TN Popular Vote

Every voter counts, every election

Senator Fred Thompson is a co-champion of the National Popular Vote campaign. Watch the interview above where he talks about why a Popular Vote system is good for Tennessee and for America.

Here’s How It Works:

The Popular Vote system only goes into effect when states that have a total of 270 electoral votes – the number it takes to elect a president – have signed on.
When the popular vote is counted, the candidate receiving the most votes in all the states is awarded those 270 electoral votes (out of a total of 538), thereby insuring that the will of the majority of Americans is honored when electoral votes are tallied.
It’s not about getting the most votes in a few states. It is about electing a President who gets the majority of votes in all 50 states.

TN legislators show interest in Popular Vote

States like Tennessee are ignored by presidential campaigns, but if the presidency were guaranteed to the candidate with the most votes, it would put Tennessee back in the game, a former Republican lawmaker told members of the State House last Wednesday.

Following remarks by former Republican legislator Ray Haynes of California, House members expressed interest in the Popular Vote Compact and agreed to study it further and revisit the issue later.

Listen to Haynes’ remarks on YouTube, as well as his response to legislators’ questions.

Haynes explained how a popular vote plan fits in with the Constitution and the will of the Founding Fathers.

“The Constitution gave the states three key roles in the federal government: appointment of U.S. Senators, which we lost with the 17^th Amendment, redistricting, and the method by which the President of the United States is elected,” Haynes told members of the House State and Local Government Committee.

“It is our solemn responsibility to talk about it and decide whether the method we are using is the best one. The Founders never even mentioned the winner-take-all system we use today in 48 states.”

Tennessee Facts

Tennessee currently is ignored in presidential elections as a "flyover state." But a Popular Vote system will give Tennessee a key role in guaranteeing that the Presidency will go to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and D.C.
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