New York, by means of it’s huge population, would obliterate the voice of the smaller states.
That is NOT what the founders intended.
Basically, it means no campaign funding will be established for states like Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Vermont, South Dakota or North Dakota. Nor would I waste any campaign stops in twenty of the fifty states.
I’d put my efforts strictly into ten key states....bulk on campaign promises to bring money and projects to the ten....and just about forget there are any other states or citizens in the US.
In the beginning, there was a fair amount of fear that both Virginia and Penn would be unfairly attracting the bulk of voters, thus controlling the outcome of future Presidential elections. The electoral college was the only method to ensure small states had a voice.
Right you are. The defenders of the National Popular Vote Compact point to the Constitution, which gives states the right to appoint Electors as they wish.
Too much is read into that. For example, why then couldn't the New York legislature just say that all NY electoral votes will go to the Democratic candidate, regardless of the popular vote?