[Lonesome in Massachussets]

It's an idiotic idea for so many reasons. Only an academic could have come up with it.

Who is going to certify nationwide results? What if the Republican Secretary of State of North Repubilicistan certifies that the sovereign State of North Repubilicistan cast one gazillion votes for the Republican candidate? The parties to this interstate agreement have absolutely no standing to challenge the results. The candidates might, but they will confronted with the Republic Supreme Court of North Republicistan will rebuff them.

Think this is far fetched? Substitute "Pennsylvania" for "North Repubilicistan", "Democratic" for "Republican" and "12 Million Votes in Philadelphia" for "one gazillion".

[ctdonath2]

Don't have to be flippant about it.

Reality is that in many elections, some states will vote overwhelmingly one way but the electors will be allocated the opposite way, such as in '04 NY was unquestionably for Kerry but would have had to deliver a majority of electors for Bush under the proposed scheme. Congress would have looked at that result, and exercised its 12th Amendment right to say "those results are so stupidly skewed that we're just gonna chuck 'em out the window".