The Contemporary Presidency
How the 2012 Presidential Election Has Strengthened the Movement for the National Popular Vote Plan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12000580 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Richie (FairVote, corresponding author), Andrea Levien (FairVote) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 353-376 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Presidential Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0360-4918 • E-ISSN: 1741-5705 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/psq.12027 |
| OpenAlex | W1588909266 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
The U nited S tates has reached an unprecedented level of inequality in presidential elections. In 2012, only 10 states drew the major party presidential candidates for postconvention campaign events, and those same 10 states attracted 99.6% of all general election television advertising spending by the campaigns and their allies. The remaining 41 spectator states (counting the D istrict of C olumbia) included all 38 states that had been similarly overlooked in 2008. This article details these inequalities and their roots in state statutes allocating electoral votes on a winner‐take‐all basis. It argues that states should end this inequality by enacting the N ational P opular V ote interstate compact, which would ensure that it is the popular vote in all 50 states and the D istrict of C olumbia that determines who becomes the president
Electoral college · Inequality · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidency · Presidential election · Presidential system · Sociology · State (computer science · Statute · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |