# Democrats plot their course on national popular vote > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/7669 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 2 outlets covering · First listed: Politico, Nov 10, 2026, 9:00 AM · Read it: Democrats have won unified control of enough swing states — Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan — to sidestep the Electoral College. Will they back the effort? ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 10, 2026, 9:00 AM: [Democrats plot their course on national popular vote]() — Politico (Digital news, United States) Democrats have won unified control of enough swing states — Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan — to sidestep the Electoral College. Will they back the effort? - Nov 10, 2026, 5:28 PM: [Farewell to the electoral college? Democrats now control enough states to elevate the popular vote]() — PBS NewsHour (Public broadcaster, United States) Eighteen states run by Democrats have already joined an interstate compact to award their Electoral College votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the national popular vote.