January 2024 – Update
Swing States: Is Florida losing its position as a Crucial State?
In the 2020 presidential election, Florida didn’t matter. This is only the second time since 1976 that the winner of the presidential election wasn’t the winner in the Sunshine State.
While 51.2% of Floridians voted for Donald Trump, if NPV was in effect, those voters could have been added to the national total to determine a winner. While it did not make a difference in this election, it might in the future as Republican strongholds like Georgia, Arizona and – Gasp! – even Texas become competitive.
Florida presidential elections are usually razor thin. While consistent advertising and messaging converted some voting blocs in Florida, imagine what could have been done nationally if the National Popular Vote bill were in effect to increase turnout if votes in reliably Red states had been targeted.
The National Popular Vote preserves the Electoral College, while counting every vote in every state, and does NOT require a constitutional amendment.
NPV is in the hands of State Legislators. Article 2. Section 1 of the US Constitution states:
Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress.
Florida Legislators owe it to themselves to pass the National Popular Vote before Florida’s voters become another reliably Red State that national presidential candidates take for granted and bypass on their campaigns.
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