FOLLOWING UP TONIGHT...
WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF
FEED BACK FROM YOU OVER THE
NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE BILL...
GOVERNOR POLIS EXPECTED TO
SIGN IT ANY MINUTE...
MANY OF YOU ASKED US TO
GIVE A REFRESHER ON WHY WE HAVE
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE...
THINKING MANY VOTERS MAY NOT
UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S IN PLACE.




SO WE'RE DIVING IN FOR Y
IN OUR 360 PERSPECTIVE..
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE FOUNDING
FATHERS AS PART OF THE 12TH
AMENDMENT IN OUR CONSTITUTION...
ELECTORAL VOTES ARE
DETERMINED BY THE SUM OF YOUR
CONGRESSMEN OR WOMEN PLUS TWO
SENATORS...
SO COLORADO HAS NINE...
THERE ARE 538 IN THE U-S..
AND A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
NEED
270 TO WIN...
THAT'S THE MAGIC NUMBER
VOTES THE NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE
INTERSTATE COMPACT WANTS TO GET
TO..
TO TRIGGER THE WIN FOR WHOEVER
WINS THE MOST VOTES
NATIONWIDE...
OUT OF 45 PRESIDENTS...
ONLY FIVE WERE ELECTED WITHOUT
WINNING
THE POPULAR VOTE...
THE MOST RECENT-- BEING
GEORGE W BUSH IN HIS FIRST TERM
AND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP...
THE ELECTORAL COLLEG
WAS CREATED FOR TWO REASONS...
ACCORDING TO HISTORY CENTRAL..
FIRST- TO CREATE A BUFFER
BETWEEN POPULATION AND THE
SELECTION OF A PRESIDENT -- THE
FOUNDING FATHERS FEARED A TYRANT
COULD MANIPULATE PUBLIC OPINION
AND COME TO POWER,,,
SECOND- TO PROMOTE
FAIRNESS FROM A REGIONAL
PERSPECTIVE....
TO
GIVE SOME EXTRA POWER TO SMALLER
STATES .
THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE BE
OVERSHADOWED...
OTHERWISE -- THE CONCERN -- THAT
THE VERY POPULATED STATES
SUCH AS CALIFORNIA, NEW YO
OR FLORIDA COULD OVERWHELM THE
POPULAR VOTE..
AND CAMPAIGNS AND LEADERS COUL
NEGLECT THE OTHER PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY.
HERE'S SOME VISUAL EXAMPLE
FOR YOU FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN PROFESSOR MARK
NEWMAN...
AFTER THE 2016 ELECTION...
EXCLUDING HAWAII AND
ALASKA...
HERE'S WHAT THE RESULTS OF THE
20- 16 ELECTION LOOKED LIKE
ALONG STATE PARTY LINES...
NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAP
WHEN IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY
COUNTY...
IT'S ALMOST ENTIRELY RED..
EXCEPT FOR THE HIGHLY POPULATED
METRO AREAS THAT ARE MOSTL
BLUE... LIKE L-A AND NEW YORK..




IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMB
THERE ARE RED AND BLUE VOTERS IN
EVERY COUNTY....
BUT THIS MAP JUST SHOWS THE
MAJORITY..




NOW --- HERE'S IS A BETTER
REPRESENTATION OF WHY WE HAVE
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE...
IN THIS MAP...
IT SHOWS HOW THE STATES WOUL
LOOK IF IT WAS BASED ON POPULAR
VOTE..




YOU CAN SEE CALIFORNIA A
THE EASTERN SEABOARD GROW MUCH
LARGER IN SIZE...
WHILE THE SO- CALLED FLYOVER
STATES GET SMALL....
NEWMAN SAYS THERE IS
ACTUALLY MORE RED OVERALL ON
THIS MAP-- BUT AGAIN ON BOTH
SIDES THERE ARE VOTES FOR TH
OTHER PARTIES AS
WELL...
NOW WHEN IT COMES TO
WHETHER THIS INTERSTATE COMPACT
IS LEGAL OR NOT...
OPPONENTS ARGUE IT CHANGES THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE...
WHICH WOULD REQUIR
CONGRESSIONAL AMENDMENTS...
NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE INC
SAYS THAT WOULDN'T BE
NECESSARY..
BECAUSE IT CONCERNS THE
APPOINTMENT OF ELECTORS...
WHICH FALLS IN STA
CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY...
WE'LL KEEP TRACKING THIS
FOR YOU IN OUR STATE AND ON A
NATIONAL LEVEL...
IN THE MEANTIME WE KNOW
THERE ARE BIG OPINIONS ON BOTH
SIDES OF THIS DEBATE REGARDING
COLORADO JOINING THIS COMPACT SO
YOU CAN LET YOUR LEGISLATORS A
GOVERNOR KNOW YOUR OPINION...
WE'LL MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU...
WE'LL HAVE A LINK FOR YO
