The state of Maryland controls 10 electoral votes in the United States Electoral College

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The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact takes effect only when joined by states holding a combined total of at least 270 electoral votes

Michigan Democrats did not pass legislation to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact during their governing trifecta from 2023 to 2024

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is an agreement among states to pledge presidential electors to the winner of the national popular vote rather than each individual state's popular vote winner

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is designed to take effect once joined by states representing at least 270 electoral votes

The state of Maryland was the first state to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

In 2019, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak vetoed a state measure to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

As of the 2026 midterm elections, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact had been adopted by eighteen states and Washington, D.C., representing 222 electoral votes

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact requires participating states to award their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote

If Pennsylvania, Michigan, and two of the three states among Nevada, Wisconsin, and Arizona join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, the compact reaches 270 electoral votes

Barack Obama won 379 electoral votes in the 2008 United States presidential election

Donald Trump won both the national popular vote and the Electoral College in the November 2024 United States presidential election

Following the 2026 midterms, Democrats gained control of enough state governments to ratify the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

Kamala Harris has proposed considering the abolition of the Electoral College.