DENVER (KDVR) — Several days have passed since Election Day and former President Donald Trump, is president-elect for the second time in his political career.
To achieve the status of presidential-elect, a candidate must obtain 270 votes from the Electoral College.
Trump secured the 270 electoral votes across the nation but one state he did not receive electoral votes from was Colorado. Vice President Kamala Harris, was the candidate who received Colorado’s 10 electoral votes.
However, some Coloradans may remember a law enacted in 2019 by Colorado legislature and the governor that was approved through a vote on Proposition 113 in 2020 with a 52% approval rate by Colorado voters which can lead to some confusion when it comes to the state’s electoral votes.
The voters approved Prop 113 to have Colorado’s participation in the National Popular Vote Compact which would give the state’s electoral votes to the candidate who wins the national popular vote instead of the candidate who wins the statewide popular vote.
This process will not take place in this year’s election cycle though because there are not enough states who have joined alongside Colorado in the National Popular Vote Compact.
As it stands, a total of 17 states and the District of Columbia have joined with their combined 209 electoral votes, however, that 270 electoral vote threshold now appears in another form.
The National Popular Vote Compact will not become legally binding until enough states can combine their electoral votes to hit that total of 270. If the National Popular Vote Compact went into effect, the Electoral College would remain but the result would be determined by national popular vote.
