In the run up to polling day in the 2024 US presidential election, Anywhere but Washington’s Tom Silverstone and Oliver Laughland joined canvassers in Pennsylvania trying to drum up support for Kamala Harris with a simple message: “Your vote does matter.”
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Luwauanna Adams and Leslie Hughes are used to encountering high levels of disengagement from voters in less fortunate areas. When they knock on doors, there is little support for Donald Trump but a prevailing attitude that voting does not matter. This is how they work to convince an apathetic electorate to get out and vote.
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The Electoral College v. We the People
Most Votes for U.S. President – 1992-2020
🔵 1992 – Bill Clinton (Democrat)
🔵 1996 – Bill Clinton (Democrat)
🔵 2000 – Al Gore (Democrat)
🔴 2004 – George W. Bush (Republican)
🔵 2008 – Barack Obama (Democrat)
🔵 2012 – Barack Obama (Democrat)
🔵 2016 – Hillary Clinton (Democrat)
🔵 2020 – Joe Biden (Democrat)
According to a new poll released by the Pew Research Center on September 25, 2023:
"Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults (65%) say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency."
The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia (Explanation). It has been enacted into law by 17 states and DC with 209 electoral votes (Status in the states). It needs an additional 61 electoral votes to go into effect.
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