Efforts are underway by Democratic legislators to have Florida join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. It would require Florida to award its 29 electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, instead of the presidential candidate who receives the most votes in Florida. There are bills both in the House and Senate. The House bill is sponsored by South Florida Representative Joe Geller.
The Electoral College — which in the past two decades has carried to victory U.S. Presidents Donald Trump (2016) and George W. Bush (2000) despite each losing the national popular vote — is being targeted by state legislators across the country, including some in Florida.
Rep. Joseph Geller, an Aventura Democrat, and Sen. Victor Torres, an Orlando Democrat, filed legislation in their respective chambers that would, if signed into law, bring Florida into the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.