A survey of Oklahoma voters showed 81% overall support for the idea that the President of the United States should be the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states.
Voters were asked “How do you think we should elect the President: Should it be the candidate who gets the most votes in all 50 states, or the current Electoral College system?”
By political affiliation, support for a national popular vote was 75% among Republicans, 84% among Democrats, and 75% among others.
By gender, support was 84% among women and 69% among men.
By age, support was 84% among 18-29 year olds, 70% among 30-45 year olds, 75% among 46-65 year olds, and 82% for those older than 65.
Oklahoma voters were also asked a 3-way question:
“Do you prefer a system where the candidate who gets the most votes in all 50 states on a nationwide basis is elected President, or one like the one usedin Nebraska and Maine where electoral voters are dispensed by Congressionaldistrict, or one in which all of the state’s electoral votes would be given to
the statewide winner?”
The results of this three-way question were that
77% favored a national popular vote,•
13% favored awarding its electoral votes by congressional district, and
10% favored the existing statewide winner-take-all system (i.e., awarding all of a state’s electoral votes to the candidate who receives the most votes statewide).
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I question the validity of that poll, however I do believe that lots of voters do not understand the reasons for electoral collage and have a knee jerk reaction that a popular vote is more democratic so must be better.