[jjotto]

There’s also this scholarly treatment of the NPV in a PDF from the Cato Institute in 2008:

‘A Critique of the National Popular Vote Plan for Electing the President’

https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/pa-622.pdf

[Jacquerie]

I've nothing against the Heritage or Cato analysis, but their view of the EC is distorted by what we all take for granted, the erroneously termed, "two party system."

The first purpose of the EC was to appoint men of national stature, wisdom, and experience. Of equal importance, the President could assume office without political debts to pay off that superseded his oath of office.

Our Framers knew from history that factions were the death of republics. To limit the practical choice of presidential electors to one of two leaders of outright political factions guarantees recurring appointment of presidents with little loyalty to the Constitution.

The Framers' President Part I.

(BTW, James Madison wasn't the chief architect of the EC)