As state legislatures start meeting around the country, Virginia has gotten off to an especially quick start with the National Popular Vote bill already acquiring 15 sponsors.

The issue of electing the President on a nationwide basis is especially relevant in Virginia, because Virginia is about to join the 38 or so “spectator” states that will be totally ignored in the general-election campaign for President. 

The National Popular Vote bill will make sure that every voter in Virginia (and everywhere else) is politically relevant—even if a state is not a closely divided battleground state.

100% of the general-election campaign events (and virtually all campaign expenditures) were concentrated in the 12 states where the 2012 candidates were running neck-and-neck. 70% of the campaign was in just four states. What's worse -- 38 states were totally ignored, including 12 of the 13 smallest states, and almost all rural, agricultural, Southern, Western, and Northeastern states. The pattern was similar in 2016 .
RURAL STATES ARE IGNORED BY CURRENT SYSTEM
Rural states are almost entirely ignored in presidential elections because of the current state-by-state winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes.

None of the 10 most rural states were closely divided battleground states in either the 2012 or 2016 presidential election.

Political influence in the Electoral College is based on whether the state is a closely divided battleground state. Under the current state-by-state system of awarding electoral votes, presidential candidates ignore states where they are safely ahead or hopelessly behind. Thus, none of the 10 most rural states received any state-level attention from presidential candidates.

Moreover, only five of the 25 most rural states received any general-election campaign visits during 2012 and 2016, namely New Hampshire (12th most rural), Iowa (the 13th most rural), North Carolina (the 16th most rural), Wisconsin (the 20th most rural), and Minnesota (the 25th most rural). more .

The National Popular Vote bill will guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
 
Under the National Popular Vote bill, every voter in every state would be politically relevant in every presidential election. more
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The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.  
 
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