# Democrats have a realistic path to capture 400 electoral votes in the 2028 election **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 5, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-have-a-realistic-path-to-capture-400-electoral-votes-in-the-2028-election/1034491 "2026-11-05T15:04:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-have-a-realistic-path-to-capture-400-electoral-votes-in-the-2028-election/1034491/11 "2026-11-05T19:35:29Z")
See also this thread started yesterday: > [@Will the democrats enact the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-democrats-enact-the-national-popular-vote-interstate-compact/1034443): > > In both 2000 and 2016, the democrats won the national popular vote but lost the electoral college. In response democrats on the state level have passed the national popular vote interstate compact. it states that their states electoral votes will go to the popular vote winner of the election, not the winner of the statewide election. Currently 18 states + DC have signed onto the compact, making up 222 EVs total. It doesn’t go into effect until enough state governments have signed onto it totali… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-have-a-realistic-path-to-capture-400-electoral-votes-in-the-2028-election/1034491)._