I'm not a fan of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

[Bucky]

9. I agree it *shouldn't* be a partisan issue, but in reality it actually is

The EC favors the Republicans, so they favor it. They like that unfair advantage and we have to live with it. Trump could win without a plurality of the vote this year. We're stuck on that principal.

But imagine it's 2032 and some cryptomaggat from the west coast gets 48.6% of the vote, Harris's successor gets 48.4% and some farcical "lefty" independent candidate named Gabby Tulsard gets 3%... obviously she's running solely to drain off Dem votes in swing states. It doesn't work, however, and the Dems pull out an electoral victory, 280-258. Not a crushing victory, but a clean win. Only... dum dummm... the pop vote compact kicks in automatically, something no Republican state has ever agreed to.

Had the hats been switched, had the Republicans lost by a mere 600,000 votes out of 290 million cast, would they give it up? Of course not. 8 years ago they lost by 3 million and joyfully claimed a mandate. They lost by 7 million last time and still tried to claim they secretly won.

Back to anno 2032: Finally octogenarians Alito and Thomas can release their jealous grip on their gavels. Sonia Sotomayor's or Elena Kagen's health takes a sudden bad turn. Would you stand on an unshared principle right then, knowing what you're locking into place by giving up a fair win?

I don't like war, but I don't believe in unilateral disarmament.