Advocates for deciding presidential elections by a national popular vote argue the effort should be bipartisan

Opponents of the Electoral College argue that the effort to reform or abolish it is bipartisan and would not change if the popular vote swung toward former President Donald Trump.

The Electoral College has become an increasingly partisan matter, particularly after Democratic resentment in 2016, when Trump lost the popular vote but won enough electoral votes to secure the presidency. The seemingly partisan nature of campaigns against the Electoral College has, in turn, endeared it to Republicans — a 2023 Pew Research Center poll found that while 82% of Democrats want to abolish the Electoral College, only 47% of Republicans do.