[IrishBrigade]

‘They think they can circumvent it via the “National Popular Vote” scam.;

if conservatives and Republicans had any notion that they could compete for the popular vote in a presidential election, they would have nothing against this compact...but since they haven’t won the PV since 2004, they figure that possibility remains a pipedream...which is the real problem here...

[fhayek]

Not true. Conservative oppose the compact because it undermines the intent of the Constitution. 99% of voters in, say Ohio could vote for one candidate, yet the (clearly) overwhelming will of the voter would be thwarted should Ohio's votes go to the opposing candidate if the state joined the compact.

The Electoral College was designed to force presidential candidates win a coalition of states to win the presidency. This 'scheme' as well as the efforts to go to a national popular vote, will effectively eliminate campaigning in the Dakota's, Wyoming, Alaska and others. These states would effectively become vassal states to the population centers in California and the East Coast.