Once you open the Pandora’s Box....it simply will trigger a loss eventually with the Electoral College...in that only 49, or 47, or 40 states were able to vote. Once the general public accepts that...then the Republicans will go and work to ensure that they are locked-up solid with 26 states having control over the House of Representatives, and you can guarantee in every single election...a Republican President.
One does not have to be a rocket scientist to figure out the simple strategy here. Toss in the 2020 Census coming up, and the number of states which will be virtually guaranteed to stay Republican-dominated...this gimmick would seem to be an awful stupid strategy for the Democratic Party.
Unless the strategy is to further Obama's fundamental transformation of the country by seriously damaging another institution in the same manner as has been done with the police, the military, and gender.