“The one thing that scares me is hearing about states that are talking about uniting with other states to pledge their EV’s to the national popular vote winner rather than to the candidate that wins their state. I think this would be a constitutional way of circumventing the original intent of the electoral process. “
1) Most states are controlled by a Republican governor and/or at least one house that is Republican...so it won’t be so easy to change it.
2) That cuts both ways.
3) The Dems are not going to be getting those majorities in the popular vote so easily once Trump gets done with getting rid of a lot of illegals AND some kind of anti-fraud statute is passed on a national level. Get a level playing field, and then the Dems won’t do so well.
Jimmy Carter proposed ditching the EC too.
The idea died quietly when it was pointed out to him that there were scenarios in which this would not necessarily benefit Democrats.