Looking at the states that have passed a National Popular Vote bill, VT, MD, WA, IL, NJ, DC, MA, CA, HI, RI and NY, I'm wondering what these states have in common :)
NPV web site.
From that web site:
A survey of 800 South Carolina voters conducted on January 17–19, 2011 showed 72% overall support for the idea that the President of the United States should be the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states. Voters were asked "How do you think we should elect the President: Should it be the candidate who gets the most votes in all 50 states, or the current Electoral College system?" By political affiliation, support for a national popular vote was 64% among Republicans, 81% among Democrats, and 68% among others... The survey was conducted by Public Policy Polling, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 1/2%.
SC is my state. To say that PPP is a left-leaning polling firm is no slight exaggeration. To tout those percentages in one of the reddest (if not the reddest) states is a travesty.