The Maine Senate sends a bill giving the electoral vote of a state to the winner of the national popular vote at the governor's office

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, the state Washington and the District of Columbia are all committed to the pact. The latest addition, New Mexico, brought the total to 189 votes.

"What would happen if they did what they said they would do, the whites would have nothing to say," he said. "It will only be the minorities who would elect, it would be California, Texas, Florida."

The constituency effectively results in voters casting ballots not for the desired presidential candidates, but for 538 voters who, in turn, select candidates. The mechanism allowed President Donald Trump to win the 2016 presidential election despite Hillary Clinton, a Democratic candidate, choosing to win a popular majority by nearly 3 million votes.

And the problem has already reached the 2020 race. The presidential candidate, Elizabeth Warren, said at a CNN public meeting in March that she was supportive of the removal of the constituency.

"My point of view is that every vote counts, and the way we can do it is that we can have a national vote and that means we get rid of the constituency – and every vote counts," she said. . Other candidates have since taken the same position.