> Assume Maine’s or Colorado, or any of the other states in this movement vote for Candidate A, but Candidate B gets the popular vote, the decision of the state’s voters is ignored. <
But those votes weren’t ignored. They were all counted, and then added to some total. Those votes did have an impact.
I actually feel bad arguing that this Popular Vote thing is constitutional. Because I think it’s a terrible idea, and a real threat to the Republic.
Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump by 4,269,978 votes, which is more than the combined total votes cast in Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Kansas (all Trump states).
In New York, Clinton's excess vote count was 1,736,590. Illinois excess Clinton votes were 944,714. Massachusetts was 907,303.
In California, in just Los Angeles alone Clinton's excess vote count was 838,575.
-PJ