More voters prefer to elect the president by national, popular vote over the existing Electoral College system, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll
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As a result, the poll finds, the issue falls somewhat along partisan lines. Democratic voters strongly support the popular vote, 72 percent to 16 percent. Republicans’ preference for the Electoral College is not as overwhelming, but roughly two GOP voters prefer the Electoral College, 57 percent, for every one preferring the popular vote, 30 percent.
There are two ways of replacing or circumventing the Electoral College, and pluralities of voters support each of them, the poll shows. Asked about the National Popular Vote Compact — in which states bind their electors to the winner of the national popular vote, and not the election results in their states — 43 percent support states’ awarding their electoral votes to the national victor. Just a third, 33 percent, would prefer to keep the Electoral College, and 23 percent have no opinion.
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