“Unfortunately that isn’t necessarily the case, especially in the long term. As soon as the electoral vote total of the states agreeing to this reaches 270 the intent of the constitution will have been subverted and America’s chief executive will be elected by popular vote. It’s worth noting that this is happening concurrently with the push for amnesty, which could add millions of immigrant (ie. Democrat) voters to the roles of blue states.”
If they have 270 electoral votes, from immigrants or otherwise, then it still doesn’t matter that they are allocating delegates according to the popular vote, or the traditional method. They’ve already got national elections sewn up at that point, with or without this law.
“They’ve already got national elections sewn up at that point, with or without this law.”
You are correct. What I see here is Democrats preparing for a future with massive majorities in the big cities due to Amnesty. It is conceivable that a Leftist candidate could then get a majority from urban voters while the “flyover” states voted differently, thus creating an Electoral majority without a popular win.
The founders crafted this system to help keep the union intact, it troubles me to watch their intent being subverted.
If in effect and Ted Cruz gets 50.01% of the popular vote, he won’t get 1 blue state elector.