What is the National Popular Vote Compact?

The National Popular Vote Compact (NPVC) is an agreement created by states across the United States to ensure that the candidate who wins the national popular vote can become president. This agreement would go into effect when states representing at least 270 electoral votes (the number of electoral votes needed to win the presidency) sign onto the compact. When a state signs onto the NPVC, it agrees to award all of its electoral votes to whomever wins the national popular vote. This means that instead of individual states awarding their electoral votes to the presidential candidate who won the majority of votes in that particular state, all states would award their electoral votes to whichever candidate won the most votes nationally. North Carolina is one of 11 states that currently participates in the NPVC. This means that when the 2020 presidential election occurs, North Carolina will delegate its 15 electoral votes to whoever wins the national popular vote, regardless of the popular vote in North Carolina. The NPVC is an effort to make sure that all votes across the United States are counted and that no state is given an unfair advantage in the presidential election. As of 2020, the NPVC has been passed in states representing 196 electoral votes, meaning that 74 more electoral votes are needed for the agreement to go into effect.

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