Maine obviously forgot the electoral college is there to ensure small states have a say in the election. If we had a popular vote Maine would always be ignored.
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And I guess any state has the right to decide how to use their electors, but it seems oxymoronic to send your electoral college votes for YOUR STATE based on the NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE. You are basically eliminating the whole purpose for even having your own electors.
But hay, what will be hilarious is watching the democrats in Maine crying when Trump wins the popular vote.
<>the electoral college is there to ensure small states have a say in the election<>
Myth.
In the 68th Federalist, Alexander Hamilton praised the Electoral College. “The process of election affords a moral certainty that the office of President will never be held by any man who is not eminently endowed with the required qualifications. It will not be too strong to say that the station will probably be filled by men pre-eminent for their ability and virtue.”
Our Framers don’t get the credit they deserve. Their presidential electoral system was designed to avoid the road to ruin so typical in republics: popular election of a demagogic strongman who promises to quell that which he foments: societal discord and anarchy, by rewarding his supporters and destroying his opponents.
How in the world did our Framers come up with the method in Article II to elect a president? Contrary to popular belief, there are two central purposes to their outwardly clumsy and confusing process.
First, it was to elevate men of only the highest public virtue, wisdom and talents to the executive office.
Second, in order to exercise his powers for the greater good of the nation, these exceptional men were not to be beholden in any way to the electors who put them into office or to anyone else. Like hereditary kings, un-beholden presidents were to stand above factional disputes. They were to execute their sworn duty to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States,” without the encumbrance of paying off political debts.
Maine’s Second Congressional District covers 80% of the state...27,000 square miles, the largest district in area east of the Mississippi.
That being said, Maine splits it’s electoral votes.
President Trump won the 2nd district by 10 points in 2016, and by 9 points in 2020. Each time, he won one electoral vote.
This vote by the legislature was a big FU to the Second District.
This whole compact is unconstitutional.
P.S.: Trump is currently leading statewide in Maine by 6 points.