I remember when Colorado had such a proposition on the ballot and some writer gleefully commented that Al Gore could have won in 2000 if only Colorado had had such a proposition and voted it in. (Luckily the measure failed.)
Exactly right. They were all in favor of splitting the states that voted for the GOP in the last couple of elections, but now are scared of losing Cal’s votes. Without Cal’s full votes they’d have a hell of a time ever winning the W.H. in the present.