With 270+ electoral votes among the compacting states, the National Popular Vote bill would GUARANTEE the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC). The compact’s goals depends upon states with 270+ electoral votes enacting it. There will be no need to just “hope for the best.”
I understand that.
The purpose of the Electoral College was not to do that. It was to mainain the federated model of the Several States overseeing the Federal Government via amendments 9 and 10.
I will grant you that the Electoral College lost power with the passing of the 17th amendment, but that was because the Several States as a whole lost power. Along with the power to appoint Electoral College electors, the Several States also had the power to appoint their Senators to Congress.
I've always said that the Constitution was a tapestry, and when you pull a thread in one place, it begins to unravel the weaves into the other places in the Constitution. This is one of them.
I think the best opposition to the National Popular Vote movement is a counter-movement to repeal the 17th amendment and restore oversight power of the federal government back to the states.
You propose one correction, I propose another.
-PJ