"The Republicans’ sometimes competing power centers have joined forces in opposition to a plan gaining momentum in the states to effectively junk the Electoral College in favor of a direct national popular vote for president.
California recently became the 11th and largest state to date to adopt the plan, under which states in the compact pledge to give all their electoral votes to the candidate who wins the popular vote — regardless of how voters in their state voted. If a group of states with an accumulated tally of 270 electoral votes — the bare majority — sign on, the practical effect would be that the popular-vote winner instantly becomes the Electoral College winner as well."
GOP factions unite against presidential popular vote push
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