It would also be difficult for the Democratic candidate to spend money and time campaigning in suburbs and red-leaning swing districts, since the Dem would have to win the popular vote by deeply mining the blue urban areas that he otherwise wouldn’t have to worry about.
It’ll backfire.
I think that Congress should pass a law that states that electoral college votes must be allocated based on only that state’s own votes, and cannot be tied to a national vote total.
That’s a fuzzy area Constitutionally, as states are allowed to allocate their EV’s as they wish. However, since they are trying to circumvent the very intent of the Founders, there might be some leeway here.