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s e — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:21:00 +0000

A survey of New York voters showed 79% overall support for a national popular vote for President.
By gender, support was 89% among women and 69% among men.
By age, support was 60% among 18-29 year olds, 74% among 30-45 year olds, 85% among 46-65 year olds, and 82% for those older than 65.
Support was 86% among Democrats, 66% among Republicans, 78% among Independence Party members (representing 8% of respondents), 50% among Conservative Party members (representing 3% of respondents), 100% among Working Families Party members (representing 2% of respondents), and 7% among Others (representing 7% of respondents).

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The National Popular Vote bill uses the power given to each state by the Founding Fathers in
the Constitution to change how they award their electoral votes for President.
Historically, virtually all of the major changes in the method of electing the
President, including ending the requirement that only men who owned substantial
property could vote and 48 current state-by-state winner-take-all laws, have
come about by state legislative action.

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In Gallup polls since 1944, only about 20% of the public has supported
the current system of awarding all of a state’s electoral votes to the
presidential candidate who receives the most votes in each separate state (with
about 70% opposed and about 10% undecided). Support for a national popular vote
is strong among Republicans, Democrats, and Independent voters, as well as
every demographic group in virtually every state surveyed in recent polls in
closely divided Battleground states: CO – 68%, FL – 78%, IA 75%, MI – 73%, MO –
70%, NH – 69%, NV – 72%, NM– 76%, NC – 74%, OH – 70%, PA – 78%, VA – 74%, and
WI – 71%; in Small states (3 to 5 electoral votes): AK – 70%, DC – 76%, DE –
75%, ID – 77%, ME – 77%, MT – 72%, NE 74%, NH – 69%, NV – 72%, NM – 76%, OK –
81%, RI – 74%, SD – 71%, UT – 70%, VT – 75%, WV – 81%, and WY – 69%; in
Southern and Border states: AR – 80%,, KY- 80%, MS – 77%, MO – 70%, NC – 74%,
OK – 81%, SC – 71%, TN – 83%, VA – 74%, and WV – 81%; and in other states
polled: AZ – 67%, CA – 70%, CT – 74%, MA – 73%, MN – 75%, NY – 79%, OR – 76%,
and WA – 77%. Americans believe that the candidate who receives the most votes
should win.

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The bill has passed 31 state legislative chambers in 21 states. The bill
has been enacted by 9 jurisdictions possessing 132 electoral votes – 49% of the
270 necessary to go into effect.

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