Helpful Links You Can Use

Editor's Update: This map showing the revised Electoral Vote Count for each State was added, following the official changes that took place in 2022, after the 2020 Census was completed.

Add Specificity to Your Letters

Here are some links that I use to add specificity to many of my letters:

• List of States in the U.S., Ranked by Population​​
• Nicknames for Each of the 50 United States​
• 2020 Presidential Campaign Trail Tracker
• 2020 Presidential Election Result by State
• Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas
• Electoral College Votes by State  (Also, see the Electoral Map below.)
• Top Industries in Every State
• Capital Cities of the 50 States
• States Showing Number of Electoral Votes - WorldAtlas  (Note: This site has not updated Electoral Vote allocation since the 2020 Census.  We have an updated map here you can click on for your reference until WorldAtlas gets theirs updated.) 


• National Popular Vote Interstate Compact - State Status
  • Provides Status updates for the National Popular Vote scheme by State
• Keep Our 50 States - Status in the States
  • Provides Status updates for the National Popular Vote scheme, PLUS Legislative efforts within each State to actually PRESERVE the Electoral College 

The first link - States Ranked by Population - helps give perspective to a State’s population relative to the US. FOR EXAMPLE, Michigan is ranked #10 in the country. But the first 9 states account for 168 MILLION people! And Michigan is only slightly larger than Los Angeles County alone, with a population of 9.8 million. To calculate a state’s % of total US population, just divide the state population by the US total of 327,533,795.
 
The second link - about Metropolitan Areas - is useful when writing lawmakers in medium to large-sized blue states. It’s a bit tricky because the metro areas frequently cross state lines (i.e., Portland, OR-Vancouver, WA). I only mention metro areas that fall exclusively within the state.
 
The Top Industries List offers some surprises about each state. It supports the argument that we benefit from the EC’s requirement that successful candidates gain support from multiple regions of the country, as opposed to just a few heavily populated urban areas.

The cnn 2020 Presidential Election Projected Winner link equips you to compare and describe a voter's relationship to votes within their own state, versus the 1-in-151-million national count status under NPV. 
 
I like to use the State's Nickname at the beginning of a letter. It’s friendlier.

The fifth link is from the National Popular Vote website. While I hate their product, their website is GREAT. It reveals their arguments and provides useful data to battle the Compact.
 
On a regular basis be sure to check the KEEP Our 50 States Website.  The Status in the States page keeps tabs on not only the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, but also each of the legislative efforts that a number of States are now taking to combat the dangerous NPVIC scheme.

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