One Nation One Vote

Our Goal: One Nation One Vote

One Nation One Vote is a non-profit dedicated to improving our democracy. In the short term, we will focus on electing a President through a national popular vote where the most votes wins. The electoral college is bad for democracy. We can hold a national popular vote for President as early as 2020...

National Popular Vote Compact

We do not need a constitutional amendment to elect the next President by national popular vote. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is an agreement among the states that they will cast their electoral votes for the candidate who receives the most votes nationwide - not just in their state. ...

Who Has Joined the Compact

We are over 60% towards our goal. Already, 11 states with a combined 165 electoral votes have agreed to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact: California, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. The Compact ...

The Plan

One National One Vote will work to enact the National Popular Vote Compact in the remaining states that have not yet joined. We will work with interested legislators to introduce and pass the Compact. And we will try to take the issue to We the People through the ballot initiative in states that all...

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What is One Nation One Vote?

We are an organization dedicated to improving democracy in America. Right now we are focused primarily on moving towards electing our President by popular vote....
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Do you need a constitutional amendment to get rid of the Electoral College?

No. We can have a national popular vote by the 2020 election if enough states agree that the winner of the national popular vote should be elected President. Those states will pledge their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, regardless of who wins their state. This is called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. ...
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Is the National Popular Vote a partisan issue?

No. It is not about Republicans or Democrats. A national popular vote is about democracy. Regardless of the candidate you voted for in this election, we can all agree the candidate receiving the most votes should win the election. For this reason, many prominent Republicans as well as Democrats and Independents favor a national popular vote to elect the President. ...
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Why should we elect the President by a national popular vote?

Because in a democracy, the most votes should win. It is the reason why the Constitution starts with “We the People”—because the people govern for the sake of democracy, we must change the system so that the candidate with the most votes becomes President....
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Who won the national popular vote in 2016?

Hillary Clinton, by a margin that will exceed 2.5 million votes. Never before has a candidate won the popular vote by this large of a margin and still lost the Presidency. This is bad for democracy, regardless of the candidate you supported. The President should represent “We the People.”...
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What’s wrong with the Electoral College electing a President?

In a democracy, the candidate with the most votes should win. The Electoral College’s original goal was to serve as a deliberative body, which no longer occurs. And much has changed about our democracy since the 18th Century. For over 100 years, the winner of the national popular vote and the Electoral College were the same. But since 2000, the popular vote winner has lost in the Electoral Colle...
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