He blames Chuck Schumer and the DSCC for Angie Nixon's narrow loss, still sees ICE, expensive groceries, and threats to trans kids as unfinished work, quotes Mother Jones on the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, and forecasts it could make the 2028 election the popular vote's to decide.
• Leaks Target Stephen Miller After Republican Wipeout This Electionnewrepublic.com· 9d

  The New Republic reports that leaks from within the Trump administration are targeting Stephen Miller after Republicans' midterm wipeout, and argues the finger-pointing suggests Republicans want him out over his aggressive deportation push, which it calls a major reason for the losses. It also covers Elon Musk's deleted "Vote red today!" post, Providence becoming the largest U.S. city to divest from Israel, and the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact's path to nullifying the Electoral College.
• Democrats gain full control of five state governments, further expanding the party’s powernbcnews.com· 10d

  NBC News reports that Democrats gained full control of at least five state governments in the 2026 midterms, winning trifectas in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota and Nevada per the Associated Press, including notable flips in Texas and Georgia. The States Project's Mandara Meyers calls it the most significant night for state legislatures since the 2010 Republican wave.
• BREAKING: DLCC Makes Historic Gains, Sweeping the Statehouse Map With Hundreds of Seat Flips And Multiple New Majoritiesdlcc.org· 10d

  A press release from the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee announces that the 3 November 2026 elections flipped more than 300 state legislative seats to Democrats and at least ten statehouse majorities, including the Texas House, Pennsylvania Senate, and both Wisconsin chambers. The DLCC calls it the largest shift since 2010, and Heather Williams, its president, says voters trust Democratic legislators to be a bulwark against the MAGA agenda.
• Analysis | Winners and losers from the 2026 midterm electionswashingtonpost.com· 10d

  Amber Phillips's analysis for The Washington Post's 5-Minute Fix scores the 2026 midterms, where Democrats won back the House, took the Senate, and claimed a majority of governor's mansions for the first time in 16 years. She writes that Trump, despite not being on the ballot, made himself the story, sowing doubt about results that election experts say will stand.
• Republicans Forced to Reckon With How They Destroyed Their Own Partynewrepublic.com· 10d

  The New Republic reports that Democrats took the House, Senate, and governorships across the country in the 3 November 2026 midterms, as Republican gerrymanders in Texas, Florida, Ohio, Alabama, Missouri, and North Carolina backfired, and it savors the party's reckoning. Republicans traded blame: Ron DeSantis faulted lawmakers and warned of a lost decade; John Cornyn and Mitt Romney, in quoted posts on X, cited broken coalition politics and bad character; JD Vance and even Donald Trump Jr. pointed to the Iran war; and Trump, conceding the war hurt, insisted he'd have won if he'd been on the ballot and that Hegseth's job is safe.
• Constitutionality of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact - Wikipediawikipedia.org· 3y

  A Wikipedia article surveys the legal debate over whether the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is constitutional, hinging on the Compact Clause and states' plenary power to appoint electors. It recounts relevant Supreme Court cases, contingent elections, and Congress's election powers, while the Congressional Research Service concludes the question is open and would likely draw litigation reaching the Supreme Court.
• Supreme Court's developing Compact Clause jurisprudence may affect National Popular Vote #ELBelectionlawblog.org· 3y

  The Election Law Blog examines how the Supreme Court's developing Compact Clause jurisprudence may affect the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which stands at 195 electoral votes and advanced in Nevada and Minnesota. The author, who argued while a law student that the compact likely requires congressional consent, reads recent cases like Texas v. New Mexico and New York v. New Jersey as leaning toward requiring approval for all compacts, and predicts that view will command a Court majority.
• National Popular Vote: Circumventing the United States Constitution - Princeton Legal Journalprinceton.edu· 5y

  In a Princeton Legal Journal article, Alexandra Orbuch argues the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact—which by May 2021 had 15 states and Washington, D.C., agreeing to award their electoral votes to the national popular vote winner—violates the Constitution's Compact Clause. She contends the compact encroaches on non-member states, blocks at-will withdrawal, circumvents the amendment process, and enables tyranny of the majority by leaving the electoral college in name only.
• The National Popular Vote: Misusing an Interstate Compact to Bypass the Constitutionheritage.org· 6y

  A Heritage Foundation legal memorandum by Thomas Jipping argues the National Popular Vote interstate compact—an agreement by 15 states and D.C. representing 196 electoral votes to award their electors to the national popular vote winner—is an unprecedented attempt to bypass the Constitution and replace the Electoral College without amending it. Jipping contends the compact enhances compacting states' political power at non-members' expense, so it requires congressional consent under the Supreme Court's Compact Clause rulings, and calls it bad policy even with that consent, predicting it would disenfranchise voters in states whose electoral votes go to candidates they rejected.
• Supremes Signal a Brave New World of Popular Presidential Elections | National Reviewnationalreview.com· 6y

  Andrew C. McCarthy argues in National Review that the Supreme Court's unanimous Chiafalo v. Washington ruling — which let states enforce electors' pledges to back their popular-vote winner, with Justices Kagan and Thomas differing on why — clears the way for the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, whose 15 states and D.C. hold 196 of the 270 electoral votes compact proponents await. He predicts the decision will intensify the fight over the Electoral College, which he calls an anti-democratic check the Framers designed on purpose, and urges conservatives to defend it and force any change through the Constitution's amendment process.
• https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/20191028_R43823_d3a525c3b9002b0b5effeecbef18888fcb580ae0.htmleverycrsreport.com· 7y

  A Congressional Research Service report examines the National Popular Vote interstate compact, under which joining states pledge their electoral votes to the nationwide popular vote winner, and notes that 15 states and D.C. with 196 electoral votes had joined as of October 2019, short of the 270 needed. The report weighs claims from proponents and opponents—including whether the compact requires congressional consent or violates the Voting Rights Act—and expects litigation if it ever takes effect.
• Sisolak vetoes presidential popular vote billlasvegassun.com· 7y

  The Las Vegas Sun reports Governor Steve Sisolak issued his first veto, blocking Assembly Bill 186, which would have bound Nevada's electoral votes to the national popular vote winner. Sponsored by the late Tyrone Thompson, the bill passed both chambers, but Sisolak said the compact could diminish smaller states' roles.
• https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/20141212_R43823_59f70ecbd14c6cb7102ad0e1e8156f36bbded331.htmleverycrsreport.com· 11y

  A 2014 Congressional Research Service report examines the National Popular Vote interstate compact, under which member states would award their electoral votes to the nationwide popular vote winner, aiming for direct presidential election without a constitutional amendment. It details the electoral college system, the initiative's growth to 10 states and D.C. with 165 electoral votes since 2000, and unresolved legal debate over whether the compact needs congressional consent.
• National Popular Vote Interstate Compact - Wikipediawikipedia.org· 20y

  The Wikipedia article describes the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an agreement among U.S. states and the District of Columbia to award their electoral votes to the nationwide popular vote winner, taking effect only once members hold a majority of 270 electoral votes. As of September 2026, eighteen states and D.C. have joined with 222 electoral votes, and the article covers its history, legal debate over its constitutionality, and polls showing majority public support for a national popular vote.