# America Finally Has the Votes to End the Electoral College

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/america-finally-has-the-votes-to-end-the-electoral-college/
- Published: 2026-11-05T15:58:19+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T16:40:57+00:00
- Original publisher: Mother Jones (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/11/midterms-electoral-college-popular-vote-compact/
- Topics: Americas, Elections, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Democrats’ state-level wins could bring the popular vote compact closer to activation.
- Virginia and the new trifectas account for up to 286 pledged electoral votes.
- The compact would take effect once signatories reach 270 electoral votes.

## Summary

After Democrats won trifecta control of several battleground state governments in the midterms, their state legislators may have enough votes to bring the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact closer to taking effect. The compact would direct participating states to award their electoral votes to the national popular vote winner, potentially ensuring that person becomes president once states representing at least 270 electoral votes have joined.

Virginia’s membership brings the compact to 222 electoral votes; the five newly won trifectas add 61, or 64 if Alaska’s result is included, leaving at least 48 more needed. Supporters say the Electoral College makes voters in safe states less influential and concentrates campaigning in a few battlegrounds. The article also argues that the system has enabled popular-vote losers to win the presidency and links its history to the political power of slave states and the disenfranchisement of Black voters.

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