{"id":48167,"date":"2026-05-11T11:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=48167"},"modified":"2026-05-11T11:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:12:12","slug":"how-democrats-could-end-the-electoral-college-by-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/how-democrats-could-end-the-electoral-college-by-2028\/","title":{"rendered":"How Democrats could end the electoral college by 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Democrats could end the electoral college by 2028\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yj9IJG25HcM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheRecount\">The Recount<\/a> May 5, 2026 What if the 2028 election isn\u2019t decided by the electoral college? After recent moves, it\u2019s becoming a real question. In April, Virginia officially joined the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, a potentially pivotal moment in the agreement\u2019s history. The nearly 20-year-old compact was conceived as an end-run around the electoral college, a pact among states to pledge their electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote nationwide, rather than the winner of each individual state. In recent years, the agreement has ticked steadily towards the 270 electoral votes needed for adoption: Virginia is the 19th state (including D.C.) to join, placing it at 222 electoral votes, more than 80% to adoption. Now, the 2026 elections, and Democrats\u2019 quest for control in several key swing states, look increasingly pivotal \u2014 for the party\u2019s future, for the 2028 presidential election, and for how we vote for president. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Yj9IJG25HcM\">0:00<\/a> History of abolition efforts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Yj9IJG25HcM&amp;t=63s\">1:03<\/a> The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, explained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Yj9IJG25HcM&amp;t=180s\">3:00<\/a> The huge 2026 stakes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Yj9IJG25HcM&amp;t=415s\">6:55<\/a> The two wildcards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Yj9IJG25HcM&amp;t=535s\">8:55<\/a> What a popular vote election could look like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Yj9IJG25HcM&amp;t=615s\">10:15<\/a> Why the electoral college has <strong>already<\/strong> changed Subscribe to Steve&#8217;s newsletter: TheLongRun.news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Recount May 5, 2026 What if the 2028 election isn\u2019t decided by the electoral college? After recent moves, it\u2019s becoming a real question. In April, Virginia officially joined the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, a potentially pivotal moment in the agreement\u2019s history. The nearly 20-year-old compact was conceived as&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/how-democrats-could-end-the-electoral-college-by-2028\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48168,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48167\/revisions\/48168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}